| This
is the Prince Albert Memorial from across the street. Yup, that's gold all
over it. There are closer pictures on the Tuesday page. |
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| The
famous Royal Albert Hall. I never knew that it was round. No wonder someone
had so much trouble counting how many holes it would take to fill it. There's
also a better picture of this on the Tuesday page. |
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| One
of the cool things about London is you'll be wandering around and this really
amazing building pops up out of nowhere. This is the Royal College of Organists,
across the street from Royal Albert Hall. The thumbnail does not do the
detail work on the facade any justice. |
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| A
closer picture of the facade of thr Royal College of Organists. If you look
closely enough you can see allegories for parts of music and some composers
also. |
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| The
ubiquitous picture of Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial in front
of it. All those people are gathered for the daily changing of the guard.
The size of the people will give you some idea how big that statue is, and
yes, it's gold-plated too. |
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| St.
James Park is across the street from Buckingham Palace. This view looks
down its length and you can see the Millennium Eye (the ferris wheel) on
the horizon. One reason I love London so much is for all of its green. |
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| Another
view of St. James Park and the long lake that runs down a good bit of its
length. |
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| The
also ubiquitous picture of the changing of the guard. We saw the changing
three times on this trip, once with this set of pictures, once on Wednesday
when we went to the Queen's Gallery, and then from the best viewpoint of
all, on Friday, from a cab in the front of the traffic line held up the
guard marching in. |
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| This
is the horseback portion of the changing guard. On an earlier trip I was
fortunate enough to see the horse guard do their thing at their own barracks
before they make their way down the mall to Buckingham Palace. |
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