Taylor Family Vacation

	The Classic London Bus Tour
Click on the small picture to see a larger one.	May 9, 1998
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	When you're tired of museums, it's time to get on one of the London bus tours and see things from the open air 2nd level.
	Westminster Abbey, towering spires, stained glass windows, and over 5000 tombs of famous British figures.
	Houses of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster, both the House of Commons and the House of Lords meet and debate British law here.
	Well, it's hard to pass by Big Ben without taking a close-up. It's 14-ton bell has rung since first struck on July 11, 1859.
	St. Paul's Cathedral, finished in 1710, after the previous church was destroyed (along with two-thirds of London) in the Great Fire of 1666.
	Tower Bridge, with traffic below and a pedestrian bridge above, it provides an easy commute across the Thames river while also allowing high-masted ships to pass under the rising mid-section.
	The Tower of London, built by William the Conqueror in 1078, has been the site of many famous executions and imprisonments, including Sir Thomas More and Anne Boleyn.
	Transitioning from where the British lost their heads in the past to where they lose their heads today, the Beanie Baby display at Hamleys, the world's largest toy store, founded in 1760.