So, here are some more pictures of my London Trip!
This is just fantastic.
In and Out
A Ballroom. I want one.
The Hard Rock Cafe! Ah!
Look at all those daffodils! (Spell that right? I'm going with no.)
Part of a monument to S. Africa, and three other countries who sent soldiers in the war.
Another pert of it. It's full of poppy wreaths.
Buckingham, again! This guy did a little march about. That was about all the action I saw there. They do the Changing of the Guard every two days, so I planned to see it my third day, but it was cancelled for some reason or another.
Squirrels and birds! These guys run the city.
I. Love. These. Birds. They are so pretty!
So, these and the above are from St. James's Park.
These are HUGE birds. They were really pretty, but also rather docile, so they just sat really far away and slept.
Epic. The phone booths. I even got to use one! But we'll get to that later.
Ok, ok, I'm really proud of this. A Bus AND the Parliament Buildings.
Mind the Gap.
Big Ben! Ah! He was very impressive.
Green Gumboots. This one is for Amy Bridges.
More of Big Ben, a bit closer.
A protest on the local grocery store.
They were camped out and everything.
Westminter Abbey. You'll see much more of it later.
Statue of a guy and a lion.
Parliament, and a guy on a horse.
A statue that I swear I saw in Paris. Which one is the real one?
Across the river Thames.
This boats were wicked. They hop onto land, too, and give water/land tours of London. Their huge and obnoxious on the road, but I wanted to take one.
So, I walked some more and saw a lot on my first day. Then the sun started to come down. And here is Big Ben, on my walk back.
And a bus going to Elephant and Castle! I love that place!
The London Eye
The Eye, looking over London.
Parliament again
A T.S. Eliot poem along the boardwalk
Big Ben again
The restaurant I had eaten at earlier in the day. I had spicy fish cakes and chatted with an English artist and his brother, a law stident. They were looking for their other brother, who by the sounds of it, is a tad flaky. It's funny what strangers will tell you.
So,. this was my first day in London! I really loved it, by this time. There was a lot that reminded me of Canda, compared to Italy. Including the big roads, English words, separated buildings and the weather. I went back to the hostel and met my roomates. One of which was having trouble speaking English, and then I found out she was from Italy, and so were a lot of the people staying there. The other two girls were from China and studying in New Castle. More about them all later.
Real Time Update: I got back from Switzerland three days ago, on the 11th. It was maybe my best trip so far, and I had the best time. I saw so much, ate so much, and just enjoyed spending a week with Alex, after five years apart! I met a lot of her friends, and her parents, too. I do have pictures and stories and will get them going as soon as I finish up London!
The kids are good. It seems that every time I go away, it takes some adjusting when I get back, but this time it only really took an afternoon, and the next morning everything was back to normal. They seemed to have missed me a lot, and when I picked Sarah up from school she looked at her friend with a huge smile on her face and said, "That's my babysitter!" and ran to me. Benni, who hasn't given me a kiss in months, because now she's 6 and she thinks their gross, took my hand last night and gave me a peck on the cheek. Leo showed me his new toy that he got for Easter and we played together, which is a nice break for him, because I'm real competition.
Another anniversary to mark! Two months from today, I'll be heading home. It freaks me out. Because if I look back to February, it went by so fast! And these months are warmer, I'm really loving it here, and I have lots to do, so I know things will be moving really fast. I have two more trips planned, but I'm not sure where yet. I just have the time. I plan on staying in Italy, though. Maybe one trip North and one South. Either way, I want to get some ocean time in.
Good luck to all you students heading into exams and finishing papers! I don't envy you, but I believe in you.
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