Day Fifty Four. The Day the Visitors Saw It All

Day FIFTY FOUR.  The Day The Visitors Saw It All. We started off the morning a bit earlier than yesterday. We got to the Tower of London early to avoid the crowds and long lines....and it worked. We were able to walk by the frown jewels four times (could have done more rounds) with no queue waiting. Dad and I ventured to the white tower in the middle....too many stairs for mom....it was filled with Armor of Henry the VIII and others. We walked around a bit of the wall, before being satisfied with our time at the tower. Next up we took a river cruise, (courtesy of our Hop on Hop Off tickets) down to Parliament. We actually went inside Parliament and watched a live session! How cool is that!?! Imagining Margaret Thatcher down there and all the others before and after was amazing....we listened about a Burroughs concerns over needed funding/safety. After that we ventured to grab some sandwiches which we ate at Trafalgar Square, I walked Mom & Dad into the National Museum to the impressionists and I was off to class. [Parents did amazing things: the museum, tried to find the hop on/off bus & when they did it was for only one stop to see Downing St & the Horse Guards, then they walked to Westminster Abbey for Evensong. Then they walked back to Trafalgar square. Ha! That's what I wanted them to do the day before but they "didn't want to walk that far" and today they did it twice...then they took the bus back to the hotel & then went out for dinner & came back to the hotel and awaited their dessert. They had quite the jam packed day].

 For me & my class I learned how to make two things.....each with French names that I cant remember....one was a puff pastry crust, with raspberry jam, topped with another layer of puff, mouseline cream, strawberries, more cream, puff pastry, fondant and chocolate piping. No shame. The visitors and I ate the whole thing tonight. We had to...we don't have a fridge here. :) The other thing I made is puff pastry with almond cream in the middle with crimped edges. That will be our breakfast. As I have been starving the visitors for two days to get them to see all the sights in the morning. And whats better than fresh pastry? That's all for now. I am too tired to write anymore.