To celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II (her 60th year on the throne), her majesty the Queen along with family members are traveling around the United Kingdom and across the world. That celebration came to Chester last Thursday! The Queen, accompanied by her husband, Prince Phillip, opened a new entrance to the zoo. I waited along her route to see her be driven up to the zoo, then ran over by the entrance to see her walk in, and was along her route again when she left the zoo. In all I probably saw her for a grand total of four minutes. But nonetheless, to have seen the Queen that has reigned through 12 U.S. presidents is an awesome experience!
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| The Queen about to enter the zoo (you can see her coral-colored dress through the car window) |
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She's waving at me!
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Last Saturday I went to Birmingham with Annika for the day. The English city was definitely a city, or at least a modern American-looking city. We didn't do anything special in Birmingham besides walking around the city centre which consists of lots of shopping malls and stores, seeing a small art gallery, and hanging out in Victoria Square. In the square was a giant TV screen playing Day 1 of the Olympic torch run which got me excited for the torch coming to Chester later this month!
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| Chaos in the malls |
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| Victoria Square |
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| The torch run for everyone to enjoy |
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Awesomeness! You have done the most british (or Canadian) thing you can- you saw the queen! You can come home now! : )
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