London Sightseeing

London Sightseeing - Sunday May 6th

Okay Ghost Writer you get a break I found a place that accesses the blog directly.
To answer the comment asking who I am. I am a friend of Leslie's. I don't wish to use my entire name on the internet as that can be dangerous as I don't know who will read it. My first name is Gloria-Rose.

Well we learned today that even though there is a shortage of real estate in London, the Queen's horses have apartments with balconies. There is one park in London which has no flowers planted because King Charles was caught picking flowers in this park. Apparently the flowers were not for his wife. She would not allow flowers to planted in that park since then. The first female guards now guard the palace because they need as many men as possible to go to Iraq.

We watched the change of the guards who are on foot and later watched the changing of the guards on horseback. The cheapest house in London is £350,000 (x 2.28 to convert to CDN) So we'll have to wait until next year to consider purchasing a flat here, unless Leslie publishes "Say it through Harley" and becomes fabulously wealthy very soon.

Okay here's a short quiz for you. answers in next post.
1. What is the difference between a castle and a palace?
2. There are two syndromes known to the British that define their lack of action as compared to france's willingness to take action in the form of riots or demonstrations to express when they are not pleased with something. The British syndromes are known by the following two acronyms: SMBDS and TMNHA . Can you tell us what these two acronyms stand for? Leslie and I created one for Canada. It represents what Canadians are known for....BNA (be nice always).
3. What is a sleeping bobby?
4. What is the origin of the phrase "a warm English welcome"?

I personally have learned that vacations are hard on cameras. In Nova Scotia, the digital camera I was using fell into the salty Atlantic water by Peggy's Cove and was ruined. In Vancouver, my camera got a grain of sand in the telescopic lens and would have cost mroe to fix than to replace. And today while trying to help a fellow tour mate, my camera fell to the cobblestone, breaking the clip that holds the battery in place.....NO that does not mean there will be fewer pictures. Don't be so silly. Fortunately, Leslie's camera uses the same memory stick as mine so it didn't make us even skip a beat on our photo journalling.

Well tomorrow we leave London taking a coach north to Scotch Corner on our way to Edinburgh. We will try to keep you updated, but that will depend greatly on internet access along the way.

Tata for now.