Waltons in London (video)

Finally got around to putting together a video from our adventures with the Waltons in London. Brittany's parents and her brother Jeremy and his wife Maria came to visit a few weeks ago. This video includes highlights from Big Ben/Parliament, the London Eye, the Sherlock Holmes Museum, Abbey Road, Buckingham Palace, and Trafalgar Square. Sorry I'm too lazy to spend time dressing it up. It's sub-PBS late-night documentary. Think more along the lines of local access cable. Then drop it down a few notches. At least the sets have been carefully and patiently designed by the British people over the last several centuries.



Brittany and I had gone up in the London Eye a year and half ago during the daytime, but it was kind of fun to go up at night to get a different perspective. I'm a sucker for city skylines, particularly at night. You'll probably see a recurring theme as I post videos of our other adventures later on.

The Sherlock Holmes Museum was interesting, but it did make us wonder for a bit, "Wait a minute... was this a real person?" I mean, the guy's house has one of those little blue plaques the Brits put up on buildings where famous people used to live. I was kind of thinking it was one of those situations where there was a real person named Sherlock Holmes, and the stories were just embellishments or something. Wanna know the answer? Look it up.

Abbey Road was one almost traffic accident after another, as tourists casually strolled across the street while sports cars and lorries came precariously close to recreating the scene from Meet Joe Black. We didn't get to spot the queen this time at Buckingham Palace, but I have since learned the system for knowing when the queen is at home. When she's out and about, the Union Jack flag flies atop the palace. When she's in da house, her royal flag is raised instead. Random fact: apparently she was recently watching her sons play on their iPads, and she ordered her iPad 2 immediately thereafter.

Over the next little while, I'll work on trying to get more videos posted. We spent three days in Barcelona, three in Madrid, and three in Porto with Brittany's uncle Chuck and aunt Liz. They're serving as the mission presidents there right now. It was really fun to visit with them. When we got back to London, we camped out for a good view of the Royal Wedding procession. That weekend we then visited Leeds Castle, Canterbury Cathedral, the White Cliffs of Dover, Hampton Court Palace, and Westminster Abbey. They still had some of the decorations up from the wedding, so that was kind of cool. More on that when we get there. For now, you can enjoy Brittany's teaser shot from the wedding. Cheers!