On Sunday 21st November I played the tour guide for the group and took Kira (being her first time in London) around to some of the big destinations.
We hit up Buckingham Palace (just in time to see the end of the Changing of the Guards) and ran into a group of hasidic Jews on holiday...Kira was in heaven! After some awkward photos trying to include Kira's kin-folk we headed off for a stroll through St James' Park. There was a guy in the park holding onto one of the infamous St James' pelicans. He told us that this was the actual bird that ate the pigeon (check it out on YouTube). Naturally we all wanted to pat the legendary cannibal! We then moved on to the Horse Guard Parades, where a Remembrance Day ceremony was taking place, then into Trafalgar Square for some interesting photos with lions...
After refueling with lunch we headed down towards Westminster to see Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament! Just as impressive on my 100th time round!!! We then, naturally, made our way to Harrods where Liz and Kira went crazy looking at shoes and fur coats that cost more than a good BMW (if there are any good ones?). Kira now wants to own a Chinchilla...
It was then back to the hostel where it was time to say goodbye. Jack, Kira, Liz and I headed our separate ways. I was off to a concert in Chelsea to see one of Matthew's friends from home, Fiona, perform. Fiona is living and working over here and performs with the Kensington Philharmonic Orchestra. Because some of the tube lines were down for maintenance I had to rely on a bus...which never came! After waiting half an hour or so I gave up and called it quits...sorry Fiona! Instead I headed into Hyde Park where a massive Christmas festival was happening. They had basically built a second London Eye in the park.
Afterwards it was up through the Wellington Arch and on towards Buckingham Palace where I pretended to be a talented photographer and took some photos of the Palace lit up at night.
A disappointing end to an otherwise great weekend in London!
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| Kira and Liz |
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| Kira didn't want to be focused in this picture...it was all about her brother Jew on the phone! |
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| Someone has to pack up the stands and it is always the first years! |
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| A hand isn't far off a pigeon... |
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| An Aston Martin...I'm disgusted! |
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| Hyde Park Christmas markets |
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Ice skating in the park.
Not the London Eye in the background - just another huge ferris wheel built for the markets. |
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| Wellington Arch |
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