To all those who thought Deb and I were 'nuts' to camp out the night before the Royal Wedding at Buckingham Palace, you were right! But I must say 'NUTS' is the only way to have no regrets in Life. And I don't. It was an experience of a lifetime. We have sunburned faces, nearly got hypothermia during a really cold night outdoors and couldn't get to bathrooms except twice in 28 hrs....But you will still have to 'slap the smile off my face' because it was amazing.
We arrived at Buckingham Palace Thursday at 10:00am. The place was crowded with spectators for the Changing of the Guard. My first thought was we will never get a spot. BUT we did!
If you were standing facing Buckingham Palace, we were to the left of the Victoria Monument with a full view of Buckingham Palace Balcony, The path that Kate Middleton would take with her Father to the wedding at Westminster Abbey, as well as the carriages returning from the Wedding. I AM NOT KIDDING!!! We could not believe it.
If that weren't fantastic enough, we were interviewed by a Belgium TV station which I thought was hysterical. But then City TV correspondent, from Toronto, and his cameraman came over and also interviewed us! My Aunt Jacquie actually saw the interview on television in Ontario. OMG!!!!
Many Canadians came over throughout the day and night to meet us and say hi. We met great people from all over the world. One of which was the gentleman we are pictured with, Jim, from England, who looks a lot like Sean Connery. We sat beside each other for the whole 28 hour experience.
By dinner time, almost everything along the 'Mall" and around Buckingham Palace was full. But everyone was in such great spirits. Traffic and people continued to party until about 2 am. But we were up again at 4am for the actual Wedding Day......and that is my next Post......stay tuned.
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