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| Camden- basically a town with a (huge) outdoor market... and lots of punk. I think it may be where the punk look originated. |
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| Look! Mom found westie rain boots at the market! This was especially fitting since it was raining the whole time we were in Camden. |
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| Since it was rainy in Camden we left and decided to explore London. Pete and I wanted to stop at King's Cross for a pic at Platform 9 3/4. Turns out it is just a lame poster slapped onto a wall. AND to top it all off it wasn't even on platform 9...it was on platform 8. |
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| Tate Modern- lots of weird art. But free weird art. |
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| St. Paul's Cathedral |
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| Mom and Pete at the pub just across the street from Pete's flat. It was appropriately dimly lit. |
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| London beer! |
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| Dad asleep at dinner after a long first day. |
Day 2- Windsor, Stonhenge, and Bath
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| Windsor Castle- and yes the Queen was there! |
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| Windsor Abbey |
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| Me- and rocks! |
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| More Stonehenge |
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| Roman baths- the oldest of the 3 baths in Bath (that's a lot of baths...). |
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| Don't worry- the water they sell is from a fresh spring, not the stagnant baths in the above pics. |
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| Why not try? So we did. And it was...warm. Mom and I shared a glass and couldn't even drink it all. |
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| Bath was a very cute town. Mom and I would have liked to spend a weekend there! |
Day 3- Out and about in London
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| Buckingham Palace |
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| Green Park- directly across from Buckingham Palace. Look, flowers already! |
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| The London Eye and Parliament...? |
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| I couldn't pass up on this quintessential photo op! |
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| Big Ben! Complete with the Union Jack waving cheerily in front. |
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| Westminster Abbey. Terrible lighting, I know. Beautiful nonetheless. |
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| Trafalgar Square. We had quite an adventure trying to find this... But on the plus side we were able to see parts of London we weren't planning on seeing :) |
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| The reason for the trek to the square- so I could take this picture to show Paul. |
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| There was still time left in our day so we decided to visit the natural history museum, which was free! We even got to go on a free tour and see part of Charles Darwin's specimen collections, and a (preserved) giant squid! |
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| And of course, a trip to London wouldn't be complete without a stop at Harrod's. Mom and I ditched the boys for this part. Too bad Pete wasn't with us- apparently some of Princess Di's jewels are in Harrod's and he forgot to tell us before we went! |
Day 4- The white cliffs of Dover
It was rainy, cold, and windy the whole time we were in Dover, which explains the lack of pictures. Mom, Dad, and I were all pretty miserable, so we left early.
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| White chalky cliffs. This is the best picture I have. On a clear, sunny day they say you can see all the way to France, which is only 21 miles across the channel. We were lucky just to see this one cliff! |
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| Dover Castle. It is HUGE! It has 4 layers of underground tunnels. During WWII they built a tunnel to use specifically as a hospital. Crazy! |
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| View of the channel from the castle. |
Day 5- Tower of London and Kensington Palace
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| Tower where the crown jewels and armor are displayed. |
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| On the right is the abbey, and in the middle is the green where Anne Boleyn was executed. |
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| Tower Bridge, NOT London Bridge. |
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| The White Tower- where the royalty lived. |
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| View of Kensington Palace from Hyde Park |
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| The Sunken Garden |
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| The Orangery! With what I believe are holly bushes lining the path. |
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| Squirrels and pigeons were chasing each other on the grounds of the palace. It was quite amusing. |
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| Swans that reside at Hyde Park |
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| Swan in action! |
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| Holy birds! |
Pretty sure we took the same Windsor, Stonehenge, Bath tour when I was in London! Very cool!
ReplyDeleteReally cool! Glad you went to Harrods! That's right where I lived when I studied abroad there!
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