Historic Honolulu

After our tsunami picnic, we were ready to get exploring. I decided to take Bob and Rosie on a walking tour of historic Honolulu. We stumbled across filming for Hawaii Five-O!

Lottie never wants to walk.

Our first stop was St. Andrew's Church, which was shipped piece by piece from England.

The most impressive part of the church is the floor to ceiling stained glass wall. It even includes Jesus surfing!

Next stop was Washington Place, where Queen Liliuokalani lived after she was overthrown. We even got to go inside the gate for a minute. There was a reception for the Honolulu Festival - they wouldn't let us attend though.

Adam thought this statue of Saint Damien (famous for serving the lepers of Molokai) was a little weird.

Our next stop was the State Capitol.

We even got to peak in on the legislature in session. Well, they were in session, but this picture shows the beautiful chamber a little better, and was taken before session started.

In front of the statue of Liliuokalani between the Capitol and Iolani Palace.

We checked out the barracks of the Royal Household Guard.

The canons were very popular.

Chasing pigeons and finding sticks shaped like guns were also popular activities.

Of course, we had to see the famous statue of King Kamehameha.

Last historic stop was Kawaiahao Church, the oldest church in Hawaii. We also walked by the Mission Houses, but were too pooped to go in.

We did have the energy for one last stop - for food! We ate inside a train car at the Old Spaghetti Factory, one of my favorites from when I was a little girl. It was nice to see the kids enjoy something that I liked when I was young.