Day 3 - London and a Fall

Another HOT day here. Who told me to pack warm clothes? We were all up early today, Abby at 6:30, me at 6:45. We're going to take a train into London so I don't want to miss a thing. Kyle drove us into town (no mile and a half walk today. Got to save our strength for walking in London ). We still had to walk about 1/4 mile to the train station but that was O.K. Abby is a trooper . . . she plods along doing a pretty good job of keeping up. An hour later our train arrived in Waterloo station, London. Great ride through the lovely country side and into the station that looks exactly like something out of Harry Potter. Huge glass ceiling and wide open area with hundreds of people rushing through. We walked out of the station, across the street and found ourselves at the base of the London Eye. It is a Huge, Gigantic ferris wheel on the banks of the Thames. Great, glass capsules holding 25 people at a time, slowly rotate up and over the top giving you fantastic views of London, the river, Big Ben, Westminster Abby and Buckingham Palace. We got to see the changing of the guard from way up in the air. What a show. We then walked along the river enjoying all the street performers. Abby got to make a HUGE bubble with the "Bubble Man" and stood in awe watching some acrobats contort themselves into unbelievable shapes. After a nice lunch we took a boat tour on the Thames down to Tower Bridge and back. We learned a few things about the buildings along the river but really have a very difficult time understanding these Englishmen. They don't seem to be able to pronounce the letters "TH" as we do. Rather they pronounce it as an "F" sound. As in,"I frew the ball". But it was a fun ride anyway. We took the train back to Windsor and went to a local pub for dinner. This is where the trouble started. Kyle introduced me to CIDER. WE know cider as the juice from apples. Not in England. Cider is a type of beer, light and fruity and absolutely delicious. (and apparently rather potent). I had 2 pints with dinner and it was quite fine. After dinner Bridget, Abby and I started walking home while the boys paid the bill. Almost home I turned to see where Abby was and fell over my own two feet. I WAS NOT GRACEFUL ! Landed on my right shoulder, cut my arm and my hand and thought I was fine. A half hour later Kyle was taking me to the ER at a local hospital along with Ger. Bottom line, x ray showed no fracture or dislocation but my shoulder is sore. I will be attending mass tomorrow in a sling.
So much for a great day in London.