Can I say, springtime in London is wonderful? So glad to be done with the record-breaking cold winter. Leaves on the trees, flowers and blossoms everywhere...just lovely!
Out bedroom window.
Synagogue across the street....leaves on the trees.
(Compare to pictures in earlier blog with no leaves.)
We both came back to London kind of sick, but doing much better now. As usual, my sweetheart works and I do my share of playing. So sad that two of my friends are moving in the coming weeks...so we worked on their London bucket lists....
Apparently, you've never experienced London if you've not done a "tea".
May as well go to one.....
in a cool old building in Picadilly with a fun clock to watch on the hour....
and fun people to watch watching the clock....
(hahaha Becca, Jill, Becky....great shot, Kim)
and delectable, though pricey, food...
and London friends...
Standing....Becca, Kim, Stephanie, Becky
Sitting....Jennie, Abbey, Jill
Includes Abbey from our BYU ward and her mom, Jill.
Then, the next day you may as well go to the procession for the Opening of Parliament 2013.
Me, Kim and Becky with 2 Bobbies who were willing to chat with us.
Becky, Jill and me resting and waiting in the rain....
Here come the crown jewels.
And Prince Charles. He waved at us.
And THE QUEEN! She smiled at us.
So close. So much pomp and circumstance. Military band, horses, soldiers, more carriages, diplomats from all over the world... We got there at a great time, before they started blocking off the street and requiring tickets to get into this area. Primo spots. Westminster Abbey directly to our right. Parliament right across the street. Of course, we were across from the House of Commons, not the House of Lords, the only entrance the Queen is allowed in to...
and only once a year....
at the Opening of Parliament.
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