Our London Trip

Ya'll ready for the longest blog post ever? I had a really hard time narrowing down pictures and still have sooo many that I'm not sharing. Yikes! But it was such a fun trip for all of us and we were so grateful to be able to visit Brent's parents while they are on their mission. It was super hard to say goodbye and leave, but what a wonderful work they are doing!

** I'm thinking that instead of detailing everything we did, I'll just caption the photos for now and then maybe come back and update with more explanation later. They also need to be organized better, cause right now they are all over the place . . . forgive me ;) Anyway, here they are! 

Buckingham Palace/View from BP

Buckingham Palace from across the river

Looking the opposite direction (BP behind) at govn't buildings

A royal guard outside the government buildings/War memorial

Detail at Westminster Abbey/ Window at St Martha's Church

Westminster Abbey/Ice cream cart with delicious ice cream we got in Hyde Park

Big Ben/Detail of the Parliament building

Clara petting the Royal guard's horse

Walking along river in Hyde Park/Old gardener's home in St James's Park 

British things ;)

View from Hyde Park

Hyde park after feeding the parakeets

Feeding the parakeets that live in Hyde Park

Tower of London/Haven sitting in a wall inside the White Tower

Checking out the toilets at Tower of London/King's 'throne' Hampton Court Palace

Prince Albert memorial

Tower of London

Queen Mary's rose garden

St Paul's Cathedral/Roses at Notting Hill

Notting Hill

Clara near St Paul's/House in the mews

St Paul's Cathedral (looks so much more massive in person! Incredible place!)

St Paul's/Millennium bridge (as seen in Harry Potter movie) 

View of the Shard/Papa + Greyson

House in the mews/Clara at St Paul's

London details

Lido Cafe in Hyde Park where we at dinner once

London details

Queen Mary's rose garden + Regents Park

Regents Park

Hampton Court Palace (there's a more modern entrance on the
opposite side that I don't know if I got a picture of)

Meat prep room at HCP/Large pot to boil meats

Room for prepping raw meats/food storage alleyway - each door was cold storage for various foods

Where cooked meats were cooled

One of the huge kitchen rooms at HCP where food was
cooked for Henry VIII + 600 people, 2x daily

Area for prepping herbs/veggies for cooking/one of the large fires for cooking meat

HCP kitchen room

Wine cellar at HCP/Henry VIII's great dining hall ceilings

Brent getting ready to feast at the King's table

Huge fireplace at HCP/Example of how napkins were folded for the King & his guests

One of the inner courts at HCP/a pretty vine-covered
pathway in one of the HCP gardens 

Riding the tube (we did that a lot ;) )

Tower of London + our Beefeater tour guide, Billy. He was great!

Tower of London

Tower Bridge

Church at St Dunstan

View of the Shard/Sherlock Holmes museum + shop

Leadenhall Market - lots of Victorian-era ironwork
+ a place that inspired Charles Dickens in his novels

More of Dickens' walking grounds/places he liked to frequent

Bank, which name escapes me/plant wall near Sky Gardens

Enjoying the view at Sky Gardens

Buckingham Palace

Banqueting House

Hyde Park Chapel visitor's center/view of the
government buildings from the Banqueting House 

Naptime everyday in the stroller/ the mews

London details/St Margaret's Church at Westminster Abbey

Monument on Westminster Bridge/Portobello Market

The mews

Old church we found at the end of our walk down some mews

House down the mews

Greyson's first ice cream cone/an attractive picture of
Clara + I riding on the top of a double-decker bus

Queen Mary's rose garden

Princess Diana memorial fountain

Remains of an old Roman wall

Some of the Crown Jewels at Tower of London/Guard of the Crown Jewels

Tower of London

Church at St Dunstan

Kensington Palace (where Prince William + Princess Kate live)

The mews/Platform 93/4 at King's Cross Station

Little French Cafe we ate some yummy desserts
at one night/fun flying home

Flying home