Guarding the horses is serious business

This poor guard of the horses. He has to come out of the gate and try to look serious, even when stupid tourists stand next to him for a silly photo op. Fun for us, sucks to be him. Mandy said it is probably a great honor to have his job, but I really think this is how they punish the bad guards!

We walked to Trafalger Square today. Went into the National Gallery and saw more priceless works of art. We saw one of Van Gogh's famous sunflower pictures, and another of Monet's water lillies. They also have works by Renoirt, Cezanne, Degas. Beautiful. After that we walked by Downing Street, but you can't get anywhere close to 10 Downing anymore. Too many guards and high security. All you can do is peer down the street through the black iron gates. Poor Gordon Brown and his Labor Party seem to be in trouble, since on Saturday they lost many seats in Parliament to the Conservative Party and also lost the mayorship of London to a flamboyant and crazy-looking Conservative guy. We then walked down to Parliament and Big Ben. On the way back we had dinner at another awesome pub - nachos! Well, it is almost Cinco de Mayo!

Tomorrow Mandy will spend the day studying for her exam on Tuesday and I will be on my own. I plan to take the tube over to Harrod's for some window shopping. (Honest, Steve!) Also will go to Hyde Park and see what else strikes my fancy.

I won't have access to Mandy's computer until Tuesday night, so if  I can't use the hotel computer I won't be posting for a couple of days.

P.S. I added some pictures to previous posts, so scroll down and take a peek!