Market Friday: Can't stop Lovin' London (part 2!)

We are back for our midday portion of London! I could have made it a super-massive post, but I know people just start scrolling super fast when that happens! hehe So I'm back for #MarketFriday with @dswigle!! I hope that you're ready to tour with me, because I am!!

My niece wanted me to take pictures of the Castle and Big Ben! and in this post you'll see I might have fallen in love with Sir Benjamin!!! There's just something about that clock! Does it have the same effect on you, or am I the only one? Maybe it's because I used to watch Danger Mouse as a child! hahaha I don't know! But - bear with my giddiness over that famous clock!!! Let's get to the pictures now, shall we?? I realize that we STARTED off in a market last week, but now we are just traipsing all over London! LOL

There he is! hehhe I love this picture because it is framed really nicely down this beautiful street, and then it also has London's famous red double decker buses! I thought this would make a perfect postcard! hehe Don't you think so?

Now, we had to take a picture here because its the beautiful Admiralty Arch! I'm only sad that there was so much construction and weird buildings and cars in front of it! It prevented us from taking a clear shot, but we were still doing the tourist thing! hehe

This statue below is the South African Royal Artillery Memorial, and that is about all I know of it! hehe I just thought it was a beautiful statue, as so many are - dotted all around London!

You know how when you're in the park, and they show you how far you are to the next ride - and all of the signs are listed on one pole? This sign kinda reminded me of that! Except it is a real sign, showing all the "attractions" nearby! hehe I'm pretty sure we had seen all of them!

Isn't this a beautiful picture with the rays coming out of the clouds and glittering all over the Thames? This park was really beautiful and the day was so lovely for a walk here. I thoroughly enjoyed the beauty!!

And here... I had been waiting to see this sight for a long time! Every time there is a big WORLD DESTRUCTION movie (you know the ones where the aliens come and always seem to destroy our greatest monuments?? haha) - they ALWAYS seem to blow up the London Eye! Now, we had thought about taking a ride in it - but, it just seemed so expensive, and also reservations had to be made, and it seemed best to just take it in with my eye. An eye for an eye, right? hehe. I really loved how you could see it framed so beautifully here in the park. Lovely!!

And then, on to Buckingham Palace. Do you notice anything unusual about it? Look closely! Can you spot it? hehehe they are doing construction there on the left - see how that portion sticking out is darker than the other parts? That's because that is actually a construction tarp! hehehe But they designed it to FIT the rest of the Palace so the tarp wouldn't be an eyesore! Can you imagine!!! hahahah how brilliant!!

And here we have a closer look at the beautiful gates across the street. I can't get over the opulence!!! So beautiful!!!

Here I'm having a little fun with Big Ben! hehehe I thought my niece would get a kick out of me holding "tiny" Ben in between my fingers! hehehe

Just kidding Avery! It's as big as ever!!! True to his name!! LOL

Pretty sure I have this picture on display on another post - but THIS was the actual day it was taken! Funny, we saw some girls taking pictures there, and I thought oh! I should get one in there too! I'm glad that I took THIS one, because just about 50 yards down the road was a telephone booth that was in front of Big Ben and the line to get a picture there was sooooooo long! I love Ben - but not that much! hahahaha

OK LAST ONE - I PROMISE hahahahahaa (at least - I think I promise?? I hope there are no more after this! LOL)

But as I mentioned last week - I really love when you get up close to the buildings and can look UP the face of them for these dramatic "poses" hehehe Work it Ben!!! Work it!!!

Now we found ourselves closer to the London Eye! I took this first shot - and then a landscape one next... take a look!

Which one do you prefer? I think I like the landscape. I love the way the building is reflecting off the water!!

Now, we were out until hmmm about 1 am on this day! And here we have only made it to about 4 pm!!! But I'm not going to keep going on this post! I actually have our final leg of London for a part 3 next week! I hope you come back because it is WICKED! hehehe

...and that's all I'll say about that! hehehe Come back next week for more and thanks for sharing my journeys with me!!! ❤️