Despite being jetlagged, we were up and out early to catch the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace... or not.
Date: 08/17/07
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At least we saw the sign though unlike all of these clueless suckers.
Picture of a squirrel with a giant nut. The picture I should have taken was the one of the 30+ asians running around like maniacs trying to get as many pictures as possible of it.
Pelicans
Some weird duck
The closest thing we saw to the changing of any guards that day
Looking toward the London Eye from St. James Park
Horse Guards Parade
10 Downing Street (England's White House)
London Eye
It's the most popular paid visitor attraction in the UK
Supposedly it's an observation wheel not a ferris wheel.
Palace of Westminster (Parliment) in the background
Buckingham Palace
St. Paul's Cathedral
Kennington Oval, Cricket Ground
Clock Tower / Big Ben
Jackie discovering she's suddenly afraid of heights
River Thames was extremely low
Street preformers along the Thames Path
Smart is not making sport cars, get used to the way they look, it's only a matter of time
Trafalgar Square
Air Soccer
Camera are EVERYWHERE in London. Including on top of their paddy wagons.
Piccadilly Circus, closest thing London has to Times Square
Wellington Arch
This sign, on the fence around Buckingham Palace, says "Warning - Anti-Climbing Paint"
Rotating spikes are also a nice deterrent
Changing of the Guard
Thousands of tourists, none with a good view.
At first I thought this was a beer distrubitor on the river because of all the kegs, then I was saddend to find out it was only a petrol station.
Footy
Richard the Lionheart, infront of Parliment
Westminster Abbey
Inside the abbey...
Jackie not happy about being in the picture
Still avoiding
Still not happy
...
... still nothing.
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