Thusfar, my absolute favorite landmark in London has been Buckingham Palace. Every day in the summer the Changing of the Guard occurs at 11:30 in the morning. The Changing of the Guard is essentially a mini-parade where the British soldiers march into different formations and a military band plays music for half an hour until the new guard appears and the old guard leaves the front of the palace. I have attended this event twice and it is a very exciting spectacle. Buckingham Palace is my favorite location simply because of this event each day and it is nice to visit the same location a number of times yet, always see something new at the Changing of the Guard.
Other than Buckingham Palace, a few flatmates and I visited the Tower of London where the old dungeons of the city were, the famous London Tower Bridge, the Tate Modern Museum, the British Museum, and the Houses of Parliament (where I intern). The entire group of Hansard Scholars took a trip to the city of Edinburgh in Scotland. In Scotland, we visited the Edinburgh Castle and the Scottish Parliament building. In London, we also visited the British Library where we actually saw the Magna Carta Exhibition for the 750th Anniversary of this document and got to view the physical version of the original Magna Carta. I have been having the best time in London and I plan on discovering many more landmarks along the way.
