London, England

So. Our last stop. London was a great way to end our trip. We had five full days in London and still did not do and see everything that we wanted to. We spent a couple of days going around with a camera and sightseeing. You know, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Tower Bridge. There's lots to see in London and, obviously, lots of history as well. We also spent a lot of time just walking. We liked to spend time simply walking the streets of London, seeing the buildings, the people, and the culture. London has a lot of culture. There's the authentic British culture that definitely is different from what we got over in Canada, but there's also a host of other cultures finding their places around London. There were many times where we found ourselves, as Caucasians, to be the minority. It was kind of refreshing to be sitting on a train filled with people from Algeria, Romania, China, Sudan, Turkey, and Argentina. Our days in London also contained quite a bit of shopping. Of course. London has a lot of great areas with stores and restaurants lining the streets and we enjoyed seeing that side of London as well. Our favourite thing we did in London, though, was attending one of London's landmark musicals, The Lion King. We definitely wanted to go to a show from Day One, and The Lion King was a great choice. It was fun, big, creative, and very well done. We would definitely see it again and recommend it to anyone, young or old. A great highlight for a great city.

We stayed in the suburb of Greenwich. Greenwich is actually the centre of the world. This line is the Prime Meridian (0 degrees longitude).

This clock is the official time for Greenwich Mean Time, which is the timezone that every other one is based off of.

Buckingham Palace

The changing of the guard

The National Gallery

Trafalgar Square

Westminster Abbey, housing the tombs of icons like Charles Dickens and Isaac Newton

British House of Parliament

Big Ben (attached to Parliament)

St. James Park

Piccadilly Circus

Tower Bridge

The Tower of London

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. The third one. Completed in 1997.

The Millennium Bridge and St. Paul's Cathedral

Well, now we go. It's hard to end this trip and leave cities like London and all the experiences that go with them behind. We are, however, very excited to see family and friends and to enter back into routine and familiarity. This trip has been more than we could have imagined, but it's okay to leave this part of life and return to Saskatoon. Now, only fifteen hours of flights separates!