Tiger Tiger & Tonight

Yesterday was definitely the most productive sight seeing day I've had yet. Tommy and I saw everything around the Westminster area. As soon as we walked up the steps from the tube, Big Ben was at our feet. Parliament was amazing, as was the Ministry of Defence (James Bond's office), Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, and Westminster Abbey. There are so many more buildings that were built before America was even in the picture. The architecture in this particular part of town is just breathtaking. Even the bricks are decorated with the tiniest details. What's really cool is that King Charles built an entire palace spanning from the Thames all the way inland about 1,000 yards. Most of his compound has burned to the ground over the years, but a few of the buildings still stand and are let to very wealthy citizens & lords. One particular lord, a descendant of the current queen, pays about 30 shillings (a few dollars) a month to live in the most prime apartment with his wife and two small dogs. This property was a gift from her highness. The wife and dogs actually walked right in front of us just as the Ministry of Defence’s guard was telling us about the family and their fortune. From the MOD, we continued up the lane away from the Thames, past two guards on horses, through King Charles’ palace’s archway, out his backyard, past a few statues of infamous English military dudes, up a whole bunch of steps, and came upon a very historical building that is now used for the HQ of the ‘Royal Society’ (which, much to my dismay, is not currently accepting applications). This particular building was the site of the French/President Charles deGualle when the country was being invaded during WW2. It’s quite possible that the events of D-Day were planned inside the very building that we were gazing at. Amazing!!
Last night my ISA group and I met up with Stu & Liz at TigerTiger & had an awesome time dancing around. There were about 16 of us in total, so we were safe (that’s for you dad).
We’re going to Wicked tonight and I’ll probably meet up with Ailsa later on today if she’s over the flu.
Ciao!