heading down to the ministry of magic
entering into buckingham palace (the middle gate is open for the queen's birthday parade!)
this parade was in honor of the queen and carley. their birthdays just happened to be on the same day. what a wonderful surprise!
the picture is blurry but that carriage contains kate middleton and prince william
QUEEN ELIZABETH II (in the blue hat)
we plan on being back for the olympics next year
trafalgar square
hermione's time turner. it's how we were able to see so much and do so much while we were there
portobello road
notting hill
london eye
big ben and parliament
westminster abbey
buckingham palace
the best cookies ever made
view from the london eye
outside abbey road recording studios. people had signed this entire wall with beatles lyrics. so of course we had to sign something too!
off to hogwarts!
king's cross station (where harry potter was filmed)
the leaky caldron (for all those harry potter freaks like me)
millenium bridge (the death eaters destroyed this)
gringotts bank (where hagrid retrieves the sorcerers stone from the potters vault)
trafalgar square
the national gallery containing van gogh, monet, botticelli, michelangelo, rambrandt, etc.
so much yummy thai food. happy 20th birthday carley!
happy 21st birthday! with a ben's cookie of course