We are once again in Paris. Our last few days in London were great! All week I had been trying to orchestrate a visit to all the big monuments with out much success. Yesterday morning I had finally gotten to the natural history museum, which was fantastic, with the impression that once i returned we would be going to the London eye, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace etc. However, upon returning to the apartment (pictures to follow in later post) I was informed we would be going to the cinema for a viewing of Cars 2. It's partly set in London and halfway through the movie I was disheartened to think that the bulk of my London sightseeing could be attributed to a children's film. But thankfully Lucy, my co-nanny this week, stated that Trafalgar Square was a short walk from the theater and Buckingham Palace was just a bit further. Amid some protesting we marched our charges through the streets of London in quest of some sights.

The march.

Me by a giant lions butt in Trafalgar Square.

Buckingham Palace. The Queen was not at home.

That evening I had plans to meet up with Ollie again for some pub hopping and more sight seeing. He had a late night at work and what was suppose to be an around 8 but hopefully no later than 10 meet up was pushed later and later. I finally got the ring at 12 to meet him downstairs and after a quick conference we decided to skip the drinks and go straight for the tour. We agreed to stroll and see the sights until there was more yawning then talking. For having both worked full, long days we surprisingly lasted until 2.

This is all my camera could see of Big Ben, it was more detailed in real life.

The view across the Thames.

After zipping past all the sights we headed to Covent Garden known for it's shopping and night life. It is a super cute area but apparently at 2 am it fills with all the young and crazy as they attempt to stumble home. I almost stepped in a giant puddle of vom, then passed a person who was probably responsible for the vom (passed out and surrounded by a concerned crowd), strolled past a young man in a business suit sleeping off his evening, and just as we were about to search out a cab nearly walked into the middle of a bar fight (full of cursing, bottle throwing and chaos) that had spilled onto the street. Our first thought was... riot? but thankfully it was just a bunch of drunkards who were quickly subdued by the more than present police force. Ollie is an excellent navigator and at the first sign of trouble had us detouring onto a safer route. We hailed a cab and headed for some much needed sleep.