Today we flew our flags proudly and celebrated Canada Day in Trafalgar Square in the centre of London. We put on maple leaf tatoos and enjoyed the festivities which included the street hockey seen above, bison burgers, Moosehead beer, a comedian from Just for Laughs, and real honest to God Tim Hortons! YAAAAYY! There was a busker who got the crowd going with some BNL, Spirit of the West, and Tragically Hip. Lots of canucks in the audience, knew just when to sing along. Also, heard a rumour that they had planned to serve poutine, but the cheese curds didn't make it through cusotms at Heathrow in time!
We had a nice outing last night as well, as we went on a ghost walk through the West End with a very friendly Scottish guide, pointing out various points of interest and telling neat ghost stories of the area, particularly having to do the theatres. One of the most famous is The Man in Gray, a benevolent spirit of the Drury Lane Theatre who has been sighted over 100 times over the centuries. Another favourite of ours was a costume coat in which an ingenue was apparently strangled to death, and subsequent wearers of the costume experienced loss of breath, welts on the neck, fainting and nightmares. ooooooOOOOOOOOooooooo. Fun overall, but still not quite as good and spooky as the ghost walks in Ottawa. Below you can see a classic alley of the type i always associate with Victorian London, narrow and atmospheric. Also, a vintage gaslight from outside St. James Park.
And just to share some other nice shots with you, we wandered by the London Eye before heading off on the walk. The Dali Museum is nearby. Check out his version of an elephant.
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