London

• See the premier of the third Harry Potter movie.
• Find and seduce Prince William.
• Find and seduce someone who looks like Prince William, and is named William.
• Football hooliganism!
• Do the Monty Python
• British flag clothing!
• Get Jaymi drunk, and mess with her...
• Eat some fish and chips in an old fashioned pub/restaurant.

Parliament Square Area

Big Ben is probably London’s best known landmark. It is actually a gigantic hour bell within the clock that has a diameter of nine feet and weighs 13.5 tons. Big Ben rings every hour in the note of E. The four quarter hour chiming bells of the clock ring in the key of F, and weigh in order of size: 1 ton, 1.25 tons, 1.6 tons, and 3.5 tons. The magnificent clocktower itself is 316 feet (the belfry is 200 feet). The diameter of each of the clock’s four dials is 23 feet, and each dial contains 312 panes of glass. The hour hands are 9 feet long, the minute hands 14 feet, and the Roman numerals are two feet high. Big Ben has a fascinating and controversial history, but I don’t really feel like writing it all down.

It’s amazing, strolling down Parliament Square, looking at the gigantic architectural masterpieces. While not quite as old as the ages, still represent and remind us of a rich history spanning over two-thousand years (quite a lot compared to the U.S.’s mere two-hundred), a history inspiring amazing tales of warfare, knights, chivalry, love, fantasy, class, kings, queens… The imagination is allowed to run wild.

Westminster Abbey originated from between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries, and has hosted a number of British pageantries, including the Confessor’s Shrine, tombs of Kings and Queens, and has been the setting of every Coronation since 1066. It is still a church dedicated to regular worship today, and as a place of celebration for major events happening in the life of England.

Buckingham Palace Area

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