Grand Tour Blog

London Days

Writing and photos by Brandon Lawrence

Today, we were given the best gift possible, we slept in! When we awoke from our sleep we had an amazing English breakfast. After breakfast we started the day by meeting our tour guide Keith and made our way around London on a tour bus. As we drove around we made quick stops at several places. One of those places being the iconic abbey road where the Beatles produced their album Abbey Road and we even got to recreate the classic album cover. 

Shortly after we stopped at the Buckingham palace where the Queen of England lives. Here we got to see the queens personal guards ride by on horses. Shortly after we stopped for lunch and got to eat an “exotic” bacon burger with curly fries.

After lunch we went to the Westminster Abbey, which is a well renowned church. The most shocking part about this church are the tombs of the people inside. Inside we saw the burial place of Charles Darwin, Stephen Hawking, Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill, famous English royalty like Bloody Mary, etc. When we finished at Westminster Abbey we began our walk to the London Eye, which is one of the most famous rides that overlooks nearly all of London. To finish off the day, we returned to Westminster Abbey and attended a church service with a near perfect choir and a perfect end to the day.