Westminster Walk

Lorraine and I decided to do this walk on Sunday afternoon in between the morning service and Evensong at Westminster Abbey. We had heard that this was a really cool walk to do at night, but we loved doing it during the day. Once again, we got to explore a part of the city that I had never been to before. I really love how these walks take us down the back streets and through random, out of the way areas; Lorraine and I were talking about how even though we're being guided by the book, it still feels like we're exploring and discovering lesser known, out of the way things. I loved how we got to walk past the houses of people like William Pitt and Sir Isaac Newton! It's interesting how their houses are now just regular shops or homes - you wouldn't even notice any significance to them if it weren't for the blue circle plaques that saw their name and years they lived there for. It was so awesome seeing where these people actually lived! It was also kinda cool because in the area around William Pitt's house, there were all these TV/movie trailers parked on the side of the road; there were all these actors' names on the doors of the trailers, we didn't recognize any - but who knows, they could be famous British actors and we were right outside their trailers!
I also really loved being able to see Buckingham Palace! The only time I had been there before was on the day of the Royal Wedding when the entire area was just crazy and packed full of people.It was so nice to be able to see everything on a normal day when there aren't as many people. The area was way more open and the gardens were gorgeous with the red flowers. I loved being able to actually go up to the gate and see the red guards right outside - and the flag was flying so the Queen was inside! So exciting.