London may be overcast a lot, but when the clouds part and the sun comes out, it is beautiful. Such was last Saturday when we decided to go out and take in some of the sites in Central London.
It still amazes me however, that it can be absolutely clear and sunny, yet remain freezing cold here.
We took the 38 bus from our apartment in Angel down to Victoria Station, where we started our walk.
Like a lot of London, Victoria Station is going through some major renovations as it prepares for its olympics closeup. We haven't wandered over to the East side to see where the olympic village is being built, but soon. . .
We wandered around Westminster Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, and then down to the Thames and the Houses of Parliament.
The architecture is wonderfully fanciful from the Moorish and cavernous cathedral, to the spired Abbey and Parliament buildings.
We saw some wonderful bronze statues celebrating Richard the Lionhearted, Winston Churchill, and Boadicea (a woman who fought against the Romans when they were civilizing the British Isles).
Eventually, we ended up at Trafalgar Square and saw the large pedestal erected in honor of Admiral Trafalgar.
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