We had an uneventful flight to London, the kids watched lots of movies. Steve was excited to see the large selection of movies, so he ended up watching 4! We loaded into two cabs to get to our hotel. Luckily Deb and Diana were not in the cab that featured a foul mouthed old English driver who swore at all the other cabbies. We are very happy with the Marriott County Hall Hotel and its location. We opened the blinds in our room to see the River Thames and Big Ben guarded by stormtroopers. As an explanation, County Hall (similar to Chicago's Navy Pier) has a Star Wars Exhibition currently and as part of that has Star Wars stormtroopers along the riverwalk. The hotel is in a building that goes back to the 1700's. The hotel
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