Day Three in London 

Buckingham Palace, the British Museum, Harrod's & Bond Street



We started the grey and rainy day with a visit to Buckingham Palace for the changing of the guard.  It was rainy and very crowded so the view was limited.

Cate at Buckingham palace

We stopped into a pub for a quick lunch and then jumped back on the Underground. The next stop was the British Museum to take a look at priceless antiquities. My highlight was the Rosetta Stone. I think Cate's favorite were the mummies.


Cate inside of the British Museum

Cate with the Rosetta Stone
Cate with Mummies
Cate with a bust of Ramses II

We decided to leave history behind and move on to some shopping.  Harrod's department store. It was decorated for holidays and packed with Christmas Shoppers. We talked to one of the senior sales associates who gave us some amazing stories of shoppers spending tens of millions of British Pounds in less than an hour at Harrod's. 



Bond Street completed our shopping trip and we headed back to our hotel to prepare for the next leg in our trip to Mumbai, India.

Bond Street at night.  Check out the crowds packing the sidewalks.

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