London - Days 3 & 4

We love being able to take advantage of the Theatres here in the city.  We saw "Lion King" since we missed it when it was in L.A.  Funny thing that we had to travel all the way to the U.K. to see something that was at home.  Can't wait to see "Wicked" at home!  Don't want to let that one get away.

Picadilly Circus

I don't think this particular shot shows it very clearly, but if you look closely, you can see that is actually General Conference on John's phone.  We got a kick out of how we can still watch Conference, while in an English Pub.  I think there's too much glare on it, but trust me, we did it!

The Tower Bridge at night.  Stunning!!  I hope to go on it during the day.

"London Bridge" is near it, but it's nothing special.  The REAL London Bridge is actually in Lake Havasu, Arizona!  That was taken down brick by brick and reassembled in AZ.  Crazy!  London Bridge really did fall down.

Monday morning we quickly ran down to Buckingham Palace to see the Changing of the Guards.  It takes place at 11:30 every other day.  We had to run, literally, because we (read:  John) slept in until nearly 11:00 a.m.  Why?  Because he pulled another all-nighter working.  He finally got to bed at 6:30 this morning, so he only got a few hours of shut-eye.  What's new?

. . . Only to do more work while waiting for the guards to pass.  But seriously how cool is it that he can actually accomplish work like this.

I need to find out what's the meaning of those furry-black-olive-looking hats.

I suppose marching behind horses has its hazards!

St. James Park at Buckingham Palace.  The Eye is in the far background.

This is very reminiscent of Central Park, in fact, the whole city is.  It's quite apparent that New York was patterned after London - it's what they knew after all.

Turned out to be a stunningly gorgeous and warm day!  Yeah!!

The Canal through Little Venice.  Such a beautiful neighborhood!

We found this quaint little pub at the end of Little Venice/Paddington in a neighborhood and stopped for lunch.  It was very English - we almost felt as though we were intruding on the locals.  It was so good - we were so glad we happened upon it.  I could just picture "Lady and the Tramp" eating spaghetti outside it.

Up and away for a flight on the London Eye!  

All lit up at night - that's our hotel behind it.

In the Eye capsule