Walking on Cobblestones: The Changing of the Guard

{Crazy tourists along part of the fence}

Firstly, I’d like to apologize for my lack of posts recently. Lots of schoolwork has been preventing me from going out and enjoying the city. However, I successfully did no work this weekend, which I am paying for now, but I did get to do some other fun stuff!

I successfully saw the Changing of the Guard on Friday morning and it was very cool. I met a sweet family from New York visiting for the week while we waited for the ceremony. Just about all the tourists of London were gather outside Buckingham Palace calmly waiting and then they went crazy. Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure I know what it feels like to be molested now, because as soon as the band marched down the street and in front of where my friend I were standing everyone else ran up behind us and smushed us. One man clearly doesn’t know about personal space because I’m pretty sure the last time I was that close to a boy was because I was kissing one. He should have just got there at 10:30 like the rest of us smart people. But I did get cool pictures and saw it up close. I just felt bad for the family next to me because the mom was freaking out and rightfully so that her two little kids were going to get lost among the crazy tourists. So, if you’re going to see this ceremony get there by 10:30, stand by the fence or on the memorial and if you don’t get there that early, leave. Please follow that one piece of advice if nothing else when visiting London.