Why yes that is me hugging a giant cement ball. . . in LONDON! I love London with all of my heart and it seriously is my favorite city in the entire world (except Hogsmeade but that doesn't count cuz Hogsmeade is a village not a city)
Our first stop on this journey was to Notting Hill. You know the place from that famous movie call Notting Hill. We stopped at the little blue door. . . which is not so much blue anymore as it is black and the Travel Book Shop where Hugh Grant worked in the movie. It was a tender moment. Kind of, Im not in love with the movie but for others who are this is for them.
After Notting Hill we walked to Kensington Gardens to see Peter Pan and to find the mysterious button. None of these things happened. Sad I know but it will be ok. I have 9 months left, plenty of time to push the button. We walked through the park and can I tell you how much I love Kensington Gardens? It is such a gorgeous place and it is so peaceful. How is it possible that it stands in the center of London?!
I do have much better pictures of Kensington Gardens but something is wrong with them and they wont upload so you get Spartnik Jr pictures instead.As soon as i get the problem fixed I will post better pictures.
After walking through part of Kensington Gardens and past Kensington Palace the home to Princess Diana, we walked down the street with all the Embassies along it. Where I made the very hard decision about whether or not I should say hello to the bobby holding a gun. . . I said hello and I lived to tell you about it. He said hi back. Later on down the street I told a man he was doing a lovely job of painting a door white. He just gave me a strange look. We walked from Kensington Gardens, through Knightsbridge because we had to go see Harrods of course.
We then headed towards Buckingham Palace. Which I must admit is not as pretty or awesome as everyone thinks it is. I mean yay the Queen lives here but that is about all the appeal it has to me but I do love visiting it everytime.
It was while we were visitng the queen that the rain started falling and when I say falling I mean it was out with a vengence. I love it! You cant have England with out Rain. I just wish it wasnt so cold.
I got a nice splash of water in my face right as the picture in front of parliament was taken. and of course my typical "it is raining" pose in front of the fountains at Buckingham Palace. So obviously we walked down to Parliament square while it was raining and got pretty much soaked but it was fun. I got to see my long lost best friend the cement ball. Still dont know why it is there but I love it anyway. We then finally got to Parliament and I could just hear Wendy saying "mommy what is that?" We walked across Westminster Bridge to do the "i am touching the top of big ben picture" and then we retreated into a cafe to try and dry off. . . it was unsuccessful.
After leaving Parliament (I have yet to find the door inside!) we walked to Trafalgar square to see where all the distances in London ar measured from. Unfortunately it was too dark to get a picture of the hourse's backside but next time I am there I will get one.
After Trafalgar square we did what any tourist in London would do and headed towards PLATFORM 9 3/4! Harry Potter FTW!!!! It was brilliant although I am very upset that they were doing construction on the platform where the movie was filmed and they shoved the sign in a back corner where it won't bother anyone. Do they not understand that this is HARRY freaking POTTER? of course I went through the wall and I am now happily studying at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.
It was a wonderful ending to an amazing day in London. Although the best part may have been when we were on the train back and this guy found out that we were American. He asked us to say "Tomato in America" does he know that Americans speak the same language as the British. . .I guess not. O well.
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