Big Ben, as seen from the window of the coach as we drove by (we didn't get the chance to get any really good pictures of it, which was disappointing...)
Not the greatest of pictures, but there's the London Eye, with Big Ben in the background
Buckingham Palace, as seen over the heads of the huge crowd of people waiting for the changing of the guard (which was canceled).
I thought this was hilarious. All the doors have signs saying "This door is alarmed." What I want to know is, what's the door alarmed about? LOL
While my family is scratching their heads trying to figure it out, the "Doctor Who" fans will recognize this very familiar building...yes indeed, it is none other than the secret home of Torchwood! Our hotel was very close to Canary Wharf and nobody understood why I thought that was so cool...
(when we went by at night, I looked in the windows as much as I could trying to find the room where the main events in "Doomsday" happened, but alas, they all looked like perfectly normal offices. A very clever disguise by Torchwood, I'm sure...LOL)
While the rest of our group wandered off down the sidewalk, one of the guys and I stopped to get quick pictures with the traditional red phone booths. They're everywhere in London. How could we resist a picture? Obviously, we couldn't.
(I kept looking for a blue police box, but no such luck...)
Is that a five thousand plus years old giant circle of stones I see? Yes, it is!
Somebody (I forget who) advised me that whenever I go to see something like Stonehenge, always get a picture with me in front of it, because otherwise, it just winds up looking like a postcard. Of course, nowadays, you can make it look like you were on the moon if you've got any talent with Photoshop. But, anyway, there am I, in front of Stonehenge.
I'm skipping ahead a few days to put one of my favorite pictures on. This is one of the many statues at Coolmore Stud, and there's actually a guy leading the horse. Daniel was pretty good though at blocking out pretty much all of the guy, so it looks like I'm leading the horse. Give me a few years, then we'll get a picture of me leading a real racehorse...preferably into the winner's circle.
I'm going to be late for class (well, more than likely) so I'm going to leave this here. I should have an interesting adventure to mention tonight...let's just say, it involves a fairly unusual phone call the agriculture department received, and the fact that I'm very sympathetic towards hurt and injured animals.
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