We recently celebrated the seventh anniversary of Sage’s birth.
We spent the day in London. We took the underground into Picadilly Circus and hopped on one of the tourist buses. We’ve been to London a handful of times now, but we’ve stayed underground and popped up at our destination like some burrowing mammal. It was fun to see how different parts of the city connect to each other and the commentary was quite interesting.
We just happened to sit at table number 7 for lunch. Que fortunidad!
One might notice that she is wearing the hat knit for her by her wonderful auntie Karen. She loves it! Thanks, Karen!
We got off the bus at the Tower of London.
Sage has been interested in Victorian times and the eponymous queen. She particularly wanted to see her crown:
Queen Victoria's Small Diamond Crown
We went on the tour with the Yeoman Warder (aka beefeater) which was very interesting and entertaining. We enjoyed his stories of prisoners, executions, and ravens. The crown jewels were pretty amazing. It must be pretty crowded there sometimes since they have a conveyor belt to funnel people past the display cases. We went around about eight times!
From there, we got on one of the river boats and headed back to Westminister. We got a good commentary on the buildings along the banks of the Thames. One of the buildings, our guide joked, was designed by an unemployed window cleaner!
Back ashore in Westminster, we checked out Parliament and Big Ben.
We waited across from the London Eye before catching the bus around the West End and then back on the tube to head back home.
It was a long day, but I think Sage enjoyed her birthday!
February 15th, 2009 at 3:44 am
Happy Birthday, Sagey! How is it possible that you are already 7!!
Victoria’s crown in beautiful, but I think I’d rather be wearing your lovely hat! I like River’s hat too!! London must have been fun–I’m glad that you all had a special day! Love, Grana