Buckingham Palace and the other sights

Today is Saturday, so it seemed like a good day to go visit the Palace! It turns out I'm only two stops away on the underground, so the trip didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would.

This is Green Park, where I got off the tube. It's right across the street from Buckingham Palace, and it's absolutley gorgeous.

Buckingham Palace, at last! The flag is flying, which means the Queen was there today. We arrived early enough in the morning that the crowds were pretty light, and we could move around fairly easily and take pictures.

Here's Big Ben. It doesn't actually lean like that, turns out I'm not so steady with a camera.

They have a statue of Abraham Lincoln out in front of Westminster Abbey. I'm not sure why, but Lincoln's one of my favorite historical people, so I was pretty excited to see him there.

Westminster Abbey is quite pretty, isn't it?