We started this morning with a breakfast of pastry and juice on the lawn at Hyde Park.
After breakfast, we went on a 4 hour bike tour of downtown London. We ended up biking and walking 10.5 miles. During the trip, we saw some of London's oldest and most famous sites.
This is Buckingham Palace, where the Queen resides. She was not in this morning, but normally lives here Monday through Friday. The Royal Family has occupied this location for several hundred years.
While at Buckingham Palace, we caught the end of the changing of the guard. It was quite impressive, as the British are experts at putting on a show. There were mounted guards, a marching band, and of course the guard who were changing watch at the Palace.
This is Westminster Abbey. This is the church were all the Kings and Queens of England are crowned. All the members of the Royal Family are buried here. It is also the home of Big Ben, which is not the clock as most people think, but is actually the bell in the tower, which goes off on the hour and can be heard for miles.
We finished our bike tour at the memorial fountain for Princess Diana. The water is furnished by a natural spring 60 feet underground. As Lynda can attest (she waded in), it is very cold.
On Friday night we took a river cruise on the Thames River, which runs through the middle of London. This is a shot of Westminster Abbey and Big Ben at sunset from the boat.
We sat on the top deck of the ship and that is the London Eye behind Lynda.
This is the millennium bridge. It glows red on one side and blue on the other.
This is the tower bridge which crosses the Thames River next to the Tower of London, which is a very old castle that used to house the Royal Family.
This is what is left of the Tower of London, which burned down at one point during the 1800’s.
We started this morning with a breakfast of pastry and juice on the lawn at Hyde Park.
After breakfast, we went on a 4 hour bike tour of downtown London. We ended up biking and walking 10.5 miles. During the trip, we saw some of London's oldest and most famous sites.
This is Buckingham Palace, where the Queen resides. She was not in this morning, but normally lives here Monday through Friday. The Royal Family has occupied this location for several hundred years.
While at Buckingham Palace, we caught the end of the changing of the guard. It was quite impressive, as the British are experts at putting on a show. There were mounted guards, a marching band, and of course the guard who were changing watch at the Palace.
This is Westminster Abbey. This is the church were all the Kings and Queens of England are crowned. All the members of the Royal Family are buried here. It is also the home of Big Ben, which is not the clock as most people think, but is actually the bell in the tower, which goes off on the hour and can be heard for miles.
We finished our bike tour at the memorial fountain for Princess Diana. The water is furnished by a natural spring 60 feet underground. As Lynda can attest (she waded in), it is very cold.
On Friday night we took a river cruise on the Thames River, which runs through the middle of London. This is a shot of Westminster Abbey and Big Ben at sunset from the boat.
We sat on the top deck of the ship and that is the London Eye behind Lynda.
This is the millennium bridge. It glows red on one side and blue on the other.
This is the tower bridge which crosses the Thames River next to the Tower of London, which is a very old castle that used to house the Royal Family.
This is what is left of the Tower of London, which burned down at one point during the 1800’s.
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Hey, my mom just gave me the address for your blog. I actually learned a lot from reading this. And these are great pictures.
Wendi (Garr) Jagerson :)
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