"Under protest" (quotes provided by LPA)

How can you live in England and not take a tour of Buckingham Palace?  

It was one of many things on my England bucket list so on Saturday we headed to London

to check it off

 "we are train people"

1st stop was lunch for a toastie

Very tasty! Went with the classic

Looks like the popular place to go, maybe next time

A beautiful day to sit in Hyde Park

The 1st stop on the tour, could have skipped it

2nd stop - The Royal Mews (stables), much more interesting

This is the riding school

Some of the Queen's coaches

The car Princess Kate rode to her wedding in

The Palace is only open to the public from the end of July until the end of September while the Queen is in Scotland (I'm not sure about the rest of the year)

 He REALLY is enjoying it!

No picture taking allowed inside but here's the "backyard"

A little birdie told me that when Larry was asked about going on the tour he replied he "was going under protest".  I figure this is payback for me having to go to his Nascar races!

And one can't go to London without a shop at Burberry!!
So the trip was a success, got a couple things checked off the bucket list
(I can't wait to tell him what the next item is!)

Had a lovely dinner!

Interesting sconce at breakfast