I went to the main royal residence today to tour the state rooms. These are the rooms open to the public during the summer and where official guests and diplomats are recieved the rest of the year. The rooms are designed to impress from the grand stair case to the ballroom to the banqueting halls. […]
This weekend was the Thames Festival celebrating the river that defines the geography of London. In fact, London was built and is commercially successful throughout history because of the river. The festival lasted two days from noon to night and involved a lot of boat racing, food, crafts, and music. Festivities stretched for nearly 2 […]
I’m starting to suffer from field trip fatigue. Been running around seeing too many things that’s it’s starting to get tiring. I spent my Sunday in the seaside town of Brighton. This town used to be where Londoners went on holiday before cheap air travel. It is reminiscent of Carmel but not as pretty. The […]
I went to the last night of the Proms by attending Proms in the Park with a friend. The Proms is a classical music festival in London from July through September where concerts are performed every night with tickets starting at just 4 pounds for standing room. It was started over a hundred years ago […]
Bright and early, we headed out as a group to Oxford. On our way there the tour guide, Angie, thought it would be nice to take the countryside route. Unfortunately, the road was closed and we had to take a detour. However, this misfortune turned out to be a good thing, for me at least, […]
Much of London’s bloody past occurred at the Tower of London where the Yeoman Warders (Beefeaters) now live. It was first built by William the Conqueror after the Norman conquest and was the throne of power for many generations thereafter. It guarded London from invaders trying to sale up the River Thames. It now serves […]
I headed out to the Kew Gardens to check out the 300 acres of fauna from around the world. It was the farthest I’ve been out of the city center since I arrived in England. It’s out in the suburbs of London where the traffic is light and the neighborhoods quiet. The houses looked like […]