Snow, snow everywhere!

We arrived in London at 5am this morning and somehow managed to land early despite the snow! It started snowing as we left the airport and has not really stopped since. I'm not sure what the actual temperature was but I'm guessing in the minuses - certainly as cold as Chicago was when we were there in January last year.

The overnight flight was not a lot of fun (despite travelling in a group of 26 I somehow ended up wedged between two large-ish random strangers in a row of three seats - not happy) but we had a bonus when we arrived at the hotel and were able to check straight in to our rooms, not wait the six hours we were expecting, and on top of that they threw in a hot breakfast for all of us.
So, feeling much better after a shower, we set off for a day of exploring in the snow. We started off on the hop-on hop-off bus but soon got off to check out the snow in Hyde Park. From there we wandered down Oxford Street then went in a number of different directions. I continued down Regent Street before getting back on the bus and taking the scenic route to the Natural History Museum, which included Trafalgar Square, the fountains of which were completely frozen over, Big Ben, with snow on top, Westminster Abbey, Belgravia, Hyde Park and Harrods. I was keen to go to the Natural History Museum to see the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, and it didn't disappoint. I then walked back to the hotel via Royal Albert Hall and Kensington Gardens for an early night.