London, parte dos

(The formatting of this got really messed up when I published it, so come back later after I fix it, and it will make more sense!)

Here's the rest of my London post since it's a doozy...

After we left the Tate, we crossed Millennium Bridge and walked along the river, stopping at a few places:



St. Paul's Cathedral












































London Bridge is... not all that impressive:



We walked until we got to Tower Bridge and the Tower of London.



Tower Bridge:




Tower of London (view from the bridge):



Picadilly Square:



They had Christmas lights everywhere























For dinner Saturday night, we ate at a sushi
restaurant where you could order from the
menu or grab anything that looked good as
it passed by. Then, we watched Love, Actually
in KC's room, and she pointed out all the places
that we'd seen in London so far.






On Sunday, we hit most of the major sightseeing attractions before my flight in the evening:


In front of Big Ben:






































Parliment, which contrary to popular belief, was not actually blown up for the movie V for Vendetta:



The Eye of London:



St. James's Park, which we walked through to get to...



Westminster Abbey (where there was an ongoing anti-war protest) ...



...and Buckingham Palace









We walked back through the park, where we found this massive pelican!



























































The last thing we did was go to a punk-ish street fair. I was pretty poor at this point so I didn't get anything, but it was still fun to look around.





On the way back, we passed KC's favorite place in the city, Trafalger Square...



...and Good Enough College. The best part is that it's named for a guy, Mr. Good Enough. I wonder if he knows Mr. Right! Ha!



Afterwards, KC accompanied me to the train station where I left for the airport. No problems on the way home, except that I got stuck on the plane next to some chatty, brainless guy who said things to me like, "Don't you think you're a little too young to be a teacher?" I "fell asleep" pretty quickly as soon as the plane took off, and arrived back in Barcelona a few hours later. All in all, a great weekend, and I can't wait to go back when it's warmer!