Wednesday, June 1, 2011

June 1 - Alnwick Castle

Alnwick is the castle where the Harry Potter movies are filmed.



May 31 - Scotland - Stirling

Stirling Castle and City



View from the outer walls


1) Robert the Bruce
2) Rob Roy
3) William Wallace Monument


The King's Knot Garden (left) and Stirling Castle (right)

May 30

Cambridge American Cemetary and Memorial


Funnel Cloud?

I spotted this during the car ride from Cambridge to Newcastle. The UK was the last place I expected to see one.

May 29 - London

Imperial War Museum of London
It took me and my cousin Greg between 4 and 5 hours to go through the museum. The museum is dedicated to World War 1 and 2, and the Coldwar. The final exhibit on the top floors of the museum is the Holocaust Exhibition.


18" naval guns


1) Montgomery's Tank
2) more firepower

Houses of Parliament

The traffic was extremely chaotic in this part of the city which made getting decent photos very difficult.

Trafalgar Square

1) countdown timer to a big waste of money (Olympics)
2) Nelson's Column
3) Greg on a massive lion statue

May 28 - Audley End House and Gardens

Audley End is a Jacobean house located about 20km south of Cambridge.




Queen's Cavalry Demonstration