Buchingham Palace and the British Museums

Oct 25, 2004

We didn't have a place to park our rental car the night before, but a nice chap on the stree told us we could park it at the curb so long as it was moved before the parking meter police came out at about 8 am. We took the fellow at his word and left the car on the curb.

The next morning we were awed to look out the window at 8 am and actually watch what looked like a sea of police cars, footmen, motorcyles, etc coming straight at us. Jason and Nate bolted for the door as fast as they could while Robyn and I stood at the window to see whether they'd win this rather dubious race.

It did rather look for a minute like they might get stopped, even after they'd started the car and put their blinker on to pull away from the curb, but thankfully the police didn't press the matter.

Robyn and I headed off on foot to the Post Service while we waited for the men to find a safer parking stall and return to our sides. We shopped a few more postcards while we were out and spent the next hour or so waiting in our room. On their return we all headed out to see a few more famous locations.

Our first stop was, of course, Buchingham Palace and the Royal Mews. Then off to the Underground subways so we could get across the city to the British and National Museums. Robyn and I were terribly excited about seeing so many of the great master's works up close. Robyn in particular is an art student herself.

Back into the Underground again and on our way to the Tower of London and the London Bridge. It was getting dark by this time, but the Bridge was all lit up and beautiful! We walked through the tower yard by the river and slowly made our way back up to the Underground and the hotel to sleep.


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