The bodiless horse. Yup, that's right--he's bronzed. The real question is why...?
I'm not sure who is having a worse hair day: the horse or the rider. I think the above question applies here as well.
Both of these statues are on the Oxford St. side of Hyde Park. They are only about a seven minute walk from my apartment. So I can see them daily if I want!
This is Marble Arch. It too is on the Oxford St. side of Hyde Park. As a matter of fact, this picture was taken from the park, and you can see Oxford Street behind it running parallel with the arch.
Marble Arch used to be the royal entrance for Buckingham Palace, which is, by the way, no where near here. When we were first told this, we couldn't understand why the entrance would be all the way out here. Then they told us that it had been relocated. Yeah, I'm American. We don't have royal arches! What!?
It's actually illegal for anyone but the royal family to walk through it. As you can see by the guy walking through, no one pays any attention to that law. But, you could still be arrested for it.
No day in the park would be complete with out a little red ice cream cart. Yum! And it's cute.
It's a strange sort of juxtaposition walking into any park in London. One minute there are buildings and traffic and people everywhere, then the next--quite, empty, beautiful... Looking around nervously. "Am I gonna be murdered? Where are all the people!?" Kind of reminds me of Central Park.
This is a police station in the park, and boy was I ever relieved to see it, and people. But I must say this is a really nice station. Even their lamp is nice, and it says police on it! I don't know why I thought that was so exciting, but I totally do.
They even have pretty flowers! As opposed to the ugly flowers at the police station in that other park.
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