London Ramble

Last Saturday we took the train up to London. We didn't realize it, but a lot of the city was closed because of Rembrance Day, which is like Memorial Day back home. We still had a nice time though. This is St. James Park, where we stopped first. It is a lovely park near Buckingham Palace with lots of waterfowl in the pond.



This is the view of Big Ben from St. James Park.

I snapped some shots of Brian under a tree that I thought was particularly nice.

Iain and me with St. James in the background.

After wandering through St. James we encountered a bagpiper parade. Brian posted the link to a video of this on the last post. Then we walked towards Parliment and Westminister (both closed due to Rembrance Day) and toured a 13th century tower. Then we crossed the Thames and walked along the South Bank people watching the Londoners and tourists.
Along the South Bank were some interesting street performers. Several of them dressed up as statutes and would move when you deposited money in their cup! There was also a man "playing" glasses of water, some wrestlers, a juggler, and an escape artist.

This is the last building that Charles I ever set foot in. He walked out of the window, onto a scaffold, and was relieved of his head!


This is St. Paul's Cathedral, which closed early for Rembrance Day, so we missed going inside.



We were walking past an office building and I thought the reflection looked interesting, so I took our picture. I guess I'm getting a bit avant-garde. :)












The picture pretty much says it all. But I'd like to say that the photo was taken at 4:55! Look how dark it is!














The last pictures are all of Oxford Circus. All the Christmas lights looked so pretty.