Lovely London
We came in to London with a bang, literally. We arrived the same the terrorists did! But were it not for emails and voice mails from friends and family we would have never known! We were so excited to see each other I don't think we had a clue what was going on around us! We only had 2.5 days in London (not enough, I know), but we maximized our time as is per my usual while traveling. Mike, bless his wonderful heart, was recovering from jet lag and stress! There were issues with his flight out of Seattle so he had to rebook with British Airways out of Vancouver. They flew over the North Pole overnight, and he said the sun didn't go down at all! Isn't that awesome! He made it safely on British Airways, but his bags did not. They are still missing to this day! (We can all lift that up in our prayers tonight!) All this to say that he did not complain once. Mr. Nice guy for sure. 
I had to begin with this picture as it was a pose I assumed the whole weekend in London. Thanks Laura Neff for that umbrella- I have used the heck out of it! This is Buckingham palace! The changing of the guard ceremony was rained out for the day, but we still saw it. It must have just been with a little less pizazz or something.
This is what we saw. Thanks Mike for being tall and taking pictures over the heads of the crowd. This looks so quintessentially British. Or something like that. So neat!
The Tower Bridge outside of the Tower of London. It's an old prison/fort where they also keep the crown jewels. They had a 100 karat diamond in some scepter!
Mike outside the London Eye. It cleared up a bit Sunday evening, so we rode this around at dusk. Great views of the whole city! (By the way, there are no skyscrapers- what a cool concept!)
Big Ben, the Parliament Buildings, and the Thames River. Birdseye view from the 'Eye'
Would you like to make a call? We loved the telephone booths. Big Ben in the background. 
Double Decker
Chim Chiminey Chim Chiminey; Step in Time Step in Time. We took the opportunity to see this fabulous show on a cold, rainy Saturday afternoon. It's the first Broadway caliber show Mike has seen, and it was one that I hadn't seen. He loved the pit; I loved the harmony and the dancing! This is yet another example of how we compliment each other. This also gave me the opportunity to sing 'I'm practically perfect, in every way' to Mike the entire rest of the trip. For some reason it just kept getting stuck in my head!
I had to begin with this picture as it was a pose I assumed the whole weekend in London. Thanks Laura Neff for that umbrella- I have used the heck out of it! This is Buckingham palace! The changing of the guard ceremony was rained out for the day, but we still saw it. It must have just been with a little less pizazz or something.
This is what we saw. Thanks Mike for being tall and taking pictures over the heads of the crowd. This looks so quintessentially British. Or something like that. So neat!
The Tower Bridge outside of the Tower of London. It's an old prison/fort where they also keep the crown jewels. They had a 100 karat diamond in some scepter!
Mike outside the London Eye. It cleared up a bit Sunday evening, so we rode this around at dusk. Great views of the whole city! (By the way, there are no skyscrapers- what a cool concept!)
Big Ben, the Parliament Buildings, and the Thames River. Birdseye view from the 'Eye'
Would you like to make a call? We loved the telephone booths. Big Ben in the background. 
Double Decker
Chim Chiminey Chim Chiminey; Step in Time Step in Time. We took the opportunity to see this fabulous show on a cold, rainy Saturday afternoon. It's the first Broadway caliber show Mike has seen, and it was one that I hadn't seen. He loved the pit; I loved the harmony and the dancing! This is yet another example of how we compliment each other. This also gave me the opportunity to sing 'I'm practically perfect, in every way' to Mike the entire rest of the trip. For some reason it just kept getting stuck in my head!posted by Heather at
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