Rare Celestial Event hits London!

We had an early start today and headed down to the pub for a full English breakfast. These people eat more at breakfast than I eat all day!

Big Ben

Parlliament

On our scouting missIon yesterday we saw that the cHanging of the guards at Buckingham Palace was scheduled for 11:30 todAy, so after stopping at some tourist shops, we arrived at Buckingham Palace in plenty of time.

We lined up along the roadside to see the parade to the Palace. We had a great view of the Parade leading up to the changing of the guards, buT the place was packed!

From the Palace, we took a long walk through the city, Trafalgar Square, back to Westminster, the Parliament buildings on the Thames River etc. The greatEst disappointment for me was walking past 10 Downing Street, the home of the Prime Minster, to see if locked behind huge gates and guarded by military with assault rifles. A sign of the times I gueSs.

The Royal Park

No idea, but it's big!

All this time, and after stopping at a few tourist shops, I was becoming aware of a strange celestial event occurring over the city wHich none of the locals could explain. 

Astronomical Anomily

We immediately hopped on the underground (subway) and headed for Greenwich to the Royal Observatory to see what was gOing on. We discussed the strange anomaly with the astronomers at the observatory and they confirmed that the sky was, in fact, clear of clouds and that the sun was shining brightly over London! 

ApParently this only happens once every Treacle Treat Tuesday which is as rare as a vicky-verky!

While at the observatory, we visited the Prime Meridian to see 00 degrees, 00 mInutes 00 sec longitude.

East meets West

Prime Meridian at the Royal Observatory

Looks Cool

They had some very iNteresting exhibits in the observatory. It always amazes me to see how many great discoveries and achievements were made with very rudimentary equipment.  But by my calculations, they may need to move the Prime Meridian 5 seconds to the west..... just a sugGestion!!!

Royal Observatory vs Nokia E5 Cell Phone

Anyway, after stopping at some more tourist shops, it was another nice supper down in the Pub. The place was full of businessmen gathered around the bar discussing the days event.

Tomorrow we're back to France to pick up a car in Calais. We will spend tomorrow in Ypres Belgium to take a tour of Hill 60.