I had the amazing opportunity to go on vacation and visit my little sister. She's doing a study abroad program in London, England. I left my house at about 10am on a Thursday morning and arrived in London at 7am on Friday morning. There's a 6 hour time difference between Nashville and London, so it felt like 1am.
My sister was kind enough to meet me at the airport, even though it took her about an hour and a half to get there. We rode the tube back to her place and dropped off my bags, I changed clothes and off we went!
Our first stop was the Victoria and Albert museum. I saw a movie about Queen Victoria shortly before I left and was fascinated by her. She reigned for 63 years and had 9 children. Here's the entrance:
Inside the museum:
Then we headed out for some lunch, and stopped by Harrods. It was amazing. There were so many levels and you could buy everything under the sun. Designer clothes and jewelry, pet accessories, even meat from a butcher. Crazy. Then we headed to Hyde Park. It was a glorious day and everyone was outside enjoying the weather: 
After Hyde Park we walked to Buckingham Palace. I must admit I thought it would be more 'grand' if you will. It's just fenced off among the other buildings in the area:
The gates were impressive:
We continued walking and I'm sad to say I don't remember what this is....did I mention that I was tired and only got a couple hours of sleep on the plane?
Of course you have to take a cheesy picture in the phone booth, here's CJ:
And me:
Then we went on the London Eye. This was supposed to be in a different order but by the time I realized this it was too late to go back and change all the other pictures. Here I am with Big Ben in the background:
This was supposed to be first, CJ on the London Bridge with the Eye behind her:
Another shot from the Eye:
The views really were amazing, here's another shot looking down the Thames River:
I just liked this picture:
Here's Big Ben and the Parliament Building:
I was surprised how close together everything is in London, we saw all of the above in just one day, all on foot. It was lot of fun and felt like a whirlwind tour!
After Hyde Park we walked to Buckingham Palace. I must admit I thought it would be more 'grand' if you will. It's just fenced off among the other buildings in the area:
The gates were impressive:
We continued walking and I'm sad to say I don't remember what this is....did I mention that I was tired and only got a couple hours of sleep on the plane?
Of course you have to take a cheesy picture in the phone booth, here's CJ:
And me:
Then we went on the London Eye. This was supposed to be in a different order but by the time I realized this it was too late to go back and change all the other pictures. Here I am with Big Ben in the background:
This was supposed to be first, CJ on the London Bridge with the Eye behind her:
Another shot from the Eye:
The views really were amazing, here's another shot looking down the Thames River:
I just liked this picture:
Here's Big Ben and the Parliament Building:
I was surprised how close together everything is in London, we saw all of the above in just one day, all on foot. It was lot of fun and felt like a whirlwind tour! 
