Having crashed out last night, we were up early for our first day in London. We went first to Kensington Gardens to see the Peter Pan statue, repeating our first visit to London 35 years ago. After that we walk across to the Albert Memorial opposite the Royal Albert Hall. From there we wandered into Knightsbridge, past Harrods and then caught a Tube to Oxford Circus.
Our hotel in Paddington
Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens
The Albert Memorial
The objective here was to get an O2 SIM for the mobile phone and visit the Kathmandu shop to buy some things here considerably cheaper here than back home. Mission accomplished, we made our way to Piccadilly Circus and on to St James Park. Crossing The Mall, we realised from all the flags that there was a high-profiled American tourist named Barack in town.
We strolled through St James Park to join the crowd outside Buckingham Palace for while (we didn't actually see the Changing of the Guards because that happened before we got there). We then made our way back through Hyde Park to our hotel in Paddington for a well earned rest.
Looking down The Mall to Buckingham Palace
We strolled through St James Park to join the crowd outside Buckingham Palace for while (we didn't actually see the Changing of the Guards because that happened before we got there). We then made our way back through Hyde Park to our hotel in Paddington for a well earned rest.
Guards on duty at Buckingham Palace
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