Michelle inside the willow hut at the Anne Hathaway cottage at Stratford-upon-Avon

Judy and Dink have been listening to Shakespeare (really) inside a willow hut on the grounds of Anne Hathaway's family home near Stratford upon Avon. We saw many beautiful plants and unique gardens here.

Sophie and Ann inside Brasnose College at Oxford.

Katie the Younger at Oxford on Monday.

Sunlight reflects off the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, and to the left I think is the Shard, a new skyscraper in London that is still under construction .

Waiting on the Tube.

Wall to wall people, including some we know, at Buckingham Palace for the daily Changing of the Guard.

Sophie and Hayley outside THe Eagle and Child in Oxford on Monday. We had about 15 minutes free time and managed to work in Oxfam, Blackwell's top-floor second-hand book shop, and this photo, but we didn't make it inside this famous pub. We did visit Brasnose College.

Changing of the guard on Tuesday.

Tom, Hayley, Sophie, Katie, Judy, Nancy, Ann at Westminster on Tuesday.

The girls at Westminster.

Sophie is shooting her fish and chips.

Ann, Janet, and Tom at the Tower Bridge.

Nancy on the London Eye on Tuesday.

Michelle on the London Eye on Tuesday.