The Allisons

London

We took so many pictures that I'm going to have to break it a couple of blogs. Our first several nights in London, we stayed about an hour north of town near Cambridge. We stayed at Mildenhall RAF. It was definitely super nice and super cheap, but the expense of getting in and out of town nearly killed us. This was the rose garden right next to our building at Mildenhall.
We were eating lunch at Mildenhall and I saw a girl with a shirt on that said Mind the Gap and it looked like the London tube (subway) signs. None on us got the joke, but our first tube ride gave us a clue. Apparently, there is a small gap between the train and the platform. I guess there have been several mishaps concerning the gap, because they were sure to make you very aware of it. Before we would come to a complete stop at the platform, a voice would come over the speakers in the station and on the train that said, "MIND THE GAP!". It was so crazy, but we were sure not to fall in.
The Westminster station lets out right at the foot of Big Ben. On this day, we were headed to Buckingham Palace to see the changing of the guard. While we made it in time, it would be more appropriate to say we were present at the changing of the guard more than we witnessed it. There was already such a large crowd gathered that we vertically challenged folks didn't have a prayer of seeing anything. The band's music was fun though. There was 2 different bands and one was more like a drum and bugle corp. There were also marching military guys and a group of horse guards.
The first time we walked by Westminster Abbey, we were rushing to make it to the Palace in time so we really didn't have time to stop. After the changing of the guard we went back and visited the gift shop. It was 10 pounds per person, which converts to 20 dollars per person, which made it 40 dollars for Mike and I to go in. We enjoyed Westminster Abbey from the outside.
Although these signs were everywhere, only a couple of them were defaced by the "I" in the middle making it "toilet". Mike found these signs particularly funny.
Here's Big Ben again. It's so impressive and you can see it from almost anywhere.
Ok, I think that's it for this blog.