Saturday was the celebration of the Queen's Birthday! Though her actual birthday is in April, she considers June to be a nicer month. Being someone with my own birthday month (July), I respect that decision. We waited outside Buckingham Palace and saw Prince William, Camilla (second photo), Princess Anne, the Queen (top photo) and more! Luckily we stood with some British natives and they made sure we knew everything that was happening.
After that Caleb and I split off from the group and walked across the bridge to this cool vintage shop: Radio Days. We looked around for a bit then took a coach to the Sherlock Holmes Museum on Baker Street. The museum wasn't that exciting, but Caleb really enjoyed seeing the flat. Before we went to the museum, we took a pit stop at Platform 9 3/4!
I was surprised at how un-touristy it was.
We then walked back to Covent Garden. We browsed in SOHO, moved to Leicester Square, then to Trifalgar Square, and then went shopping in Oxford and Picadilly Circus. Basically, we walked all over the entire city. That being said, I definitely wore the wrong shoes. By the end of the day my feet were hurting so badly that I stopped in Topshop to buy some new shoes.
The excitement of the USA v. England game was going on and we heard some crazy chanting in the streets. Unfortunately the game tied 1 to 1 so everyone was really upset. Too tired to head out to the overflowing pubs, we headed back early to get ready for more group outings the next day!
I'll leave you with the National Pride Photo of the Day! We saw this car on Regent Street.
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