Days 1-2: Weekend in London

My Highlights in London: FOOD and weather (and yeah, I guess the sights, too)

Friday dinner: Indian Food - I had prawn biryani with vegetable curry

Saturday breakfast: carrots with hummus and cheesebread (while watching the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace)

Saturday lunch: fish and chips in Trafalgar Square

Saturday dinner: calamari and a spinach salad with avocado

After a long day of traveling to Kyiv, I finally boarded a plane headed to London at 6:30pm on Friday, March 20. We arrived in London at about 8:30pm and headed straight to our hotel. Here's a picture of Grace in our cute little hotel room. Ahhh, the bed was so comfortable...






Here are some pictures from the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. This ceremony occurs everyday at 11am. Really enjoyed the sunshine while we watched...

I also enjoyed people watching...

Here come the guards...

Going into the palace gates...

Molly, me, and Grace sitting on the ledge and enjoying the sunshine (ok, and the ceremony, too)...

Now, we're leaving Buckingham Palace and headed to Big Ben!

Oh, we were waiting to cross the street and the guards were leaving - had to get a quick picture!

You can see London's Eye and Big Ben in the background as we walked through the park...

We made it!

Big Ben and Westminster Abbey (love the cars, too!)

Now, walking across the Westminster Bridge...it was such a beautful day!

Made it across the bridge...

We walked along the Thames River and stopped in at the Tate Modern: International Modern and Contemporary Art (http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/). It was an amazing gallery...I really enjoyed reading about the sociological influence for the pieces. Not allowed to take photos in the gallery.

I thought this was an interesting monument dedicated to those who volunteered to fight against fascism in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).

Looking at Charing Cross Station...

Building a sand dragon along the Thames River (I actually don't know what it is, but doesn't it look like a dragon?)

St. Paul's Cathedral...

Later that evening, Grace and Molly decided to go to a concert, but I wanted to walk around London some more. So, here I am in Picadilly Circus (yes, I also did some shopping and bought some cute blue flats and sunglasses for Morocco).

The National Gallery and St. Martin in the Fields Church in the background...

Sidewalk art in front of the National Gallery.

Oh, what a busy couple of days! We had to wake up early to catch our flight to Marrakech, Morocco on Sunday, March 22. Here we go!