March 12th. While in London, do what the TOURISTS do.

March 12th was a "if you only had a day in London" kind of day.  We started with the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace.  We figured it is a pretty famous thing so let's arrive early, like an hour before scheduled to start... or 1-2 hour after most everyone else.
 
Let's just say we weren't the first in line, We did get to see the guard coming in and leaving, just didn't see or hear the ceremony.

Lots of Metropolitan police (bobbies) to keep us in our places.

Lots of cameras (I thought it neat that I could see the procession through his screen).

 
Melissa's favorite kind of soldiers.

The Wellington Arch, commemorating the victories of the Duke of Wellington in the Napoleonic wars. I love a book series (Sharpe by Bernard Cornwell) centered around a soldier in Wellington's army, so this was a neat stop.

Across the street from Buckingham Palace

Melissa and the palace

A beautiful girl in a beautiful garden. London is just littered with beautiful green spaces
 
From the palace to Big Ben and Westminster.

 
This is a 360 degree picture outside the entrance to Westminster, note the creepy smeared bird in the sky and ghosty wife.

The London Eye, a big Ferris wheel which we chose not to ride.

I wanted to catch a black cab while in London, and we did.  The driver actually stopped and waved when he noticed Melissa snapping a picture after we got out, nice guy.


Who needs a cell phone when you can find such a bright Police call box.

Artsy horse with big wings?

Melissa's favorite museum display. The Lord Mayor's Carriage.



As a child we received trinkets with the Harrods logo. It is the biggest department store in Europe and caters to VERY HIGH END customers. It was fun to look around, but definitely not somewhere I'd do my weekly shopping.

A cool old Underground logo, just out side Harrods

Auntie Glyn and Uncle Brendan live on nice road with an upper and lower sidewalk so I ran to the upper to take a picture of Melissa.

Wait, who's that?

Uncle Brendan just coming the other way.

Well, how about a photo? Our family in England are wonderful people; loving, kind and happy.

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