Day 1 and my feet already hurt!

We had a late start for our first day in London.  Sleep was a good thing after two red eye flights and we took our time with breakfast in our apartment.  Anyhow our first destination was not open till 10am. Since we will be here a week and plan to visit all of the major sites,  I pre purchased 6 day visitor tickets called the London Pass that provides access to most of the destinations for one discounted price.  We had to pick up the passes at their office which wasn’t open till 10 am.

The nearest site to the pickup point was the National Gallery. Definitely not on the level of the Louvre but had some interesting art pieces.  The boys were bored pretty quickly so we didn’t stay long.  On the way out we walked around Trafalgar Square which was in front of the museum.

We were hungry but not sure where to go.  Since the London Chinatown was a few blocks away we walked into the first place that served dim sum.  For a family who gets dim sum regularly we were not impressed with the quality and the high prices.  We decided that everything is relatively expensive in London.

After lunch was the London Transport museum. On the walk there we discovered Convent Garden which is an old market with shops, stalls for artists,  street performers and food trucks.  I loved the little French Citroën food trucks but the vendors were just mobile versions of existing restaurants including the US based Shake Shack.

The boys were almost embarrassed to be at the London transportation museum as when we walked in it was full of little kids like the Pacific science center.  Leaning about the history of the underground train was super interesting.  We spent more time here than the national museum.

Our feet were killing us but on the way to the underground station we stopped at  another art museum called the Courtauld then headed home.

My fitness band said we walked almost 9 miles today.  No wonder my feet hurt.