London
We stayed at the Old County Hall, just across the river from Big Ben. We lucked out and had excellent weather for our day here.
 bigben.wav 998.64 Kb An actual sound clip of Big Ben, using the recording capability of my camera. |
 bigben01.jpg 32.99 Kb 320 x 480 Big Ben |
 bigben02.jpg 51.21 Kb 427 x 640 Closeup of Big Ben |
 bigben03.jpg 83.23 Kb 357 x 596 One of those rarest of things: A cloudless day in London. Big Ben. |
 p0000040.jpg 40.71 Kb 640 x 427 Parliment, London |
 p0000041.jpg 53.08 Kb 640 x 427 Westminster Abbey |
 p0000043.jpg 32.10 Kb 546 x 387 One of many gargoyles on Westminster Abbey. Many, like this one, are draconic. |
 p0000044.jpg 42.61 Kb 640 x 427 Buckingham Palace |
 p0000045.jpg 55.08 Kb 640 x 427 Buckingham Palace |
 p0000046.jpg 70.78 Kb 640 x 427 Buckingham Palace and the Australia Gate is behind me... Looking back toward where I took the earlier photo. |
 p0000047.jpg 43.44 Kb 640 x 427 The guards are no longer where the public can harass them. Here's one of two at his post. Unmoving, as usual. |
 p0000048.jpg 49.95 Kb 640 x 427 Buckingham Palace. Ohmygod, he moved! The folks around us got all excited when this guy, and a short time later the other one, decided to start marching back and forth for a while. |
 p0000049.jpg 57.73 Kb 451 x 406 Buckingham Palace. Detail of the gate. |
 p0000050.jpg 25.51 Kb 535 x 420 Trafalgar Square, London |
 p0000064.jpg 25.30 Kb 640 x 427 Sydney Aquarium |
 p0000065.jpg 89.02 Kb 640 x 511 A ray, but I don't know what type. |
 p0000066.jpg 31.36 Kb 640 x 342 This ray seems quite interested in John's finger. |
 p0000070s.jpg 96.19 Kb 547 x 409 Lionfish, Sydney Aquarium |
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