Is that Billy Joel I hear?

I went to the Changing of the Guards on Wednesday. Anne and I decided that it was a must do before we each headed off to our next locations. Being the winter time, they only do the whole ceremony thing every other day. So we take the Tube there and walk through the park to the palace.

Here is the gate that the guards walk through. They do the whole ceremony behind these gates, so you may see some bars in some of the pics.

Here is a pic of one of the sculptures on the outside of the gate.

Here are the guards in their, what I am guessing, winter attire. No red coats, just a drab grey. But hey, they still have the tall funny hats on!



They had a band that played music during the changing of the guards. And what else would one play during such an event but Billy Joel?

There were tons of British cops around to keep all us tourists moving along. They are very easy to spot, because they wear bright neon yellow/green. And they have the neatest hats! Check out this bloke.

Here is a shot of the front of the palace after the ceremony.

Afterwards we walked through St. James Park. It is a very pretty park with lots of birds and squirrels. We watched the "Squirrel Men" for a while. It seems like they come to the park everyday with a bag full of peanuts and just feed the squirrels. And the squirrels know this too! We watched them come right up to these men and take peanuts straight from their hands. We even saw one run up the pants of one man to get a nut. (hehe) Then we came across a lake/pond with some black swans and white pelicans. For you animal lovers out there, here they are.


My next adventure will be the Tower of London and the London Bridge (is it indeed falling down??) Stay tuned..