Weekend in London

We spent last weekend in London sightseeing.  Kelly got tickets months ago for the Buckingham Palace Stateroom tour so we decided to spend the weekend and see some sites.  We spent Saturday at St. Paul's Cathedral and the Tower of London.  Sunday we did the Buckingham Palace tour and then took the kids to Hamley's toy store.

Riding 1st class on the train to London

Once we arrived at our hotel we decided to take a walk and find a restaurant.  On our walk we found a parking lot full of supercars.

Parking lot full of dream cars

Bugatti Veyron ($2.4M)

Koenigsegg Agera R ($1.6M)

Hard Rock London

New Bomber Command Memorial

Wellington Arch

London Underground Escalator

London at night (St.Paul's Cathedral lit up)

Below the London Eye

London Eye

British Houses of Parliament and Big Ben

County Hall Marriott

 

Kelly and Abigale at Big Ben

St. Paul's Cathedral with gorgeous.  We walked up over 500 steps to the top and the view of London was breathtaking. 

St. Paul's Cathedral

St. Paul's Cathedral

St. Paul's Cathedral

View from the top of St. Paul's Cathedral

Banner up for the Diamond Jubilee

 

Top of St. Paul's Cathedral

Top of St. Paul's Cathedral

Cole on top of St. Paul's Cathedral

London's tallest building (The Shard)

On our way down from the top of St. Paul's

London Underground

Tower of London

Inside the Tower of London

Guards protecting the Queen's house in the Tower of London

Queen's house

Glass pillow memorial to the executed (names of those beheaded in the tower like Anne Boleyn)

Entrance to the crown jewels (showing the biggest diamond in the world)

Little ganster

Tower Bridge with Olympic rings

White Tower

Cole on top of the Tower Bridge

View from the top of Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge

Tower of London

Abigale jumping on the bed

Streets decorated for Olympics

The Buckingham Palace tour was awesome.  It is amazing how lavish the royalty live.  The rooms have beautiful chandeliers, paintings, furniture, etc.  There was a special exhibit of the royal diamonds for the Queen's Jubilee celebration.  Just unbelieveable!  Picture taking was not allowed unfortunately.

Family picture in front on Buckingham Palace

Coffee after the Buckingham Stateroom tour

scones with clotted cream and berries - Yummy!

Back of Buckingham Palace

 

Abigale asking for help on her scavenger hunt in the palace garden

Crown in St. James Park

Oxford & Regent Street decorated for Olympics

The Queen made of legos in Hamley's Toy store

I couldn't wait to get out of this toy store.  It was 6 floors full of kids and extremely hot, but the kids enjoyed it.  Overall it was a wonderful trip.  We got so lucky with the weather considering its been raining here like crazy. 
Next Thursday we fly to Chicago for the summer holiday.  Can't wait to see our family and friends.