It's too darn hot!

Aline writes: Well, not really, but on Friday it was 86 degrees and over 90 percent humidity, and Londoners were suffering! According to the BBC, it was the hottest day in May in the last 50 years. As for us, well that humidity was pretty sticky, but we did the only logical thing - head out on the river! We took a boat trip down to Greenwich. It's a beautiful ride down the Thames past lots on landmarks, such as the London Eye


Tower of London


The Tower bridge (Bill's lovely arty shot as we went under)


The reproduction of Shakespeare's Globe theatre


One of the many pubs along the river, with lots of basking natives


And a view of Greenwich from the river: the Cutty Sark to the right, the lovely Christopher Wren buildings to the left, and the naval observatory in the middle peeking out of the trees (where you can stand on the Greenwich mean time line)


It was so nice on the river, with a lovely breeze and finally lots of sun. I'll leave pictures in Greenwich for another post. If you are wondering why the river is so muddy, it's because it's a tidal river. There are 2 tides a day, and the level changes up to 27 feet during high tide. So we went against the tide to Greenwich, and so it took almost 2 hours to get there from Westminster, but going with the tide on the way back, it only took 1 hour! Then we had a picnic dinner in our communal garden, where it was lovely and cool. Saturday the temp dropped 15 degrees, but we enjoyed the sunshine while it lasted!