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| At St. James' Park |
From Westminster Abbey we had to cross St. James' Park and arrived at the Horse Guards. There, with billions of people from everywhere in the world, we watched the guards parade down to Buckingham Palace. Then I almost climbed up the railings of the palace (literally hanging on to those) and did finally see the change of guards. The old ones stood there and the fresh ones came then with drum roll two of them would walk and take position to leave. Then the entire group went out marching. Circled round the Victoria Memorial in front of the palace and went towards the Horse Guards. The Bobbies looked like wooden dolls to me. They are very handsome but so incongruent with the 21st century! Can you believe it takes them an hour everyday just to change guards! Huh! I laughed out so loud that one guard did actually frown at me. Arnab was like, "wow, you finally got some expression out of them!"
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| Bobbies |
The thing I liked in London was that how history is preserved. I think I have already mentioned it a number of times, but to think that this is the same change of guards that little princes Edward and Albert would watch from their school rooms does really make me happy... how nice of humans to keep the traditions.
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| Buckingham Palace |
The Victoria Memorial has the same angel as the one in Calcutta...
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| Angel, Muse and me |
We had a picnic lunch at Hyde Park (no I did not stand up on a packing case and start an oration) where we saw a bunch of school kids on an excursion. Just like us, they were wearing school uniforms which are not like the "uniforms" Aeropostale sells. After lunch we walked over to the Wellington Arch which has been copied into India Gate. There we saw two girls who are mounted police!
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