Hello all,
Day two can be characterized by sore feet and horse droppings. Break-fast included croissants,pastry,and hot chocolate. Our first stop was Buckingham palace and the incredible staterooms. There were many chandeliers,throne-like chairs, beautiful gowns and a secret door (not so secret any more). We then ran to the front of the palace for the changing of the guards. But I was the only one to see anything because I was sitting on Dad's shoulders so that I could take pictures.
Everyone else only saw fuzzy black hats! It wasn't really that interesting, just a lot of marching with extra yelling included. The police horses were actually more interesting. Next we went to the Royal Mews which used to house falcons (the mews part) but now stables the horses for all the carriages. The carriages were spectacular,the best one was the Golden carriage 
because it was made of wood but covered in gold. There were only 4 horses there at the moment because the rest were on holiday at Hampton court!! We had fish and chips for lunch, that wasn't that great because we put malt vinegar on the fries...ugh. We then found some grass to flop on, and mom and dad had a nap 
and Josephine and I wrote in our journals and made notes for our magazine. On our way to Westminster Abby we found an expensive toy solider store. They had some really cool dioramas of different wars during British history. They even had the African war with camels and the war in India with elephants. Unfortunately, the stop made us 8 min. late for the final tickets for Westminster Abby so we went on the London Eye instead. 
We went super high, but it was really slow...mom didn't get sick! The view was amazing and it was fun to see little red double Decker buses driving along. We passed through Trafalgar square on our way to Notting Hill, where we got our picture taken with an enormous Lion.
The statue to Lord Nelson made Josephine's neck sore it was so high. Sadly we were too late for the carnival, but it was probably a good thing because it was crazy there. There were so many cops in the subway, and people in the streets that we got out of there fast. We went back to the Mediterranean place for dinner and I had the chicken curry that mom raved about yesterday. It made my eyes water because it was spicy but it was good.P.S. The title refers to the constant warning from the subway voice - basically watch your step!
By Emily (with some help from mom)
5 comments:
Emily, I think that you can write you own blog. You don't need your mom's help. Glad your all having fun so far. Watvh out for the POOP. Signed Goofy
Hi Guys,
Great pictures. Your blog was very interesting Emily! I had trouble with the blog site, but then thought... what would Mike do -I rebotted and it worked! I will be good at this soon. Miss you. Glad Mike is finally getting some sleep with no one pestering him.
Mom
Sent an email today, but will try this now. Hope you get to see this on your blog. I am not that good at this new technology, but am willing to try. Your trip so far sounds great; in 1986 we(Jake, Tillie and I) spent a weekend in London. It was expensive then, but great. Saw "The Taming of the Shrew" at the Haymarket Theatre. More next time. Charlotte in Winnipeg
Hey Mike,
You missing your bike yet :)
Stop in at Ribble cycles when your there and get some toys!!
Chris
Awesome post Emily! I remember watching the changing of the guards with my parents, too. And I remember thinking that it wasn't so amazing that all these people needed to be squished together to watch it...but it was fun anyway. One of my favorite memories from London was making my own gold-colored rubbing at Westminster Abby...I still have that somewhere.
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