Buckingham Palace

J's view


C's view


D's view





Okay, c is finally here to tell you waiting fans about the "changing of the guard" :)

anyway so we all get up at about 10am to go to the "changing of the guard" we get to buckingham palace about half an hour before it started and we had no idea where to stand because we had no idea where the procession was going to come from, so we finally decided to go somewhere in the middle, so we parked right by the middle, huge, gates and waited and waited and WAITED. FINALLY!!! we heard the band coming up with the guard right behind, it would have been really cool, but we didn't actually get to see them because they went through the gates on our right hand side, not even close to us :(

we tried to get pictures in between the gate and through the people standing in front of us but we had NO luck, we were in the wrong place...then--in the distance we heard the faint sound of another parade. could it be??? was there more to the "changing of the guard"??? why yes there was!!! we waited for them to approach, sure that they were going to enter right in front of us, and we watched as they marched...right by us into the gates on our left...well...we got a good picture of their behinds :O

we could see this part through the gates and got a few, barely visible, pictures of the guard...our dreams were crushed, we could not see the guard, we could not hear anything in the din around us and we were thinking it was a complete waste of our last morning in London :*(

HOWEVER, as we waited for everyone to disappear into the street we heard a noise, a very familiar music, it was the STAR WARS THEME SONG!!! yes yes it was...the queen's own guard band was playing the star wars theme!!! it was unbelievable we sat there humming along, the smiles beaming on our faces, it was BEAUTIFUL!!!

then...to our pleasant suprise...they played on and we listened to the INDIANA JONES THEME SONG!!! WE HAD OUR OWN POPS CONCERT, PUT ON BY THE COOLEST DRESSED BAND IN THE WORLD!!! it was amazing and one of the top experiences of this trip, i went to buckingham palace to listen to a band concert, i will never be the same :)