Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Great! Britain!

Near the end of the week, theres some big event going on in London. People are all excited about it and such. I was in London a few years back and visited some of the locales where the event was going to take place in. One of the sites is St Magararet's Church or better known as Westminster Abbey. Below is a placque outside one of the entrances.

There are two entrances to the building. I entered through the one below. Unfortunately, cameras are not allowed so no interior shots will be provided. However, I could have covertly tried to snap a few here and there but I just could not be bothered.



With all the media coverage. The other entrance reminds me somewhat of Notre Dame in Paris. I believe its some kind of wedding.




The information follows that the reception will be held at Buckingham Palace. During my visit, the city had become damp. The previous days weather was rather warm and humid. However, the dampened state of affairs cause thd the changing of the gurad to be postponed





Aside from myself, there were a number of other people who stood in the rain to witness the daily event. There was a small procession that still took place so that the throngs of folks did not go away empty handed. Since this was my last day in London, I did not have a second chance to view it. That will have to wait for sometime after the wedding and after an Olympic event. Basically, after things have died down a bit