It's a great view from the Bandwagon!

We know what you are thinking....we don't have any cute kids or animals to show off, so why did we start a blog (although we do have a large houseplant that is our pride and joy). But, assuming you are reading this because you like us, we wanted an easier way to share our lives with those who live so far away. So here goes....we are new to blogger-dom, so pardon us if we make mistakes.

First we would like to share with you just a small sampling from our recent trip to London and Paris. We had such a good time and took so many pictures, so you can choose if you want to look or not (you can click on most of the pictures to enlarge). Since it has taken so long to publish this, and the anticipation is so high, we decided to give you a day at a time. So...here goes.

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LONDON

We Made it!! We left on Friday evening Feb 9th from JFK and arrived Sat morning in London. So here is what we saw...a typical street with double-decker bus, old fashioned taxis, and rain!

The First building that Jay found...

The Canadian Embassy.

The first thing Kjerstina found ...

English chocolate

A beautiful shot of Trafalgar Square, this is famous for millions of pigeons. Fountain and statue of someone...maybe that's Trafalgar himself. (Look, it's not raining!)

Santa vacations in London as well...

Three views from Picadilly Circus--no clowns or lions here, just a center like Times Square in NYC.

Chinatown was getting ready for the Chinese New Year celebration.

The first Museum we went to on our trip (out of millions!) was the British Museum...very old and free! (Actually, museums are free in London.)



Inside this amazing building.

Cleopatra lives here...

The Rosetta Stone...a very popular display--we had to fight to get this picture. If you didn't know, it helped solve some translation codes because it was written in 3 languages. You can almost see the three different kinds of writing (hieroglyphics, Egyptian, and Greek).

The first night we just walked along the River Thanes...here are some of the views...

St. Pauls Cathedral

Bridges, Bridges falling down....

Giant rocks, ferris wheels, and clocks...