London

Last weekend I took a trip to London to meet up with Georgetown friends who are studying abroad there and elsewhere in Europe! Above: the houses of Parliament

We started off our sightseeing being the best tourists we could - staring up at Big Ben.

Westminster Abbey

St. James' Park (and a view of the London Eye)

In front of Buckingham Palace with Sarah and Katie B.

The changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace

On the way to Trafalgar Square

We couldn't resist.

Lunch at the Borough Market

The better part of Saturday afternoon was spent wandering around the grounds and medieval buildings at the Tower of London.

The Tower Bridge

Encountering the exhibit with people dressed up as castle residents, it started feeling a little like the Maryland Renaissance Festival... except that the castle and British accents were real.

Did not realize how the composition of this photo would turn out when it was taken...

In front of the building that houses the crown jewels

Preserved carvings on the wall made by prisoners held in the "Bloody Tower"

With Mohamed in Chinatown

Chinese New Year: Year of the Rabbit (the only semi-logical explanation for this)

At Piccadilly Circus

Trafalgar Square

With Mohamed and Alex, at Regent's Park

Cutting through Chinatown again, we accidentally got caught amid an enormous Chinese New Year festival.

The British Museum

The Rosetta Stone

Ended a great weekend with an evening wandering around Covent Garden Market, and even caught some music.