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Changing the guard at Buckingham Palace |
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Larry and Dave, feeling the cold in London |
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Krista in Westminster |
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Outside Westminster Abbey - look there, up in the sky! Is it
a bird? Is it a plane? No, wait a minute, it's the Sun! |
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The London Eye (world's largest ferris wheel) - shame we
never had time to ride it. |
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Larry doesn't quite manage to hold up Nelson's Column |
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Trafalgar Square. Who's that bloke on the column? - Poor
Admiral Nelson! |
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Larry, Dave, Rebecca and Krista outside the Tower of London |
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The gang walk over Tower bridge |
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Another shot of Tower bridge |
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The view from the walk way on Tower bridge, to the left is
the Tower of London.
There is quite a nice tour and exhibition at the bridge explaining its
history. |
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Do we recognize this Guardsman and his Victorian lady? |
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Me on HMS Belfast, looking across the Thames river with the Tower of London in the
background.
HMS Belfast is the last surviving British Battleship from WW2. Once
again, us guys took the tour - the girls didn't fancy it. |
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Having a curry in Leicester square. When in London you HAVE
to get a Vindaloo, however, while Rebecca looks a little green around the
gills here, it was actually me that got an upset stomach! |
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Krista and Larry also enjoyed the meal. The next day Larry
and I got a Kebab and I found out that they are called "Euros"
in the States - no wonder I could never get one over here!
However, Dave didn't fancy it - apparently the London ones aren't as
good as the ones in Chicago! |
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Hello sleeping beauty! Larry got the short straw and the
couch. |
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Stonehenge, it's only been up 5,500 years - I can only apologize
for Bronze age British workmen! |
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Dave, Krista and Larry smile despite of the cold on Salisbury
Plain.
The big stone with the point on the top, behind Krista, marks the position where the
Sun raises on the Winter Solstice. Opinion is divided as to whether
this was also bad news for one unlucky local virgin! |
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Another view of Stonehenge, this one shows more of Salisbury
Plain.
The raised area in the left foreground is a Barrow - a bronze age
burial mound. |
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Larry and I outside Salisbury Cathedral.
As I recall, among the famous representations of this Cathedral, it was
painted several times by John
Constable IMO his best work is Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows
(1831).
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