Christmas time in London

Today we went to one of London's many Christmas markets. We chose the one in Hyde Park, so we could take Skye with us as well. Even though it's quite a long journey on the tube for us, Skye didn't mind at all. She just dozed off on my lap. The Christmas market was a bit different from what we expected. They didn't sell many things for Christmas, it was more like a fun fair with lots of food and drink stands. But we had a good time anyway. And Skye got a lot of attention of course. Everywhere we go, people always want to say hello to her. Maybe I should start charging a pound from everyone who wants to pet her or take a picture of her. We'd be rich. Haha.

Later on, we went for a stroll through Hyde park, Green park, past Buckingham Palace to St James park, all the way to Trafalgar Square. And Skye of course wanted to go after every bird and squirrel in sight. She is very intrigued by birds. It was very funny to watch her near the Serpentine in Hyde Park. The birds there aren't very afraid of people (and dogs!), so she could take a good look at them.

On the steps of a statue in front of Buckingham Palace (OK, you

can't see the statue nor the palace, but I think she looks very

pretty in this picture.)

On Trafalgar Square the big Christmas tree was already up. Even though it wasn't dark yet, it looked really nice. We tried to make a picture of Skye between the paws of one of the big Lions surrounding Nelsons's Obelisk. But she wasn't too keen...

Can anyone get me off please?

We decided to go back home early, before the tube is completely overcrowded. This time of the year, when everybody seems to be shopping for Christmas, it can be so incredibly busy in the tube. I didn't want Skye to go through that. When we got on, a nice lady immediately offered me a place to sit down with Skye. I guess the dog-eat-dog mentality, the papers keep writing about, hasn't infected everybody quite yet.