Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Day 7

6/24/2012  London

Early start for Pax Lodge (all but 1 group).  Flag ceremony, pinning ceremony.
Puzzle Ring game (Japan) -- kinda like the human knot.  Hold hands in a circle; one person goes out.  Tie yourself into a knot and the person who went out must untie the knot.
Cream Tea--biscuit with cream and jam, tea, orange crush (?), brownie
Tour.  Staff apply at age 18+, can stay for 3 months-year.  Competitive.
Also dormitory facilities if studying/working in London area.
Closing dance game (Malawi).


St. Paancras Train Station

Pax Lodge

Pax Lodge

Pax Lodge

Pax Lodge flags

Pax Lodge group shot

Pax Lodge cream tea:  Jessica, Becky, Courtney, Jo Ellen, Caroline, Connie, Laura

Pax Lodge Cream Tea:  Connie, Laura, Ellen

Pax Lodge cream tea

Pax Lodge map wall

Pax Lodge

Pax Lodge

Pax Lodge

Pax Lodge

Pax Lodge

Pax Lodge

Pax Lodge

Pax Lodge

Pax Lodge

Pax Lodge:  How many fit?

Pax Lodge

Pax Lodge

Pax Lodge


Pax Lodge

Pax Lodge map wall--including a VA Skyline patch

Pax Lodge clocks

Free time shopping at Camden.
Westminster Abbey Eveningsong Service.

Big Ben

Parliment

Westminster

Westminster

Westminster

Westminster

Westminster

Westminster

Westminster

Fish and Chips dinner.  Coincidentally, right next to a "famous" bridge (see pic below.)

Millennium Bridge--from Harry Potter

One of the other leaders said she thought I was one of the girls at first; another asked if I worked for Girl Scouts.  Flattering, I guess.

Early start for Paris in the morning.








Friday, August 17, 2012

Day 6

6/23/2012 London

Late-ish start.  Started with most of the group visiting the London Eye.  (Three of our troop decided not to go--they'd been before.)



Ready for a busy day:  Caroline, Jo Ellen, Courtney, Jessica, Ellen

Ready for a busy day:  Becky, Caroline, Jo Ellen

London Eye

London Eye

Mounted policeman

London Eye

London Eye

London Eye

Waiting to get in Line:   3009

Waiting to Get in Line

Waiting to Get in Line



Brownie

Nearby

Eye capsule

From Eye:  Big Ben

From Eye: Big Ben


From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

On Eye:  Becky & Courtney

On Eye:  Suzanne

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

On Eye:  Troop 3009: Jessica, Lisa, Jessica, Connie, Laura, Becky, Courtney, Suzanne

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

On Eye:  Connie

On Eye:  Courtney & Laura

On Eye:  Jessica & Suzanne

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye

From Eye: Parliment

From Eye: Daleks!

Lunch and some free time in Covent Garden.


Nearby

Rudyard Kipling's House

Rudyard Kipling's House

Covent Garden

Feed the Birds:  Tuppence a Bag

Sightseeing Tour:
St. Paul's Cathedral
Regent Street
Picadilly Circus
Shopping (bought a small, expensive box of sampler chocolate.  Ginger, cinnamon, coffee, orange, mint, milk.  Yum.)


Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London: London Eye

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London:  Ladies' bridge--built by women during war

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London:  Underground

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London:  Narrowest Shop in London: Twinnings

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London: Royal Courts of Justice

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's gift shop

St. Paul's gift shop

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

St. Paul's

Near St. Paul's

Near St. Paul's

Near St. Paul's

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Singing in the Rain

Singing in the Rain

Leicester Square

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Women of WWII

Women of WWII

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

London Eye

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

St. Thomas' Hospital:  Florence Nightengale

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

London Eye

London Eye

Parliment

Parliment

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Churchill

Sightseeing Tour of London

Robert Peale

Robert Peale

Churchill

Westminster
Westminster

Westminster

Westminster

Westminster

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Scotland Yard

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Buckingham

Buckingham

Buckingham

Buckingham

Buckingham

Buckingham

Buckingham

Buckingham

Buckingham

Buckingham:  Queen not in residence

Buckingham

Buckingham

Buckingham

Buckinham

Buckingham

Buckingham

Buckingham

Buckingham

Buckingham

Buckingham

Buckingham

Buckingham

Buckingham

Buckingham

Buckingham

Sightseeing Tour of London

Brownies at Buckingham

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Stones from Normandy

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Marble Arch

Sightseeing Tour of London

US Embassy

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Ritz

Sightseeing Tour of London

Ritz

Arlington St.

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Biggest Bookstore

Biggest Bookstore

Sporting goods

Sightseeing Tour of London

Picadilly Circus

Picadilly Circus

Sightseeing Tour of London

Sightseeing Tour of London

Hamley's Toys

"The Egg"

The Hung Drawn and Quartered

Dinner (got lost) Mongolian meatballs w/ rice, brownie.  (This was the most disappointing meal of the trip.  Was actually a fast-food place.  Not enough to eat, although the brownie was wonderful.)

Tower of London/Tower Bridge (contrary to popular belief, this is not London bridge--that one's just brick.)
Tower of London

Tower of London

Tower of London (Gill)

Tower of London

Tower of London

Tower of London

Tower of London

Tower of London

Tower of London

Tower Ravens

Tower of London

Phone booth

Tower of London

Ruins near Tower

Ruins near Tower

Ruins Near Tower

Ruins near Tower

Ruins near Tower

Tower Bridge