Sightseeing in the centre of London

Today Bryan (an old, very nice man from the church - our english grandfather) took us (Adrian and myself) to the centre of London for a day of sightseeing.

We started off by taking the tube from Alperton to St. Pauls, where we started the tour.
This is the St.Pauls cathedral. It's a beautiful cathedral, the biggest in London, built some time after the great fire of London in 1666. We took the stairs to the gallery (around 300 stair steps), and then another 100 to get a look of the view from the roof. We could see all of the centre of London + more!The view

From the Millenium Bridge, we saw the river Thems, with the Tower Bridge in the background:

Then we walked up Fleet Street up to Sumerset House, the huge house the Duke of Sumerset had built for himself some hundred years ago. Sumerset house (quite a size for a house, won't you say?)

Then we took the bus to Westminster Abbey, another beautiful church. There used to live munks there, but now it's a normal church. Both: Westminster Abbey

Across the road you can find the Houses of Parliament; The house of commons and The house of Lords:And - on the clock tower to this building, is the famous clock BIG BEN! (did you know Big Ben is not the tower itself, but the clock?)

Me in front of Big Ben..

Then we walked towards Buckingham Palace. On the way we passed the Queens stable or something like that, just in time for the change of guards.
One of the guardsThen we carried on towards Buckingham Palace, walking through the St. James' park, witch is a royal park, and there a squirrel came up to me.
Curious squirrel

Then we got to the Buckingham Palace, witch originally was the huge house of an other duke before is was overtaken by the Royal family some time in the 17th century. This was of course the Duke of Buckinghams palace.
The Queen was not at home, because she is in Scotland this time of the year.Buckingham palace

In the end I'll have to post another typical thing here in London, this one:
We had a really nice day, travelling for 7 (!) hours in total. Thanks to Bryan for a really great day and a brilliant history lesson!