Google Images: even better than the real thing

We're finally unpacked and settled enough to start doing some sightseeing, and last week's Half Term (i.e. school vacation week) gave us the perfect opportunity to get started. Where did we begin? Where else...


With the pageantry and the music and the horses and the royalty, the Changing of the Guards seemed like a memorable starting point for our young tourists. We were right -- the trip itself was a hit. Evan liked the music and the big, furry hats and Julia liked imagining what her bedroom in the palace would look like if she were a princess. One for the memory books? Sure. Except (ahem) guess what the photos that we took look like?


Nothing says "we were there" quite like photos of the backs of other tourists' heads. Would it be horribly unethical of me to fill our travel albums with stock photography? The idea is strangely appealing. Hell, if it weren't for the obligatory "cute kids at notable tourist destination" shots, we could almost leave the camera home entirely...