Jamie in London

I'm in London for the week for work, which is cool but I believe immediately disqualifies me from any "Parent of the Year" awards - those will all have to go to Steve for single-handedly wrangling our critters for a whole week! Of course, the work aspect of the trip tends to cut into my sightseeing time significantly, but I did have some time to tool around Sunday since our plane landed at 8 am and I had to stay awake somehow!

For only having a couple of hours to tour about, I think I covered quite a bit of ground. At least, my legs sure told me so the next day :) Here are a few choice shots of the day:
The obligatory phone booth shot

Big Ben and the Westminster Bridge (that one's for you, Ben! And, yes, I did get a box of sweets shaped like Big Ben just as you requested!)

London Bridge (I didn't make it into the Tower of London, but at least I did see the bridge)

St. Paul's Cathedral, where I couldn't help but sing the Little Old Bird Woman song from Mary Poppins. I watched a lot of Mary Poppins as a child and it served me well as research material for my afternoon in London, much like Mulan helped me in China.

The Globe Theater at intermission - I caught a lovely matinee of Romeo and Juliet and pined away for my own star-crossed lover

I'm spending the week in Aylesbury, a little town about an hour outside of London. I don't have any great photos of Aylesbury yet since I spend the vast majority of my time in not-particularly-scenic conference rooms, but you will be happy to know that I got a healthy dose of English countryside tonight at dinner as I ate bangers and mash at a local pub. Now if only I could shed my horrendous American accent, I would blend perfectly with the locals :)