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Sunrise from our flat   Outside Trafalgar Sq for the 200th Anniversary celebration of Nelson's victory   Nelson monument. We had to get off our bus tour and walk in because of the crowds   HRH Prince Andrew's Bentley at Trafalgar Square for the celebration   Standing next to the Bentley and viewing Nelson Monument                   Just inside the Blvd near the square. notice the prince's private parking spot behind the gate!   ...a rare picture of Jane   ...and she is gone for the posed shot   A bus tour of London is a great way to see the city   Westminster Abbey                   The London Eye, a huge ferris wheel that is the highest point in London and offers stunning views of the city   The Clock Tower above the Houses of Parliament   Clock Tower. Big Ben is actually the bell in the tower   Houses of Parliament   Clock Tower                   St. George Monument   St. Paul's, designed by Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of 1666   The most dramatic aspect of St. Paul's is its great dome. It is the second largest dome ever built (the largest iss St. Peter's Basilica in Rome).   One of the original Roman Walls you can find scattered about the city   Baker's Tower Monument marking the spot where the Great Fire started in a bakers shop                   Trivia - The cage was installed to stop suicide jumpers, no kidding.   base of the monument   Tower Bridge as viewed from London Bridge     HMS Belfast, the last British battleship from WWII                   St. Albans, tied to the HMS Belfast   The dragons mark the boundaries of the City of London, now the financial district   Top of Tower Bridge     We were able to get tickets to the Ceremony one evening, no cameras allowed :(                   One of the gates in the Tower of London   Tower Bridge viewed from the Tower of London   Traitors Gate, one of the entrances to the Tower from the Thames   St. Katharine's Docks   Dickens Inn                   Shakespears Globe Theater   Millenium Bridge is for foot traffic only     The original Customs Wharehouse in the Docklands   London Eye from the river                     The Eye rises over 440 feet in the air   Cleopatra's Needle. The Obelisk dates to 12 BC   Saachi Gallery in County Hall Complex   Standing in line for a ride on the Eye                   It never stops moving, you just step in the egg..   Inside the egg, the views were stunning over the city at night     Steve and Betsy   Don and Mindy                   Steve and Jane       Houses of Parliament   More stupid tourist tricks...                   Trafalgar Square Fountain   Close up of Neptune   Naval College Gates   Her Majesty's Royal Theater   Watching the mechanical swiss clock in Leicester Square                   WW I Monument     Bank of England                                                   One of the more colorful tourist traps   A better picture of Clock Tower   Charing Cross, one fo the resting places for the funeral of Queen Eleanor   London does not lack for monuments..(actually it is outside Buckingham)                   Buckingham Palace   Buckingham Palace   Guards outside Buckingham Palace   Royal Seal                       Buckingham Palace   Mindy outside Buckingham Palace   View from Trafalgar towards Buckingham Palace   The Gaylord, one of the best Indian places in London and only ten minutes away from our flat           Inside the Gaylord   Harrods of London   Jim Thompsons, a Thai Pub on Kings Road

 

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