The Mike Haddad Show: This is relevant to my interests.

Today we went on the big bus tour (hence the title). We got to see most of downtown London. The first part was absolutely horrible. We were on the 'blue' bus route which dragged us into the middle of no where. We ended up getting off at the Marble Arch to eat and switch onto the Red bus route. This is where things started picking up. The red route has a live tour guide on it, not some crappy recording. Gordon was our guide, and he knew his stuff. He asked everyone where they were from when they came up (it was an open topped double-decker bus, and of course we were on the top where he was).

Turns out there were a lot of Canadians there. We had a group of 11, there were 4 more from Experience England at the front, and only 4people of the rest of the top of the bus weren't from Canada. He had some fun with that. Then, not only did he inform us that the top of the bus was fully air-conditioned, but that there were ponchos just incase it rained (it only rains on days ending in 'y' in London).

The sits on the Red route were much more interesting than those on the Blue route. Instead of seeing a park and a train station, we got a running commentarty on everything from The Tower of London to hair dressers. We stopped outside the London Dungeon (it's like a twisted Disney World about how dirty London was - it couldn't have been that hard to make). When we got back on we had an American lady as a tour guide (she looked like the commissionaire!). She knew what she was talking about, even if she wasn't as funny as Gordon and then MI5 and MI6 buildings switched places.

I'm really glad I got to go on the touur. I got to see everything. I saw Trafalgar Square, Picadilly Circus (The part they always show in the movies) and Regent Street (I love Regent Street, they have a 7 storey Toy Store). I got to see the parliment buildings (with Big Ben), Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Pallace and The Tower of London. If anyone ever plans on going on a tour in London, take the Big Bus Company's Red Route - it has my vote.

Thanks!
Mike.