One more day...

Our final day abroad was simply finishing up some things we didn’t see our first stop in London. We started with Big Ben, Parliament and Westminster Abbey, all of which are under construction at the moment. We got to see some of them but it would have been better to see them in all their glory. 

We jumped on the tube and got off near Buckingham Palace. There were no tours on Thursday and the Queen was in residence so we just took a look from outside. While there, the Queens Life Guard traveled by on their beautiful horses. 

After that, we just walked down the street, past the park and to Trafalgar Square. 

We loved the statue with the lions in the square and had to take pictures with it before moving on to our destination - Leicester Square. There we visited the TKTS booth where we got great (and cheap) tickets for the West End showing off The Lion King. We had lunch at a local venue that said business was down over 50%. I expect it will only get worse in the near future. 

We walked the area for a bit and found a beautiful little Chinatown. 

We returned to our AirBNB to freshen up, shower and take a quick nap. The 1am phone call about closing the borders caused several hours of no sleep the night before so a nap was in order. We then packed up the majority of our stuff before heading out to our night at the theater. As always, The Lion King is a great show and the performance was fabulous! And yes, more from the hometown guy, Michael Curry. 

We headed back to the airbnb to call it a night. Tomorrow, we head home!