Yes, that's right, we've waved to The Queen!

What a massive weekend! Started off with drinks at the pub which ultimately left us leaving around midnight. Now normally this wouldn't really be an issue, except for the small fact that we decided to surprise Liz's Mum at the airport. Her flight arrived in Heathrow at 6.10am which had us getting out of bed at 4.30am. Hmmm. Was totally worth it. She got the biggest surprise!!

Now onto Her Royal Majesty. Saturday was her celebration of her birthday (which by the way is in April!) and she does this every year with a parade called Trooping the Colour. There is some history about it but I didn't really pay that much attention to that part! This all takes place around Buckingham Palace and down The Mall and into Whitehall. You can actually by tickets to this event but you have to apply in writing and it goes into a ballot and this all needs to be done by February/March. If you get tickets you get to see the salute by all her guards and soldiers which happens in Whitehall. However since we were not that organised we joined the masses on The Mall to wait for the Queen to come past. First off you get to see all the guards and soldiers come past on horses and the army bands in all their glory. So handsome! Then in a carriage came Prince William and Harry with Camilla Parker Bowles (no Charles). I actually saw them in the flesh. Oh my gosh they are both as good looking at the magazines tell you! A few carriages later came the Queen with Prince Phillip. We saw the freakin' Queen!!!

After they came past we hiked it down to Buckingham Palace to try and get a good spot so we could see the Queen wave from her balcony, which we did, but we ended up jumping the fence with everyone else once the police guards had left and got closer! Not that this helped us too much as there were so many people that it was hard to see the balcony clearly but never the less we got snatches of her and the entire Royal Family between shoulders and heads. And the best bit....the Queen waved and we waved back.

After this we were buggered as even though we were totally excited to see the Queen it was actually ALOT of waiting around. I think in total we waited 3 hours to get a look at the Royal Family. What a bloody British thing to do!!

We eventually got home for a short nap and then had to head out again as we had bought tickets to N.E.R.D!!! After an hours journey we ended up in the suburb of Brixton, a.k.a 'The Hood'. As we turned the corner of the venue to line up with all the other fans we realised that we would fairly much stick out like a sore thumb. The line consisted of first of all mainly people under the age of 20 and then second, majority of the people were of ethnic decent. Hmmm but hey, we were totally pumped to see them and we were behind some rather lovely boys from the hood who continued to talk about their skills in womanising, very insightful! Downside to the line was A. that the whole street smelt like vomit and B. there was a delay as there was a late soundcheck so we stood out there for about 1.5 hours. However when we eventually got in and listen to the support act and when N.E.R.D came bursting out and it all seemed worthwhile. This concert absolutely ROCKED! I'd have to say one of the best concerts I've been too. We didn't stop jumping and dancing for the whole time they were on. The vibe in the venue was just mad and went even crazier when Pharrell took his shirt off......OH MY GOD! And they were shooting a music video for their new song 'Spaz' so the whole band were just going mad with energy. So look out we might be in their clip!! (not unless they had super zoom as we were up on the balcony! haha)

The trip home was soooo long and we stumbled in around midnight absolutely exhausted and basically passed out as soon as our heads hit the pillow. But, what a day. Mother arrives, Royalty birthday shin dig and music superstars. What a freakin' day.