Cool Britannia

We spent the day on Sunday exploring London. And I do mean exploring! We set out in the morning and did not return until the evening and we did the whole day on foot. We can't believe how much we packed into one little day -- then again, we probably walked about 8 miles, so it's not entirely surprising that we saw so much. Lucy slept through the first part of it, so she'll just have to take our word for it that she visited certain places. Oh and we also have some photographic evidence for her. So, here is how our day went...the pictures are in the order of our journey!

Picadilly Circus (Lucy is asleep in the stroller)

Trafalgar Square, with the National Gallery in the background (still asleep)

Footbridge over the Thames, with the Millenium Wheel in the background (you guessed it, asleep!)

Look, Dad...Big Ben! Parliament! (She woke up for this!)

With Mommy outside Westminster Abbey

On the lawn outside Westminster Abbey, with a view of Big Ben

Playing in St. James's Park

On the swings, with Buckingham Palace in the background (naturally!)

Hugging Daddy in front of Buckingham Palace

With Mommy at Wellington Arch (showing a bit of belly!)

We then went to Harvey Nichols and Harrods, where Lucy got some very fancy organic milk from the Food Halls. After that, we walked through Hyde Park to Kensington Gardens. I took Lucy in to see an exhibit of Princess Diana photographs and dresses at Kensington Palace. They were the really glamorous Mario Testino pictures...and one of them was the photo I displayed at Lucy's birthday tea! They also had several of the actual dresses on display that she wore in the photos. It was a breathtaking exhibit, especially for a huge Diana fan like me. After that, we had a lovely tea:

Afternoon tea at the Orangery at Kensington Palace

Feeding Daddy a piece of scone

A swim in the hotel pool to finish off the day...not bad!

Actually, the day wasn't over yet. We went out for a very yummy Indian dinner with Lucy in the stroller. We thought we struck gold because she fell asleep, thus allowing us to have a really nice meal out. We figured we could just stoll back to the hotel and neatly transfer her to her crib for the night...but no such luck. She decided to wake up on our walk home, and proceeded to stay up until 1am or so. Maybe she was angry that she missed out on Picadilly and Trafalgar and was trying to make up for lost time? Anyway, it was a wonderful day!

I will soon post some pictures from the journey that Lucy and I took to see Angela in Bristol.