Catch up time

It's been a while, due to some severe internet-access-shortages...but it's now time to fill in the gaps!
Our last week in London was a little less frantic, but we managed to fit in a few more touristy things. Wednesday we spent at the Tate Modern [hoorah for free museums and galleries] and it was awesome. Very different to the National Gallery, and cool to see so many familiar famous names - Bacon, Monet, Picasso ...
Then of course no visit to a city would really be complete without a trip to the zoo, so we spent Thursday at London Zoo...where, unfortunately, after spending over an hour outside queuing to get in, it rained :( Still, we managed to see most things, though many of the monkeys [lazy primates!] were hiding from the weather. The new[ish] rainforest area was great [and inside ;) ], and we spent heaps of time in the 'bug' area, and looking through the aquarium and reptile house. Bit sad about the teeny tiny giraffe and zebra enclosures though...
Friday we made a trip to the Tower of London and went on a 'beefeater' tour. The jokes were bad, but it was good to hear more of the history of what we were seeing. Spent a couple of hours wandering around by ourselves afterwards- never knew the tower complex was so huge! And Antony had to be very careful not to smack his head as the ceilings were often very low, and the stairs narrow and winding...
We spent our last weekend at a hostel absolutely overrun with Australians, [both staff and guests] before heading to St Pancras international train station on Monday morning...