London, England

Soo.. London has completely stolen my heart at this point. Went there for the weekend, and NEVER wanted to leave. I completely fell in love with the city and all the sights. We stayed at a hostel right off of the bayswater station. It was in a great location right by Hyde park and all the great things to see in London. This is the outside of out Hostel. It was great!

The first place that we visited was Hyde park and the Kensington 

palace. The sunken gardens at the palace were amazing.

"Round Pond"real original name

Sunken Gardens at the Kensington Palace

After that, we walked through Hyde Park to the other side. Along the way we saw this huge statue and we went over to see what it was. All we found out was that it was "Albert," but it was beautiful!

from far away

closer up

We then headed towards Buckingham Palace. Along the way we stopped at this war memorial. It was beautiful and there was this great archway that was there too.

Australian War Memorial

The next stop was Buckingham Palace. As we walked there, we saw a huge crowd gathering. When we got there, we found out that it was five minutes until the changing of the guards! We didn't even plan to see it, but we had perfect timing. We also squeezed through for some pretty good spots. Here are some pictures from that.

me outside of the palace

guards walking by

guard out front of Buckingham Palace Doors

"Hi-ho hi-ho, it's off to work we go"

the palace from around the traffic circle

typical tourist

NEXT STOP=BIG BEN & WESTMINSTER ABBEY!

From there, we saw the London Eye, and walked along the river to the London and Tower bridges. After that we went to the Tower of London and then Picadilly Circus. ALMOST FORGOT TO TELL YOU THAT WE WENT TO WIMBLEDON! I had a great time! More to come... bed time now!

the london eye and our ride

down river

we made him smile

the thames

my future house

tower of london

tower bridge

wimbledon