Our first day here in London was a slow and cold one. We decided to do the bus tour thing of London, but really only got about half-way around the city. We will probably finish up tomorrow, after we do the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace.
The building below is the House of Parliament building (I think), directly across from Westminster Abbey. We wanted to check out the Abbey, but it was already closed.
Ian found Big Ben from the steps of the British National Gallery (the Monet wing was closed due to the weather London has had - BUMMER!), we walked around St. Martin in the Fields and enjoyed the beautiful organ music playing for a bit. Then we hopped on the Underground and made our way to Westminster and Big Ben. Oh yeah, The London Eye was closed due to the weather as well.
It felt like we practically had the bus tour to ourselves, but that is mostly because the bottom was full and we were on the top, open-air, portion of the bus. Mind you, Gatwick was closed for the second straight day, highways were closed, and some trains weren't running due to the snow. But there we were, sitting up top. It was more than a little bit chilly.
I took the opportunity to take a couple of photos of Catherine, Ian, and Leah.
This was Catherine's favorite photo of Leah:
This was my only useable photo of Ian. Not only did he not want to look back for a photo, but the bus was moving and all but this one were blurry and were subsequently binned.
I hope all is well out there with everyone. Expect to see more photos later. Cheers,
Marc
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