Monday - May 22 -

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Day 2: Whitehall and Westminster – MAY 22, Monday

After a morning walk through Covent Garden, Leicester Square, and Piccadilly Circus, we'll enjoy a guided tour of the National Gallery's masterpieces, including works by Leonardo, Botticelli, Turner, and the Impressionists. After lunch, we'll continue with a history-laced walking tour along Whitehall — from the Renaissance-inspired Banqueting House, past Downing Street, to Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament — all punctuated by the smartly dressed, stony-faced Horse Guards. We'll finish our day together with a tour of the majestic Westminster Abbey, where England's kings and queens have been crowned and buried since 1066. The rest of your afternoon is free for the nearby Churchill War Rooms, the Houses of Parliament, or a Thames River cruise. Walking: strenuous.

An absolutely marvelous day! 

Thumbs up! Unusual sculpture - but you can also see the London Eye in the background.

Horse and soldier on guard. They are rotated out every hour. This one was at the end of his time m e so he was getting a bit frisky.

In case you wondered... this is the Queens flagpole marker Getting ready to celebrate the Queen's birthday. It really isn't her birthday, as that occurred in April. It seems that it was decreed years ago (forgot which King) that the public celebration of King or Queen is always the 6th of June. This way her/his royal subjects can express their feelings.