When The Weather is Warm.....

As the weather gets warmer in England it becomes increasingly easy and enjoyable to spend long and lazy days in London.  The girls and I have gotten to see so much and I am truly blessed to be able to have all of these experiences. The one thing that I had not yet seen, but heard so much about was the changing of the guard.  So the girls and I decided to head into London early one day to be able to experience that.

We bullied our way to the front of the rails so that we would be able to see better and just when we thought that nothing was going to happen, we heard the faint sound of music.  A band! And it was approaching quite rapidly.  We all caught ourselves marching in place to the music as we heard the band approaching.  It was great to be able to see the changing of the guard and I was so taken aback by how rigid and rehearsed the ceremony is.

After the changing of the guard we had a little picnic in St. James' Park before continuing our journey around London.  Somehow we ended up in Kensington Park and wandered the park for a couple of hours trying to find the Peter Pan statue.  When we finally did find it, we were swarmed by a couple little French girls in red bonnets and red dresses who were screaming the characters names in Peter Pan.  This was the only thing that we could make out, as they were speaking French and none of the rest of us understand French.

Kensington was beautiful and after Peter Pan we went over to the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain.  The Fountain was glistening in the sunset and we all decided to stick our feet into the water.  It was a beautiful moment and I was proud to be able to say that I was in a place that must have been important to Princess Diana.

Although there are very extravangent and expensive things to be seen in London, sometimes the best things are free.  Like a day in the park with a couple of good friends and a viewing of a moment in history.