God is good

After church yesterday, I went house hunting in a place called Tooting Bec. I liked the area alright, and the prices seemed reasonable, so I'm going to write to many letting agents there, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

After house hunting, I zipped back up to St. John's Wood to try and get a copy of the contract that I had signed, but wanted to get out of. The timing couldn't have been better. I got there a few minutes after closing time for the office, but a woman was still there who let me in and helped me. Just as she started to call my agent, I saw him out of the window and he saw me. He wasn't even in the office that day. He had been hosting an open house all day and had just stopped in to drop off the keys. He spent an extra half hour copying my contract and chatting with me about the real estate business in England. I felt so happy to actually have a copy of my contract, that I decided to go do some sightseeing, even though it was evening time. I went down to Westminster and saw the Thames River, the Westminster Bridge, Parliment, Big Ben, the County Hall (where they're having a Star Wars exhibition), the London Eye, and a whole bunch of other stuff. I didn't actually go into any of these places since they were closed for the evening, but I got a renewed sense of excitement about bringing my family over and having them see this great city.

So, if you're in the Imperial Capital of the World (London) and you see Stormtroopers guarding a big impressive building, it's quite dramatic. I don't think this picture really captures the moment, but it was the best one of the Stormtroopers.









This one has Parliment (the dark spire on the right), Big Ben, and the London Eye all in one shot!















When I first came out of the tube station, I looked over my shoulder and saw Big Ben through the trees. I really like this shot.



Dave