A beautiful day woke us up early. The sun was shining in a blue sky shooting through the tree canopies of the trees in the Kensington Gardens. Suddenly the sound of horses on gravel added to the footsteps we were making as we passed the horse trail. Then we walked along side the lake until we were stopped by the sight of swans and their ducklings, grey fuzzy baby swans following their elegant white mothers. Once we were able to tear ourselves away from them we found the Peter Pan statue. The unexpected sight for me was the garden for Princess Diana with a wonderfully designed fountain. Then we dashed off to Buckingham Palace to get a good place an hour before the changing of the guard. Surprisingly we were not even close to being some of the first people. The gates were about three to four rows deep of people on the side and about six deep at the front gates. Then the monument across the street was surrounded and packed about eight deep. Luckily we found a reasonable spot on the far right side. Shortly after arriving a group in the form of a rectangle marched on to the center followed by a second group. Several minutes later to the sound of trumpets came into sight. It was about what I imagined except for the band. It is definitely a big deal. Then it was time for a quick English hot dog on our way to our last stop in England, Harrods. The hot dogs are very different than American ones. Harrods is one of the most historically important department stores in England. After getting a few last minute souvenirs for the family at Harrods it was back to the Hostel to catch our train to Paris through the English Channel. There was no way to have known we were on it because it was exactly like other trains. We were let down a little bit because we had hoped part of the tunnel would have some transparent parts to see the water we were traveling through.
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