England with Rachel

 In August 2017 Dennis and I went to London with Rachel.  We drove to Seattle and stayed there one night and then flew out from there for our trip together.  I was delighted that Rachel would be willing to go with us.



We flew overnight and arrived on Saturday August 5 and immediately began touring and seeing the iconic red English telephone booths.  Since Sunday was the next day we needed to know where to go to church. In pursuit of the church we stopped at the Victoria and Albert Museum, saw double decker red buses, black taxis and Harrods department store.




The church was walking distance from where we were staying.

Hyde Park




















             



                       Westminster Abby

                                       Westminster with the tower of Big Ben off to the side. 

 I love the charm of the black wrought iron fences, the geranium boxes and the red brick buildings.  

The London Bridge was  not what I envisioned it would be after singing "London Bridges Falling Down" so many times as a child.

London's Tower Bridge was the old bridge I had pictured as London Bridge.

Another iconic sight is the mounted guard.

A close up of the Buckingham Palace gates.

Kensington Park

 Kensington Park

Royal Albert Concert Hall nearing dusk.

 

Kensignton  Palace where Prince William and Kate live.

 Princess Diana memorial garden remembering the 20th anniversary of her death.

            British museum lobby

The Elgin Marbles (statues and  sculptures carved from marble) taken from the Parthenon and Acropolis by the Earl of Elgin.  Unfortunately when Rachel and I read in the British Museum guide book it told us to make sure we saw the Elgin Marbles.  We both though that meant something different, as in marbles a child would play with. We were a little taken aback when a museum guide told us otherwise. 

More of the marble statues from the Parthenon.

The London Eye. One of the world's largest ferris wheels.