As I set off to a full day of classes and meetings, I set Madre off with my camera and A to Z map on a royal adventure: first to St. James Park for the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace followed by a tour of Kensington Palace featuring the Last Debutantes exhibit. I was jealous as could be, especially because those were two things I would love to do but particularly with my Madre; the fact that I couldn’t due to class set the jealously over into the realm of anger 
But I was glad to know she was having a great day on her own in London, something I’ve been experiencing and enjoying for the past 8 weeks.
We reunited over tea and Digestives at the London Visitor’s Hotel (again, so British) before heading to dinner at The Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman’s Sticky Fingers restaurant off of High Street Kensington! We were in our element. I obviously wore my Stones t-shirt. The hostess was super nice, noticed, and made sure we had a great time…but really, how could we not?! In typical “Foxy” fashion, Madre attracted an Australian man named Kerry who just happened to be in London with a group of Rugby fans on the last leg of their spectator tour through Europe; he sat at our table, grabbed my camera, and was very comfortable entertaining us for the evening.
Needless to say, the following photo gallery is one for the books! It begins with Madre’s photos from her solo excursion and ends with Kerry’s drunken snapshots. Cheers!
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- St. James Park
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- Buckingham Palace
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- Queen Victoria Memorial
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- Kensington Palace
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- Kensington Gardens
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- The Last Debutantes
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- Queen Victoria’s Bed
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- LVH Parlour
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- LVH stairs
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- LVH dining room
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- reunited at tea time!
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- in we go…
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- the view from our table
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- the menu
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- festive shots!
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- air guitar!
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- greatest. nachos. ever.
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- our Austrailian visitor Kerry
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- Big Head
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- Kerry’s Big Head
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- Australian Rugby Group
