Once I Jumped a Pond and Crossed the Prime Meridian...: Royal Wedding

.... I know, I know, it was months ago but we're trying to catch up.

Originally Travis and I couldn't decide if we wanted to go into London for this huge event. It seemed it wouldn't have been worth it unless you were really dedicated to getting there 4am and spending hours waiting to probably not see anything. I am glad we did end up going even if we were sort of a failure. Part of the reason we decided in the end to go was because we also didn't have a TV to watch it all on either. Another reason was my aunt Holly had a friend, Kristen, visiting her family in London and to see the wedding. None of her family wanted to make the commitment to spend the day in crowds and she didn't want to head in there alone so we told her we would meet her. Our brilliant idea was if everyone is heading into town in the wee hours, we thought if we show up at the end of the ceremony (11am-ish) then maybe it will have thinned out by then. This wasn't exactly how it ended up. Kristen was ok with this idea but luckily for her on the day called and said she was going to be heading in early because she was too excited and we agreed to meet later in Trafalgar Square (sorta along the path between Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace). We were right in that getting into London wasn't too busy but by the time we got to Trafalgar Square they had closed it off not allowing anyone else inside. Luckily Kristen was already in there and we told her to stay until we found out if there was anywhere else better to meet. We walked along a road that runs parallel to the main event street, The Mall (runs straight out of the front of Buckingham Palace) to see if there was anywhere could cut over near The Mall. This street was really crowded with people as well and we ended up walking all the way past Green Park and into Hyde Park. Hyde Park had large screens to watch. By the time we got there the wedding was over but we did see when they went onto the Buckingham Palace balcony and the planes fly overhead. At the end we did get to pass through Green Park and by Buckingham to see things starting to clear out. The atmosphere for the day was really great. Everyone was in good spirits and it was an event for English pride. Even though we failed in meeting with Kristen we had a great time and hope she did as well!