Grammii's blog: London

Saturday, July 19, 2008

London

London was so incredible. I could never live in a large city but it was sure fun to visit. I took so many pictures of the House of Parliament, Every direction I turned it looked like a postcard view. I just kept snapping. It is a beautiful building. Our friends had a walking tour and we decided to view London by foot. We walked around H of P

and then down the street to the Soldier stables, we walked down thru St. James park. (gorgeous)

We got to Buckingham Palace just after the changing of the guards. We could hear it as we were going through the park and could see marching soldiers but didn't actually see the changing.

The queen was at the palace and there were people lined up - women with fancy hats on waiting to have audience with the queen.

We then walked down to Trafalgar Square, then over the river to tour the other side. It was so cool. We rode the London Eye and then circled round to platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross Station before heading back to the hotel. We were exhausted.

1 comments:

Rummage said...: Nice pics Mom.; July 21, 2008 4:46 PM

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McKay's family

McKay came following close behind Reese. There is 18 months difference in their age. McKay is a brilliant kid. He always learned things so quick, as a child he was always blowing me away. But on top of brains, agility, and quick wit, McKay has a kindness about him, he is tender and has a heart of gold. Sounds like a bragging mom but it is My blog and I can blog what I want too. He married Jena Ribe.
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