Today was the day of the Floatilla! I had been so excited to see this event as it was the largest boat float in the history of the Thames. The floatilla was in honour of Her Majesty the Queen's 60th year as Sovereign and in celebration of her Diamond Jubilee. It was something that I had anticipated and looked forward to for weeks. Unfortunately for us, the weather doesn't even make exceptions for the Queen. Today it was very cold and pretty wet. We made a great attempt to see the floatilla, but the crowds, the weather, and some various family health issues made it difficult for us to wait around and see it through to it's completion. We were however among the 1.25 million people in London that day.........yes, 1.25 MILLION. It. Was. Crazy. When we got into Central London we headed toward the Tate Modern museum where there was a lot of room.
*snicker*
Joey, Pop, Jan, John, Nick, Adessa, and Will.
The same only with me :)
After we decided to pony out of the floatilla we headed to 221B Baker Street and visited the home of Sherlock Holmes. On our way we got a shot of the fog around the tallest building in London. This may also be the place where we lost Pop, who like an obedient child waited in 1 place until someone from our group went and found him. Love you Pop.
Crowds of people by the Borough Market for the floatilla.
Elementary my dear Watson......elementary.
We had a nice gander through the shop and enjoyed looking at all the different little trinkets. John and I are really into the BBC's new series "Sherlock," seriously can't begin to say enough about this series. We decided that we were ready for a bite to eat so John and I directed the tired and famished to a Pizza Express across the street.
Documenting the dinner at Pizza Express :)
My Swede.
Wearing her dessert in the corners of her mouth.
Sharing his dessert with me.
Beautiful Grandma Jan.
