June 5, 2012 - London

June 5, 2012 - London

Today is the last day of the Queens Jubilee and we ate going to try to get a look up close at the festivities. We actually slept until 8:30am so we did get out to breakfast until about 10am. We found a place that had been recommended and I had an English breakfast while Evelyn ate light. A lot less money then yesterday.

The Queen is riding in her carriage from Westminster to Buckingham starting at 2:20 pm, the ride takes 20 minutes and then at 3:30pm she will come out on the balcony at Buckingham. We are very close to the Buckingham so we will try to get a look.

We decide to walk to Picatilly Circus and then head over to Trafalgar Square. The Queen will leave Westminster and drive up Whitehall and the turn onto The Mall which leads to Buckingham. The walk to Picatilly was about a mile and we just followed the crowds. We got to Trafalgar Square, but the police had all ready shut down access to The Mall. At Talfalger Square they had set up a large TV screen so you could see the procession. It was still two hours away so we decided to visit the National Gallery which is right here.

After our walk through the Museum there was still time to kill and we knew we wouldn't see the Queen in person so we headed to a Starbucks to use the Internet and then to the hotel to watch on TV. When we left the Museum they no longer letting people into Talfalger Square. The crowd control was outstanding, the police were firm, but very helpful. When we first got there we couldn't get to the Mall area because it was closed off, a policeman asked of he could help and then told us how to get to Talfager Square. Once the procession passed the police walked the crowd down The Mall to Buckingham in a very orderly manner. There were at least several hundred thousand people there, and it started to rain. We saw most on TV.

We had to finish packing again as we are being pickup to go to the airport at 5am. We are way over weight. The luggage that is.

We returned to the restaurant area near the hotel and ate in a French restaurant called Le Boudin Blanc. Very good food and not cheap and very French.






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