Wildlife of London

Moorhen - look at it's feet!

ablutions of a pelican

 We didn't expect to see any wildlife in London, well except pigeons, and there are a lot of pigeons here, so we were taken by surprise by the variety of birds in St. James Park.

Hot Dog's favorite duck, wish I knew it's name.

Swans with cygnets

babies!  (cygnets)

We enjoyed noticing the many pattern
and color variations on the pigeons.

An unkindess of ravens (Tower of London)

or is it a conspiracy of ravens?

When we asked what it was, a guard said "A thief"
and shooed the bird of prey away.

Kestral at the Tower of London sneaking on of
the raw chicken legs given to a raven

Cars of London

Lamborghini 

Austin-Healey

 As much as any wild life, certain members of the family were thrilled with the variety of European cars on the road.

Traditional black taxi

The taxi's come in all colors!
I wasn't fast enough to catch the pink one on camera.

Beauty in London

 Sometimes all you have to do is look - and there it is.

London Eye at sunset

We can see this from our apt. window

from right underneath

zoomed in

While we wait for the elevator, this wall of colored glass makes me happy.

Statues

Looks like public breast feeding is a-okay in London

I should give up taking pictures of statures here.  There's so many, it never ever ends.

Hmmm.....

Peg-legged women only?

All gender restroom - not so hard North Carolina!

I've (obviously) no idea what's going on most of the time.  So, for those who find my ignorance amusing....

Because, apparently, even Londoners can't figure out which side traffic is on

"No Stopping"

Las Vegas advert

I know what they meant, but this made me laugh.

?

Firelord kept thinking the "i" had been left out.

Architecture

I don't think I would ever get over the juxtaposition of old and new here.  Old here is not fifty or even one hundred years old.  It's hundreds of years old.  Like 1078  as the original construction date.  Crazy stuff for a child of the New World.

Eating in London

There are more restaurants in London than city blocks.   Our first day we ate at an Indian restaurant across the street.

We've seen halal restaurants everywhere, selling far more than just middle eastern food.

Being us, we've also been eating in.  There are little shops all over selling groceries, but no really big super markets like we're used to.  Across the way, in a single shopping mall there is a Metro Tesco, Iceland, Poundland (like a dollar store, but - pounds), a halal meat shop, an Asian fruit and veggie stand, two different pharmacies, an occasional flea market, and many more little shops and carts.

If only I didn't have to ship it, I would have gotten this rug for you.

We learned the hard way that most of the shops close up around 6.

We saw a Tesco while riding a bus to Greenwich that looked more like the Safeway/King Sooper's/ Albertson's we have at home, but didn't get off the bus to check it out.

99 flake ice-cream - it's a thing

Hot Dog discovers DOUBLE FLAKE!

We've wondered if native Londoner's ever eat in, there are so many good places to eat out.