London Day 2

The second day in London was also a very long walking day. This time it was raining. We packed a big umbrella for this trip but we didn't see it. I thought that we forgot to pack it. My cousin let us take a broken umbrella that he had. We had to buy one at the end of the day because it was a part-time job to keep the umbrella from "flying" up. This is what happens when the umbrella flips up and you end up all wet. Please forgive my lack of vocabulary but, I'm not from a rainy place. When it rains I don't go out, I don't drive and, if possible I stay under the blankets.

We started the day with breakfast at pret-a-mager. The goal of the day was to see the Big Ben and the Buckingham Palace. We started by walking towards Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery. It was Good Friday and there were people dressed as Romans representing Christ's crucifixion. We watched for a few minutes and continued walking towards the Big Ben. We finally saw it. It was beautiful and more beautiful than I expected. We crossed the street towards the Westminster Abbey to take pictures. We continued walking towards Buckingham Palace when the rain stated to get bad and we had no place to stop. We got wet and watched the palace as quick as we could. We tried to walk fast toward the other side of the park but it took a while to walk across the palace's gardens. We took a break at the first cafe that we saw. After the rain we walked towards Piccadilly Circus and Leister Square. Then, we walked back towards Hyde Park. At this point we were starving. There were no restaurants of cafes nearby except hard rock cafe. There was a long wait, but we decided to wait sitting down than walk towards who knows where for who knows how long.

Happy to see the big Ben up close

Westminster Abbey

Buckingham Palace

Picadilly Circus

Piccadilly 

Every time we saw a guard we had to photograph him

hello?

The umbrella incident happened way too many times. It was cold and we were wet but it was funny

This pic is off focus but I love how you can tell is a double-deck bus and it was a coincidence

I collect HRC pins of the places that I travel. It started as a favor for a friend that collected them. I used to buy her one for every trip that I took where she didn't have a pin. I started to buy one for her and one for me. I really got into it and now my friends buy pins for me when they travel. I like it because there is always a HRC in every "important" City. We didn't have one in Colombia when I lived there so, I always thought it was so nice to actually have a Hard Rock. There are 3 hard rock cafes in Colombia so, I guess we qualify as a worthy tourist destination.

@ the original Hard Rock Cafe. I collect HRC pins from the places I travel and my friends bring me pins when they travel. It is a nice collection that I'm proud of.

After shopping and having dinner we took a double deck bus back to meet my cousin. We walked towards the Big Ben again to see it at night. We tried taking pictures but the night pictures are not the best. We were supposed to go out later with my cousin but we were just too tired.

Taking pictures at night is a nightmare for the non-professional photographers

The London Eye at night