LONDON!!!! Day 3

March 4, 2011

We slept in but got up and had a very busy day. Lots of sightseeing. First stop was Buckingham Palace. We walked through a park to get to it and as you approach they have these big statues for each of the colonies of the British Empire. I only took a picture of this one.


Here's a gate leading into the area.


Here's several pics of the outside. I don't think the royals live here. It's more for entertaining dignitaries and such.

This guy's job is to stand there at attention all day. They have "the changing of the guard" on some days where it's a big fancy process where someone basically takes his place. We didn't want to bother with the crowds for that.

This guy's job is to drop you like yesterday's news.


In front of the palace is this huge statue in honor of Queen Victoria. It was cool.


We took the tube over to another part of town. We got out of the station and saw the London Eye which is a big ferris wheel. I love this picture because the birds photobombed it. I would have fun doing that if I was a bird too.


Look what I found behind me. That's Big Ben, a tall clock tower of the Parliament building.


We were walking over to our next destination and ran into a familiar face. You may recognize him from such places as the penny or the $5 dollar bill. I didn't know why he was there but cool.


We made it to Westminster Abbey. This was one of the highlights for me. This church is beautiful inside and out. So much history here. We weren't allowed to take photos inside but there's lots of stone statues and graves of monarchs and other important people in their day from years gone by. Highly recommend touring this. Here's the exterior.


Was able to take a picture from the inside courtyard.


At 4:28pm...


...we stopped at a noodle place to eat. It wasn't great but it did the trick.


Then we crossed the river to go ride the London Eye. Here's a lion statue and a pic looking back at Parliament.


All aboard. Enjoy the ride and keep your arms inside the car at all times.


Nice views up there. We bumped into David Beckham on our way out. He was nice enough to let us take a picture with him.


Time to head home on the tube.


When we got back we watched British TV. Let me just warn you of this. They don't edit TV like we do. They cuss and show nudity so be careful. We flipped the channel on to this medical show and this guy was having bowel problems. Let's just say they left nothing to the imagination. We quickly changed the channel but that left a scar.