Italian countryside

Siena

Il Campo

Royal Guard and Paddington Bear

Regent Street lights

London from atop St. Paul's

Happy Thanksgiving

Gettin' jiggy with it

Tate Modern

Lord Mayor Show

I do like a good parade. This one was the mayor of London taking his office. He goes by the church and gets blessed and then stops by the court and goes back home. He's the guy in the bottom photo waving his hat to the crowd. There were lots of really neat uniforms and people representing different guilds from back in the day (clockmakers, furniture makers, loriners, farmers etc.). I even saw a marching band on horseback. I guess that's not really a marching band, but really impressive.

Addicted

These are a-mazin'. I first learned about Battenberg cakes from my new favorite TV show: The Great British Bake Off http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_British_Bake_Off The contestants had to make full-sized versions. Then I saw these little darlings in the store and I couldn't resist. I didn't have high hopes for a store-bought dessert and expected a twinkie-equivalent. I was delightfully surprised! They are sponge cakes wrapped in marzipan with a hint of apricot jam. The original Battenberg cake was made for a royal wedding: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battenberg_cake. (Amy: I think you should get a recipe and give it a try!)

Static

My return to trapeze (albeit static and not flying)!

Remember, remember the Fifth of November

Big Brother

In the UK, they like to watch people. There are so many security cameras everywhere- my work has over 170! This is the monitor that sits above my desk so we can watch people in the Containment Level 3 room and make sure they are ok when working with nasty bugs. See Del in the bottom left panel. Don't worry, I don't have plans to go in that room anytime soon.