Walking around the gardens, I came across these very colorful birds...isn't nature amazing?
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Kew Gardens has so much to offer, I had wanted to go when I first visited London, but ran out of time, I'm glad this time I made a point to visit it.
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Saturday, Sept 8th, they've arrived!! Of course, we had to take the typical London picture! Smile, Mom & Dad!
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Here they are in front of Kensington Palace and the Princess Diana Memorial still going strong.
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It's rare that I have so many pictures of myself during my trips, but I had another photo maniac with me, my mother! :)
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After a long flight from Sacramento, dipping her toes in the Princess Diana memorial fountain felt very good.
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Yes, mother was right, it does feel good!
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Sunday,Sept 9th, after mom and dad did an overall tour of London with their tour group, I met them and we had our own little tour...here I am!
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On the London Eye we go! or as Peter Pan says, 'Come on everybody, here we go!'
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What lazy birds, taking the easy way to be up high, hitching a ride on the London Eye.
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Cooling off by the air unit!
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No, my father is not a little pig eating two ice cream cones, he's holding mine..or is he? -:)
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We then stopped by my hotel for a bit and for them to sit my home away from home.
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In the evening, we took a tour of London at night...here is St Paul's at night from the top of the double decker bus.
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Between the wind, the bus moving and the darkness, the pictures are a little out of focus, but still bring back great memories.
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Monday, Sept 10th, I went to see the changing of the Guards while Mom and Dad were on their way to Dover for the ferry over to France and the remainder of their European vacation.
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It made me laugh, the first song they played was "Oklahoma", why??
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In front of Buckingham Palace
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Two of my favorite things...Big Ben and the Tube! If only we had such great transportation, going to work would be so much easier!
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I took a cruise down the Thames starting from across the London Eye
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Here's my friend St Paul's with all of the building cranes and modern building around it.
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Going under Tower Bridge
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All the different architecture along the Thames River bank is fascinating.
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This one is a little too prison looking for my taste, but interesting.
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My favorite building, the Gerkin!
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Back under Tower Bridge
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That's what is so great about London, the modern Gerkin in the background and the Tower of London in the foreground.
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Tower of London from the Thames River
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St Paul's Dome and that little balcony that I stood on just a few days ago to get a great bird's eyeview of London
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After my Thames River Tour, I walked around the area, savoring every moment of my last day in London.
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I stared and stared at Big Ben, the sun was shining, it was gleaming...I didn't want to leave, but I had to...so I finally said goodbye to London. But I'll be back!!
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