May 22
Today we decided to have a little easier day for our
students. We tried to go to see Westminster Abbey where William and Kate got
married, but there was a special memorial for the Chilean Navy being held and
the Abbey was not open for visitors. We did, however, get to see a lot of
British ladies in really unique hats! After that, we walked up toward the Royal
Mews (horse stables) to watch the changing of the Horse Guard and then on to
Buckingham Palace to watch the Changing of the Guard. Unfortunately, they had a lot of Buckingham Palace area
closed off in preparation for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. They were installing
the grand stands for that event. But we did get to see a parade of British
Soldiers going down the mall.
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| Obviously a British Lady in a cool hat |
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| Westminster Abbey |
We had a picnic lunch in Green Park because the weather was
really beautiful today. Sunny and in the upper 70’s. After lunch, we went to the Museum of London.
The Museum of London traced the chronological history of London from 350,000
b.c. to the present. For the early prehistory times, they had some really
interesting animal fossils and early tools. I thought some of the more
interesting parts of the museum were the film that we watched about the Great
Fire of London and also the Victorian Village that they had set up. They also
had some really interesting fashions too. All in all it was a pretty good day
and we tried not to tax our young scholars too much. Tomorrow, we will try
again at Westminster Abbey and also go to the British Museum.
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| Tudor House model in Museum of London |
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