Saturday, May 13, 2017

Odds and Ends




Kensington Palace

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Definitely a younger, thinner version of Victoria at Kensington Palace.

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Buckingham Palace

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Just north of Blackfriars Bridge. Image by lonpicman under creative commons licence.

There is a fun site called Who has the Most London Statues.  Victoria  has ten. 
Check these out.

The famous London Taxi Cab

13 reasons getting a black cab in London is the best way to travel

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Today's London cab looks like its older version but is smaller and more compact.
I still has seats that fold down behind the driver. 

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London police car

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Since the killing of tourists on the Westminster Bridge by a terrorist,
police cars are a common sight.  Especially in tourist areas where it is crowded.

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah woman who was injured and her husband killed last month during a shooting in London will attend an interfaith memorial service Wednesday at Westminster Abbey.
Melissa Cochran and her husband, Kurt, were in England celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary on March 22 when a man in an SUV mowed down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge.





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