Off to Parliament we go...

There is the clock tower of Parliament - apparently 'Big Ben' refers to the bell within the clock tower. Umm...ok....









Here I am waiting in line to see the House of Lords (the Reds) and the House of Commons (the Greens).









A very warm day in front of Parliament. It's called Westminster Palace officially (was the monarch's residence until 1529 and in 1549 the House of Commons moved into the newly-defunct St. Stephen's chapel) and the current building was built after a fire destroyed it in 1834.

The Commons was interesting - plain, big glass barrier, etc; the Lords on the other hand was beautiful, decorative, red 'velvety' all over.