This man sits on his bench in St. James Park and waits for a tourist like me to come along, ask to take his picture with the pigeons........he calls Susie the pigeon over and she eats out of his dish of seed......I gave him 2 pounds to which he said "Cheers"
G man, KT on the left and Jenny G on the right goofing around. These phone booths are all over London. This one was near 10 Downing Street, which no one can get near. 10 Downing Street is protected by gates, Guards with machine guns, assault rifles, bullet proof vests, razor wire, and cement blockades. The "bobbies" outside the gates are polite and will answer questions and allow you to get close to the first gate in order for you to crane your neck a certain way to try and get a glimpse of the door to 10 Downing Street. I tried but could not see the door.
Jenny G and KT in lounge chairs at St James Park. All the parks provide this type of chair.......for a price.
The Tower of London
London Bridge
The Queen's Horse Guard
West Minster Abby
A face on West Minster Abbey. I like this guy's smile, he knows secrets. His eyes show he has a mischievous side to him.
The London Eye in the back round. I really like the chimneys on this building and thought the London Eye behind the chimneys made for an interesting photo
Big Ben...Big Ben is a clock but it's main purpose is a bell tower. Big Ben chimes on the hour, smaller towers chime on the 1/4 hour. I was lucky to be near when Big Ben chimed...the sound was beautiful
Guarding the Queen....the guys with the red coats and black hats do not work when the Queen is not in residence...instead we get the men in boring blue/grey...... no changing of the guard either......but the "bobbies" guarding the queen were very nice to talk to
An extremely fat pelican in St.James Park
This man sits on his bench in St. James Park and waits for a tourist like me to come along, ask to take his picture with the pigeons........he calls Susie the pigeon over and she eats out of his dish of seed......I gave him 2 pounds to which he said "Cheers"
G man, KT on the left and Jenny G on the right goofing around. These phone booths are all over London. This one was near 10 Downing Street, which no one can get near. 10 Downing Street is protected by gates, Guards with machine guns, assault rifles, bullet proof vests, razor wire, and cement blockades. The "bobbies" outside the gates are polite and will answer questions and allow you to get close to the first gate in order for you to crane your neck a certain way to try and get a glimpse of the door to 10 Downing Street. I tried but could not see the door.
Jenny G and KT in lounge chairs at St James Park. All the parks provide this type of chair.......for a price.
6 comments:
Nice photos!! I like the fat pelican, it looks quite happy with it's lot in life.
Fantastic! Well executed and composed pictures! I love the 'The London Eye in the back round' comment. So witty!
It looks like you all had fun!
One day I too will go on a cool trip like you. I seriously am a little jealous!
These are wonderful!
I love the buildings, and... yes, that is a pretty large pelican. :)
Are you sure that's a phone booth and not a tardis machine?!
Sorry to be a pedant, but Big Ben is actually the bell. Not the clock.
This is what you get for having an english reader...
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