Liverpool

Below (or above, depending on how this Post saves) are some pictures from Liverpool. The children are enjoying Fish and Chips (notice the size of the fish in this picture!!) on the street in Liverpool that we bought at a Take-Away Chip Shop. A man leaned over just after I took this picture and asked me where we found the Chip Shop. He said it so fast, I had no idea what he said. I smiled and offerred him some of my fish. Finally, after a fair amount of effort, we realized he was saying "Chip Shop" and I told him where we had purchased our lunch. Chip Shop is now a part of our vocabulary.

The next one is the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace in London. Don't know how this got with the Liverpool photos, but - ah, well. Interestingly, while we were in England, there was a long article in the newspaper about an animal rights group that is trying to get the Queen's Guards to substitute fake bearskin for the real bearskin hats the guards wear. Their first three attempts didn't pass muster, apparently because the fake fur wasn't soft enough. But the animal rights group has prevailed by encouraging the guards to recycle their hats and extend the wear. They really are beautiful but, according to the article, extremely costly.

The last is of the children with Queen Victoria. She was the longest reigning queen in all of England's history. This memorial to her is on the site of the Liverpool Palace, which was demolished sometime ago. Queen Victoria seems to have been quite portly, but the likeness to her is quite remarkable. I'm Posting in the new Beta Blogger and I can't get Queen Victoria's picture to turn the right way. I'll have to work on it a bit more later. In the meantime, hope you can turn your heads sufficiently to see it.

Enjoy!! We sure did.