Friday 1st of July 2011 in Trafalgar Square, right next to Canada House was held the biggest Canada Day celebration outside of Canada itself.



Alex and I met up for it last year and arranged to do the same again this year. They advertised a 10 o'clock start, but they meant 10:30. I got there just after 10 and found Alex in the distance.



Note how empty everything looks - not for long! At 10:30 the official welcoming started.

The man in white is Canada's Consul General, and he gave a very good speech in both English and French, switching between the two with ease - some times in mid sentence!





Then there was the Big Screen welcome from Stephen Harper the Canadian Prime Minister.





And then the National Anthem sung by someone famous.



More to come.

Regards

Chas