London Tourists 2013

Day 1 - Buckingham Palace & Houses of Parliament

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We had tickets to see Sweet Bird of Youth at the Old Vic theatre near Waterloo, so decided to stay overnight and make a proper tourist trip out of it.

Buckingham Palace

Unfortunately you can't take photos inside the Palace itself, but it was very impressive and had an interesting Coronation Exhibition running.

Me at the rear...

View of the rear from the gardens...

Miche outside the main front gate...

Miche from the Victoria Memorial...

Victoria Memorial sculpted by Thomas Brock...

The last time we'd been near this spot was when we ran the 2011 London Marathon and this was just a few hundred yards from the finish line - we felt a lot fresher this time...

Statue at the Victoria Memorial representing Agriculture...

Buckingham Palace and Australia Gate...

Victoria Tower...

Churchill Statue in Parliament Square...

Portcullis House...

Elizabeth Tower - home of Big Ben...

Different view...

Late afternoon silhouette...

Thames view of Victoria Tower...

View from our hotel room in the old County Hall building...

Great name for a fish & chip shop...

Miche lining up her Mexican street food in Wahaca...

River scenes by night after the play...

Miche being stalked by a huge owl...

Houses of Parliament by night...

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