The Queen was home!

During winter, the Changing of Guard takes places every odd-numbered date at eleven-thirty and lasts approximately thirty minutes. Maddi and I, on our weekly venture, took a leisurely three mile stroll to Green Park and the Palace. Punctual, we arrived at eleven twenty-five. This was a horrible terrible abysmal not-so-great idea as there were thousands of sharp-elbowed people tourists at the gates of Buckingham Palace who were crowding the barricades. Yes, there were real barricades and men on horses and guards in large puffy hats with horn-like obtrusions and trombones and closed down streets and the Queen was home, AND this happens every other day! What an interesting, fun spectacle. Maddi and I will be returning soon, but plan on going an hour early to secure the perfect spot for vertically-challenged tourists J

Tomorrow I am headed to Bath and Stonehenge – woohoo! Also, four days until SB 2012: Munich & Slazburg. London life is fantastic.