Day 2 in London was started off by heading to Buckingham Palace walking through a portion of beautiful Hyde Park. We arrived just in time to see the changing of the guard which was pretty cool. After the changing had taken place we wandered around a bit and took a million pictures. After we had our quota of pictures it was decided to cross the street and get a little closer to the Palace. We were stopped on the corner by some police officers that were blocking pedestrians and traffic in all directions for what seemed like no purpose. After a couple minutes of standing there with people getting a little frustrated for not being able to cross the road, two SUV Range Rovers came driving out of the palace gates and we were able to see why everyone had been stopped - The Queen of England was in the back seat of the first SUV! We were literally no farther than 20 feet away from the Queen on our first full day in London.
After that we headed over to Trafalgar square, took a million more pictures, and then headed in the National Gallery. Lots of cool paintings and stuff by the greatest artists our world has ever known; pretty cool stuff! After our legs were thoroughly tired from standing and walking around we crossed the street over to the St. Martins In-the-Fields church for a concert and then ate lunch down in the crypt area. We spent the night at another concert in Royal Albert Hall. What a fabulous day in London!
2 comments:
Having the Queen drive right in front of us was a sign! So exciting!
wow! what an amazing trip. love all the pictures. i can't believe i didn't know you went to london until 6 months after the fact!! guess i better keep up better on my blogging!
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