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I start the day in Westminster and discover a church that looks like it should be in Siena
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Britain has perfected the window box garden
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Across the nave of Westminster Cathedral, built in the 19th c
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The Chapel of St Gregory and St Augustine, who christianized Britain
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French teens intrigued by this historic object
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It must work; the parks are clean
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By coincidence, I arrived just in time to see the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace
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Cherry blossoms... in London, not DC
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It was the height of spring that weekend
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And yet another regiment...
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So many distractions
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The Old Admiralty
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Helping me sort out where I'd just walked
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Ukrainians protesting Putin's actions opposite PM Cameron's residence
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'God didn't take my son, Tayip Erdogan did' says his mother. Berkin Elvan's portrait hung opposite Downing Street on my visit
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Number 10 Downing Street
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The window of a bookstore in Trafalgar Square
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This made me walk across the street!
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Post cards poking fun
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Look! He's levitating!
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Gilding... in a kefiyeh
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No longer public baths
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Architecture students learning about St. John's, now a concert hall
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Adorned, from bottom to top
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Drawn to the monument, then drawn beyond
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Along the Embankment, looking back at the Victoria Tower Gardens, on my way to the Tate
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I begin my visit with a little history
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I love the Tate - especially for its Pre-Raphaelite collection
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Definitely guilty of Orientalism, but still a beautiful creation
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Modernistic trees surround John Everett Millais
