london day two!

So, London was my first bad knee day. I made it that far without a lot of problems, so yay!!

We started off the day with breakfast and went towards the free walking tour (same company as in Edinburgh). Running a tad bit behind schedule didnt help at all when we walked very far down the wrong street! We we got to the tour starting spot and they were, gone, but we met up with them at Buckingham Palace!

We got there just in time to see the changing of the guards. It was all pretty cool! It was like a parade and they marched and some played instruments. We knew the Queen wasn't home at the time, because the British flag was flying... when she is home her own personal flag flies.

We walked down the street and saw the palace that Charles, William, and Henry live in. Not too shabby! Around the corner from that is another palace where lots of important decisions have happened and events taken place. This is also where princess Diana lived during the divorce!

We passed through the city square, said hi to Big Ben again, and saw the Eye, the Horse Guard Cross, Westminster Abbey, and more!

"Westminster" actually means "West Abbey", so we really say Westabbey Abbey. haha.

Next we went to tea. With the Queen. She was pretty nice, but the tea could have been better. She brought us into her private wing and it was REALLY nice in there!! We got in a good hour or so in the palace before we had to go to meet up with some of Dave's friends. We made plans to visit her again, though!!

Now, if you believed any of the last paragraph, I'm not sure we can be friends anymore :-P

We did, however, leave the tour and go meet up with Klair and Carl, two of Dave's friends that live in England. We went to lunch with them at a Sports bar ( I had hoped there'd be some baseball on, but then I realized it was only 10am jersey time *tear*). We had SO much fun with them and we were really happy when they decided to hang out with us longer!

We walked down to the water and wound up going to the Tate, a free Modern Art Museum. It was great in there! After that, we went to Shakespear's Globe Theater, where they STILL do performances!!! That night it was MacBeth, and unfortunately the tickets were a bit over our price range. It was still pretty neat to see from the outside.

We crossed the river to St. Paul's Church (where Prince Charles got married both times). We waled til we passed London Bridge and got a good view of tower Bridge. Don't worry. I didn't let London Bridge fall down!

We took the Underground back to Picadilly Circus and wiund up going to Planet Hollywood for a (very) late dinner. It was the shortest wait I've ever had at a Planet hollywood, since there was no wait!

Klair and Carl missed the last train out, so they wound up getting beds in the hostel we were staying at. It was great because we got to hang out even later then!!

In the morning we had breakfast with them and then parted ways. We had a flight to catch to Spain! Adios, London Baby!