Friday, May 28, 2010

Day 2, London

An Epic day that started with the "Big Bus Tour" with an overview of all the major London attractions then a traditional lunch of fish and chips ,smashed minted peas with a glass of ale.


The Houses of Parliament. This structure is absolutely beautiful. The day before we arrived, the Queen rode through the city in her carriage to these buildings to open parliament. That would have been fun to see.  This picture was taken from the London Eye, a gigantic ferris wheel on the edge of the Thames river.

By chance we ended up at Westminster Abbey at 5 pm. The bad news was they had just closed the Abby to visitors, the good news was if you were there for the service you were welcomed.  We just couldn't resist this opportunity.  The service was a beautiful choral service called Evansong. The sound of the choir was so beautiful. The church is amazing. This is the church where kings, queens, and others are coronated and where Princess Di and Charles got married.









The police were called out yesterday to break up this demonstration. We do not know if they came. 



We ended our evening at the London production of Les Miserables.  Just fantastic.  Sally, you would have loved it.  There are about 150 Theaters in London, so little time.

2 comments:

  1. Go Annie Leibowitz.these are killer photos with a capital K!!!!Stunning and you got to see Le Miz in London........ok now i am jealousing. You are a super dooper blogger!!! Keep it up!! xoxooxoxI

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  2. P.S. on the Italian blog I looove those tiny cars too and have the same fascination especially when real sizr people get out.I always expected them to be little dwarfs or leprechans.Go figure.

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