Dec 16

London photos: Buckingham Palace / Kensington Gardens / Etc.

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Yeah, these photos are over two years old (September ’05) and I just got around to uploading them. I’ve only got 100+ more to go.

These were all taken during my last week in London, when I decided to make one more quick visit to some of the sights in the city.

Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace, view from the backyard

Buckingham Palace backyard
As to be expected, the Queen has a ridiculously large backyard

Buckingham Palace
Hanging out in the palace backyard after tea with Lizzie.

royal swan in Round Pond, Kensington Gardens
A royal swan in Round Pond, Kensington Gardens.

royal swan near Round Pond, Kensington Gardens
I didn’t want to get to close to the swans as they might recognize me from previous “incidents” and maul me, or something.

tribute to Diana at Kensington Palace
Tributes to Princess Diana on the gates of Kensington Palace, her former residence

Bankside
Last night in the old ‘hood

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4 Responses to “London photos: Buckingham Palace / Kensington Gardens / Etc.”

  1. From alan:

    You missed all the cool parts of London, Lindsay – unless they’re in the other 100+ photos!

    Posted on December 18, 2007 at 2:12 pm #

  2. From Lindsay:

    LoL…I did manage to see the cooler parts over the year…but my mom really wanted to tour Buckingham Palace :) I thought it would be boring as hell, but it was actually pretty interesting…sure beat the hell out of the White House tour.

    Posted on December 18, 2007 at 6:00 pm #

  3. From gavin:

    wow, your photos are really good, you have lived so much! i envy you so much lol, im gonna have to check back as theres so many amazing places you have been to, wish i was living lik you are =]

    Posted on January 13, 2008 at 5:41 pm #

  4. From Lindsay:

    Thanks, Gavin. Glad you enjoyed them.

    Posted on January 13, 2008 at 9:33 pm #

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