Fall On Your Knees

Here I sit at the base of Queen Victoria’s monument. Little did I know that when I was in the park just now, having a little rest, that I was only one block away from Buckingham Palace!! So when I realized this from looking on a map posted in the park, I took a walk down. So from the base of the monument, I am directly in front of the palace.

Of course, the day wouldn’t be Friday 13th without an incident. I had been standing by the palace gates, watching the changing of the guard, and went to walk over towards the monument and wasn’t looking down – did not see a slight step (about 3 inches) from the curb and so I tripped and fell flat on my face – literally. I skinned my knees over something fierce and because I have to wear my big pack today, it made me too heavy and I smacked my head off the ground, twisting my sunglasses all up, and skinning my forehead a little, much to the entertainment of the hundreds of tourists around me. Some came to help me up while others (probably British) laughed and chuckled. I probably would have laughed too. Anyhow, I am taking a little rest here until the blood dries on my knees before I go and check out the palace tour. There are a lot of people here! And hardly anyone is speaking English, so I feel right at home.

TTFN

-Jude