Lovely Day for a Tour

Another fun day in site seeing London. It’s a very historical and yet cosmopolitan modern city. Really the easiest way to see it is by one of the double decker site seeing tours where you can hop on and off quite frequently. Half the buses are audio recorded in many languages and some have a guide which are more enjoyable. You begin to learn how old the city is and how it’s survived many wars and destructions. Many of the buildings have been deemed of significant historical value and have a placard of who lived there. Those buildings will never change. Much of the architecture is of the Victorian era. I even see how New York is designed too with the close row of homes and stone facades. 

BI also learned that London itself is only 1 square mile and only 9000 people live there. The rest of the London area is Westminster and other communities which make up the London proper. But the small area of London is where St. Paul’s Cathedral, the high magistrate courts, and the financial epicenter of the city and one of the leading in the world is based there. Hence much of the 400,000 plus commuters work there daily. It’s also the home of the Tower of London. Built by William the Conqueror after the battle of Hastings and at the corner of the old Roman city. It’s where the Crown Jewels are and the site of many executions done by the monarchy. The most known that I knew was Anne Boleyn by Henry VIII. He imprisoned her for not bearing a son and then beheaded her. The tower and grounds are quite beautiful as the Beefeater Guards still protect it and live there. A highly recommended tour to see.  As there is much to enjoy