Our day in London was action-packed, beginning with our visit to Buckingham Palace (with thousands of other people). We were able to see the changing of the guard, visit the Mews, and visit the Queen's Gallery. I hope you enjoy my photographic highlights of this portion of the day!
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| Two marching bands entertained us with some surprising music, including "Billie Jean". |
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| I have a set of old Beatle collectible figurines with hair just like these hats! |
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| Buckingham Palace Gates |
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| After the crowd thinned out.... |
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| Kensington Garden Gates |
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| The Mews residential area (for those who work with the horses, cars, etc). |
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| The coronation carriage, actually used for the procession! |
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| Such beautiful tack on the horses that pull the carriage! |
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| Artistic detail abounds! |
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| A riding lesson was taking place in the ring. I wonder who takes lessons at the palace riding stables? |
Next, the most awesome experience - the DaVinci drawings in the Queen's Gallery. I cannot describe how it felt to look so closely at these small, intricate drawings from nearly 600 years ago! There were many large posters describing Leonardo's self-education in this time of medical ignorance, which only increased one's respect for this work.
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| Pages were pressed between two pieces of glass so that both sides could be seen. |
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| One of his early drawings of the heart, a two-page spread. The age is visible, as might be the drawings on the back sides of the paper. |
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| DaVinci was left handed, and found it easier to write backwards, from right to left. |
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| One of my favorites. |
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| A later drawing. He never did quite figure out the circulatory system, however. |
From here we visited several other London sites - I'll share them in future posts! Good to have you visit!
1 comment:
I have never seen the Coronation carriage but would lot to. I used to have a scale model of it - not sure what happened to it. Great post. x
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