Move over, Michelle.... Greetings everybody - Michelle has asked me to do a guest spot on the blog so welcome to London with Lucy... Highlights to include several bridges, the site of many famous executions, a boat trip I did not fall asleep on and a well known department store... Please read on...We started our day today at Tower Bridge. This is a famous bridge which has a middle section which can be raised to let tall ships down the Thames. We walked around the area round the bridge first - above is a picture of the cobbled dock area (Right here Michelle would insert some comment where she called this cool or amazing and used capital letters). This area also features City Hall where I am sure important things are done by the major of London - Boris Johnson (Any one who lives in America should check him out on YouTube; he fell in a river this week, which is just the kind of stuff he does on a regular basis)
Above is a picture which is of a boat we sailed down the Thames on - it is not really in the right place here as it comes later in the day but I won't mention that and embarrass Michelle...
Above is a picture which is of a boat we sailed down the Thames on - it is not really in the right place here as it comes later in the day but I won't mention that and embarrass Michelle...
AHEM, LUCY (says Michelle and notice the capital letters) THIS IS NOT THE BOAT WE RODE ON, BUT THE VERY FAMOUS QUEEN MARY, WHICH IS PERMANENTLY DOCKED IN THE THAMES...
Above is City Hall, as previously mentioned and below you can see pictures of the afore mentioned Tower Bridge - I actually managed to capture an image of Michelle in a photo, I was beginning to wonder if this was possible...(She does shy away from garlic and she hides away from the sun...um... Am I reading to much into this?)
Above is City Hall, as previously mentioned and below you can see pictures of the afore mentioned Tower Bridge - I actually managed to capture an image of Michelle in a photo, I was beginning to wonder if this was possible...(She does shy away from garlic and she hides away from the sun...um... Am I reading to much into this?)
This is one of the towers of Tower Bridge which is now an exhibition.
When we walked over the bridge we found ourselves outside the Tower of London. This is where Anne Boleyn was imprisoned and executed (She of the Henry VIII and the six wives fame - she was number 2) You can see Traitors Gate above. This is where the prisoners entered the tower by boat. The man in the red is a Beefeater, one of the guards of the Tower of London - I know you want one of those hats!
After we walked around the tower we boarded a boat for a trip down the Thames (see the picture Michelle put at the top of this blog). While on the boat we were lucky enough to witness the fly past for the Queen's birthday ( Oh I forgot to mention it was one of her birthdays today - she has two. She's not looking bad for 126!) The pictures below are of the Red Arrows who are an aerial display team, they have coloured trails coming out of the back of their planes - it was very lucky we were on the boat and able to see them (Insert another comment in block capitals from Michelle)
This is Big Ben and below are some pictures of the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey - once again Michelle has avoided being in these pictures (Um...)
When we walked over the bridge we found ourselves outside the Tower of London. This is where Anne Boleyn was imprisoned and executed (She of the Henry VIII and the six wives fame - she was number 2) You can see Traitors Gate above. This is where the prisoners entered the tower by boat. The man in the red is a Beefeater, one of the guards of the Tower of London - I know you want one of those hats!
After we walked around the tower we boarded a boat for a trip down the Thames (see the picture Michelle put at the top of this blog). While on the boat we were lucky enough to witness the fly past for the Queen's birthday ( Oh I forgot to mention it was one of her birthdays today - she has two. She's not looking bad for 126!) The pictures below are of the Red Arrows who are an aerial display team, they have coloured trails coming out of the back of their planes - it was very lucky we were on the boat and able to see them (Insert another comment in block capitals from Michelle)
We sailed down the Thames and saw lots of interesting buildings and bridges. We alighted the vessel at the London Eye and walked into Parliament Square to take a closer look at Westminster Abbey, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament. More photo's were taken as you can see below...
This is Big Ben and below are some pictures of the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey - once again Michelle has avoided being in these pictures (Um...)
Next we made our way to Knightsbridge and Harrods. We wandered around the lavish food hall and travelled up and down the opulent escalator which is Egyptian themed (nice!).
After laughing at the prices we got back on the tube (London Underground) and went to Covent Garden which is not actually a garden but a covered market with street performers. We strolled around the streets for a while munched on a lovely cup cake!
That is about it for today. My mum met us at the station and we gave Michelle a whistle stop tour of Milton Keynes - including the Snow Zone which is an indoor ski slope with real snow. Now we are blogging and getting ready for another welcome night's sleep.
By this point we were a little tired so we stopped in a small park by the river and watched world go by for a little bit. Then we made our way to Euston station to meet Jon's mum who very kindly bought us our bags. We boarded a train back to Milton Keynes - below is today's transport picture.
That is about it for today. My mum met us at the station and we gave Michelle a whistle stop tour of Milton Keynes - including the Snow Zone which is an indoor ski slope with real snow. Now we are blogging and getting ready for another welcome night's sleep.NB: All spellings are in English English, not American English and any mistakes in punctuation are due to differences in the language and not my tiredness or inability to string together a coherent sentence. Laterz Okies. Lucy x
Looks like perfect weather!!! Great pictures!! I enjoyed keeping up with you two on this blog!!! FUN!!!
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