This is the park we walked through to get from our hotel to the underground. It is such a gorgeous walk! Nice big park, tennis, runners...
Our second day we headed to the British Museum. Across the street was this tavern. I love the look and the names of pubs here. Ok, this pub doesn't have a unique name, but it hits the category of quaint and charming!
The British Museum is massive! We thought it might be a neat thing for the kids to see and told them they could see mummies.
The inside corridor.
Brennan was a little disturbed by the mummies and didn't realize that at one time it was real people.
The place was PACKED! We haven't seen London like this before. The two other times we've come it was October. A much preferable time, when there aren't as many tourists.
Next we tried Harrods. Again, PACKED! Oh my! The kids were getting elbowed and purse punched in the face.
It is a really cool place and our goal was to get some fresh Krispy Kreme donuts, only to learn that Harrods no longer houses a KK. We were a little disappointed, but we still got us some KK in another location.
Here is the one picture I got of Harrods. Then we hightailed it out of there!
Buckingham Palace
We stopped at the palace gift shop. These are the ornaments that hang on the Christmas trees in the palace. The lady working in the store asked Karis if she was getting some practice in! Ha!
We then made the long walk down Birdcage Walk (as opposed to The Mall) and came out right by Westminster Abby.
And Big Ben! Love that structure! It is gorgeous!
The London Eye peeking through in the back.
Heading towards Trafalgar Square. Don't ya just love the names of all these British sites?!
I wasn't paying attention as to what this guard on a horse was actually guarding, but in looking at the map, it looks to be the Army's Headquarters.
We always make one of our London meals at the Texas Embassy Cantina.
This restaurant and location have quite the history! The restaurant commemorates when there actually was an embassy for The Republic of Texas from 1836-45. This was not the actual location of the embassy, but it is nearby. This building was, however, the White Shipping Line's location, the owners of the Titanic. This is where people came to find news of their loved ones.
Texas license plates line the walls.
Just 4,747 miles to Dallas!
Not "Texas" Tex-Mex, but it was good.
It was nice to have GOOD Dr Pepper!!
Love your pictures. Brings back great memories of the last 4 summers working in Southall/Hounslow. I'm sure you know the Pelley's, Blacksten's and Borden's. Tell them all hello from Paramount friends. Ann C.
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