We went through Buckingham palace and saw the changing of the guard. William and Kate's wedding stuff was a main part of the exhibit in some of the 19 staterooms we went through, We got to see her real wedding dress! No pictures inside the palace, but it was a pretty neat audio walking tour. The detail on the ceiling, walls, furniture, and floors was beautiful. Then attempting to see the changing of the guard was crazy on the streets but we saw the beginning part from the side way back and then went to the other side of the palace and sat up on a wall in the park and watched the rest. Very impressive!
Then we went through Covent Gardens to eat lunch and shop around. Went through a few neat local artists shops. The architecture of this building is so amazing too! Then we got on the tube and went up to King's Cross station to see Platform 9 3/4. We walked the length of the train platform from 9 to 10 and didn't see anything but then a man who works there asked if that was what we were looking for (I guess we were obvious with a camera in my hand and not boarding any of the trains) and he pointed us in the right direction up to the street corner. (I'm slightly disappointed it isn't in the appropriate spot- haha) Then we got back on the tube and went to the British Museum.
This place is CRAMMED with crazy amazing things!!! And it is all FREE to see. But I guess is does belong to the rest of the world and the British just "borrowed" it right? We saw SO many artifacts, history icons, art, monuments, etc that I can't even begin to list them...
The last day we went to Portabello Road Market and had breakfast at a cafe and then shopped. Got to see some need London culture that was different than the tourist-y parts. I haggled with a few market salesmen and got some jewelry.
Next we went to Kensington Palace. However a majority of the palace is under construction and so we decided not to go in, but took pictures in the beautiful gardens. Then we wondered through Hyde Park. Saw some memorial playgrounds/fountains of Princess Diana and then we found the Peter Pan statue!
Then it was off to Harrods! And we got lost (not really) in there for hours. Very busy, but fancy-smancy stuff. We took some picture and marveled at some neat clothes, jewelry, furniture, electronics, musical instruments appliances, etc...
W few more things we noted that are different here (since there isn't too much as we both speak English):
;) They say Lifts (for elevators) and dine in or take away (for take out). The food is pretty much the same in the US- a lot of different cuisines. We went to a Mexican restaurant for dinner last night. And we had the best ice cream ever with some yummy chocolate "flakes". Yummmmm :0)
Then we left for the Tube for our last ride at 5am for a very early and tired ride :)
Will update about Brussels later....
Miss and love you all!!!!
~Becky and Clark
(2 very sore-feet, tired-eyes, aching-backs worlrl travelers!)
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