Abbey Road

When we found out our hotel was very near the iconic Abbey Road crossing, we had to go see it. Christmas Day seemed like the right time as traffic would be light. And it was . . . sort of. We were shocked at how many people were trying to take the same picture we were taking. Taxi after taxi drove up, spilling their contents onto the sidewalk for their version of the picture.

We waited and waited our turn . . . and we found out that many people don't understand that concept. One group that arrived after us jumped out at a very good break . . . and took the entire time to take their picture. Four other groups could have jumped in if that group hadn't been so . . . obsessed. Another group would take a picture, go off, decide they didn't like it, take another picture . . . it happened about 5 times. As it was, we finally got our picture, and we were delighted with the results.