Walk through St. James Park on the way to Buckingham Palace. It is the oldest of the royal parks in London. Named after a Leper Hospital dedicated to St. James the Less.
Buckingham Palace is the principle residence and office to the British Monarch locating in the City of Westminster. First Houses on the site- Goring House in 1633 then burnt down in 1674. Arlington House, southern wing of today's palace, rose in 1702. Buckingham House which forms the architectural core of the present palace was built for the first Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703 to the design of William Winds.
In the Middle Ages, Buckingham Palace's site formed part of the Manor of Ebury (also called Eia). The marshy ground was watered by the river Tyburn, which still flows below the courtyars and southwing of the palace.
Home of the Monarch, Buckingham Palace became the principle royal residence in 1837, on the accession of Queen Victoria, who was the first monarch to reside there as her predecessor William IV had died before its completion.
The Victoria Memorial
The Wellington Arch
Time Square of London.
Trafalgar Square, The name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, a British naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars over France. Trafalgar Square is owned by the Queen in Right of the Crown, and managed by the Greater London Authority.
The Square is used for New Year events, VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) Celebrations, Christmas Ceremony, Political Demonstrations, Sports Events, and prominently in film and television productions during the Swinging London era of the late 1960s. Swinging London is a catch-all term applied to the fashion and cultural scene that flourished in London, in the 1960s.
The countdown to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London!
The Somerset House sponsored by Tiffany and Co.
The Somerset House, skating rink at night.
Kevin drinking his British Beer.
St. Pauls Cathedral at night!
The End for London for now ;)
PEACE & LOVE,
Kevin & Amanda
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