In London at Stanstead Airport we got picked up by my mums first cousin Phill and drove to his big house.  The next day  we went into the city on the underground train.  We got off at Vauxhall station, where we had to walk along and meet up with Pauline, a distant cousin.  She took us up to her apartment which is next to the river Thames.  From there we could see Big Ben, the London eye, and the castle of London.  Estelle liked the huge rocking horse that was at Christies auction house across the road.  When we left the apartment we went for lunch at Wagamamas a noodle place.  We took the double decker bus for a while to Buckingham palace.  We saw some guards patrolling the area, there were two on horses.  They have to stand there for two hours at a time.  St James park has a big lake with lots of birds.  There were flamingos there but apparently the fox killed them all.
In the National Gallery were lots of famous paintings.  We saw more paintings in the portrait gallery.  One of them that won first prize was not as good as other ones.
At 4 o‘clock we said goodbye to Pauline and hello to Kimmy, Mum‘s friend.  Estelle and I watched superman at a place in piccadilly square.  We walked through interesting places on the way back to the tube.  There was a man wrapped in chains trying to get out at covent garden.
We got the tube home without getting lost.  What a long day that was.