Today was a very good day. This morning I finished my reading for the whole weekend. Boo yeah. After breakfast we headed off to do another walk through Whitehall. We got off at where Will and Kate got married, made a stop at the Ministry of Magic, and finished by saying hello to the Queen at her house. I wish. But we really did start down by Westminster then walked by Trafalgar Square, through Whitehall, and finished at Buckingham Palace. We started by walking down the Thames and turning onto a little street that led us to the Horse Guards at Whitehall. There we got a lovely Texan couple to take a picture for us. I love seeing Americans over here, it makes me not feel so foreign. After taking pictures with horses we continued down and passed 10 Downing Street where the Prime Minister lives. After that we just traveled down until we hit the Mall a.k.a. the red brick road. Not to be confused with the yellow brick road, this road is red to look like a red carpet from the gate to the palace. It was a beautiful day and we got some pretty pictures. I also took some pictures for some Asian family and almost started laughing out loud when all of them (mom and dad included) held up peace signs for the camera. It made my day!
In the afternoon we did the Legal London walk, which is from the Bank to the Temple tube stops. Unlike the morning walk this one was a snoozer. It was long and we were tired. Good thing it was mostly just the business district.
It still amazes me how close everything is here. Like Trafalgar Square is right at the entrance to Buckingham and Hyde Park is basically in Buckingham’s backyard. And from Buckingham you can see the London Eye and Big Ben. London is huge but you can basically walk everywhere, which I love… although I do miss Chug, my trusty car, who is in Utah. But other than little things like that I basically live in the coolest place ever…besides Utah, of course.
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| This is really the ministry of magic. They just have to say it's the ministry of defense to ward off un-welcomed muggles. |
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| Horse Guards! |
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| Hanging out with Q. E. II |
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| This could've been artsy but it isn't |
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