Hello!
This is actually the morning of our second full day, but I fell asleep before I could post to the blog last night. We're still adjusting to the jet lag and should hopefully have it sorted out by tonight.
There are now a ton of pictures, far too many to post here on the blog, so make sure to look over at the slideshow. If you want to navigate through the pictures on your own, just click the link below.
http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/kk82/Cookingthings/europetrip/
Yesterday morning we walked around our hotel a bit, justs to get a flavor of London. Walking just down our street, however, we came across a house that Churchill once lived in. You can see a picture of it in the album. This is a good analogy of how the city of London is: covered in so much history that you end up walking into it without even looking for it.
But our first intentional thing we saw was Buckingham Palace, which is about a fifteen minute walk from our hotel. It was raining pretty hard yesterday, so the pictures are pretty gloomy. Thankfully, we had our raincoats!
Front gate of Buckingham Palace
One of the Queen's Guard. They usually wear red, but they seem to be wearing a winter coat.
Us at the Front Gate
Mrs. Ing Goes to Buckingham
I think this is the Royal Seal. Or it stands for Henrietta R. Hippo.
After our rainy exploit, we decided to head back to the hotel and buy a tour bus pass. We got a good deal that let us ride it for 48 hours. There are pictures from the tour bus, but many of them are through a window, and I'm hoping some of them will be better when we actually go there. There is this picture, though:
It's raining!...oh, wait, that's not that important part of the picture.
The tour took us through most of West London. We didn't really get off, except at Harrod's to go to the bathroom and take a peek around. There are a few pictures of Harrod's in the album. After a while, however, we got tired of riding the tour, and took the Underground back to our hotel.
Please mind the gap.
Megan stopped at a Casino, then we ate lunch. A horrible, horrible lunch. It seems that in the ten years since I've been here, the British haven't decided to invent any better food. I have never been depressed about eating a hamburger before, but I was! I was sad I had to eat it because it was so horrible!
We went back to the hotel and took an impromptu nap. I say impromptu because it was certainly not planned, and I could swear I was just going to rest my eyes...
After the nap, we headed over to Picadilly Circus, determined to eat something that was horrible.
Picadilly Circus, London's Time Square.
A famous English Telephone Booth in Picadilly Circus
We found an Italian restaurant and ate some spaghetti, much needed after our encounter with the odd hamburger. There's some pictures of the food, though I usually forgot to take the picture until after I started eating it...
After dinner we walked around Picadilly Circus, despite the rain, and found London's Chinatown.
One of the gates marking the entrance to Chinatown.
There are a ton of pictures of Chinatown, so you'll have to look through the album to see them all. I will share my favorite sign, though:
After Chinatown, we walked on Regent Street a bit, then headed back, exhausted. But not before we got some dessert.
Chocolate Muffin in the bag. Megan had a mint and chocolate McFlurry
That's all for now. We have to go to Westminster Abby now.
This is actually the morning of our second full day, but I fell asleep before I could post to the blog last night. We're still adjusting to the jet lag and should hopefully have it sorted out by tonight.
There are now a ton of pictures, far too many to post here on the blog, so make sure to look over at the slideshow. If you want to navigate through the pictures on your own, just click the link below.
http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/kk82/Cookingthings/europetrip/
Yesterday morning we walked around our hotel a bit, justs to get a flavor of London. Walking just down our street, however, we came across a house that Churchill once lived in. You can see a picture of it in the album. This is a good analogy of how the city of London is: covered in so much history that you end up walking into it without even looking for it.
But our first intentional thing we saw was Buckingham Palace, which is about a fifteen minute walk from our hotel. It was raining pretty hard yesterday, so the pictures are pretty gloomy. Thankfully, we had our raincoats!
Front gate of Buckingham Palace
One of the Queen's Guard. They usually wear red, but they seem to be wearing a winter coat.
Us at the Front Gate
Mrs. Ing Goes to Buckingham
I think this is the Royal Seal. Or it stands for Henrietta R. Hippo.
After our rainy exploit, we decided to head back to the hotel and buy a tour bus pass. We got a good deal that let us ride it for 48 hours. There are pictures from the tour bus, but many of them are through a window, and I'm hoping some of them will be better when we actually go there. There is this picture, though:
It's raining!...oh, wait, that's not that important part of the picture.
The tour took us through most of West London. We didn't really get off, except at Harrod's to go to the bathroom and take a peek around. There are a few pictures of Harrod's in the album. After a while, however, we got tired of riding the tour, and took the Underground back to our hotel.
Please mind the gap.
Megan stopped at a Casino, then we ate lunch. A horrible, horrible lunch. It seems that in the ten years since I've been here, the British haven't decided to invent any better food. I have never been depressed about eating a hamburger before, but I was! I was sad I had to eat it because it was so horrible!
We went back to the hotel and took an impromptu nap. I say impromptu because it was certainly not planned, and I could swear I was just going to rest my eyes...
After the nap, we headed over to Picadilly Circus, determined to eat something that was horrible.
Picadilly Circus, London's Time Square.
A famous English Telephone Booth in Picadilly Circus
We found an Italian restaurant and ate some spaghetti, much needed after our encounter with the odd hamburger. There's some pictures of the food, though I usually forgot to take the picture until after I started eating it...
After dinner we walked around Picadilly Circus, despite the rain, and found London's Chinatown.
One of the gates marking the entrance to Chinatown.
There are a ton of pictures of Chinatown, so you'll have to look through the album to see them all. I will share my favorite sign, though:
After Chinatown, we walked on Regent Street a bit, then headed back, exhausted. But not before we got some dessert.
Chocolate Muffin in the bag. Megan had a mint and chocolate McFlurry
That's all for now. We have to go to Westminster Abby now.
2 comments:
You might want to pick up a British cookbook or two! Glad you are minding the gap and having a good time. Love, Mom
If our estimates are correct about now you are heading toward the Thames River for fireworks and to see in the New Year! What fun! We are celebrating by taking down all the Christmas decorations. You are definitely having more fun! Have a blast! We love you much! Mom and Dad
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