Buckingham Palace Road

Don't pay any attention to the dates on the top of these blog entries as they seem to be all one day out (I think they must be set for NZ time). Today is actually Monday 23rd here. Our hotel is opposite Buckingham Palace (well at least opposite the Royal Mews which is at the back of the Palace.... lol) so quite handy to most things. Haven't really had that much of a chance to see what London has to offer but first impressions are that it is crowded, noisy and perhaps not our favourite place so far. Still, we will delay judgement until we have had more time to look around and get a bit of a feel for the place.

We arrived in London around lunchtime and quickly learned the basic necessities of travelling on the Underground (which was a somewhat easier task than hauling our suitcases up and down the stairs at the stations!). We spent the rest of the afternoon walking around the general area where we are staying which involved taking photos outside Buckingham Palace, a stroll through St James Park, and a more disoriented walk around Westminster Abbey/Big Ben area and then a walk back to the hotel.

This photo is somewhere you will probably not recognise as it was taken at the Institution of Civil Engineers and no-one else was taking photos of it (it was clearly not on the "places to be seen at" list) so I took one. Funny thing was that the lady behind me then stopped and wondered if she should also!!

I could tell that I was starting to get a bit more acclimatised to the place as at one point I managed to walk past a squirrel in the park without taking a photo of it! However, the next squirrel that came along was really cute and came right up to us on the fence (some are clearly fed by people in the park so are very confident) so I started taking squirrel photos again. I have quite a few photos now with blurry squirrels, squirrel tails, and some with just open patches of grass where squirrels used to be.

I will try and wean off my squirrel addiction tomorrow but can 't guarantee it won't be replaced with something else.