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Come To London - A Great Place To Visit!

I love London, it is my kind of town. Now IPerhaps the most notable of the Changing of
know that to most people this would sound asthe Guards in recent years was held shortly
if I am plagiarising some advertising copyafter the awful events of 911 when instead of
for either New York or Chicago but in thisplaying God Save the Queen the band of the
case  I  truly  mean  it.Guards performed what turned out to be quite
an emotional performance (certainly for those
I have lived AND worked in London for wellvisiting American tourists in the audience)
over 30 years and I have seen everything comeof the Star Spangled Banner, the national
and  go,  good  times  and  bad  times.anthem  of  the  United  States  of  America.
From the bad old days and the darkest hoursPerhaps the significance of this passed most
of the terrorist bombing campaigns of theof the on looking tourist by but it was a
Provisional IRA in the 70's and 80's to thefirst in living memory that any other
good times when the announcement was madenational anthem other than the United
that London had been awarded the 2012Kingdoms own God Save the Queen had been
Olympics and the Queens Jubilee. London hasperformed at the Changing of the Guards
seen it all and treats both with the sameceremony.
respect.
Perhaps it is little incidences like these
I remember travelling through London tothat sum up exactly what a rich cornucopia of
return home to Northern Ireland where I nowthe historic and modern, the city of London
live on the day the news broke that Princessactually is. Unlike other major international
Diana had tragically been killed in a carcapital cities, London may lack perhaps the
accident in Paris and the sense of grief andhistoric grandeur of the Parthenon in Athens
shock were overwhelming as total strangersor the Coliseum in Rome but through out
just blindly made their way to KensingtonLondon you will find examples of perhaps a
Palace to lay flowers at the peoplesmore modern architecture (though no less
memorial. Then at the other end of thesplendid and impressive) such as the mother
spectrum you have London the day of the "Liveof all parliaments, the Houses of Parliament
8" Festival in Hyde Park where the cityin Westminster or the serenity of St Paul's
centre was brought to a standstill withCathedral a survivor of many centuries and in
blaring rock music belting out across themany ways every bit as impressive now as in
entire  City  Centre.the days of its design under the architect
Sir  Christopher  Wren.
There is so much history in London, real
live, vibrant living history in London thatIf nothing else the building of St Paul's
sometimes when you live there it just passesCathedral is a testament to survival itself
you  by  and you take everything for granted.having both survived the Great Fire of London
in the 16th Century and then four hundred
Take the changing of the guard for instance.years  later  the  Blitz  in  World  War  II.
This happens everyday at Betty and Phil's
place at the end of the mall. OK I should bePerhaps this encompasses the overall appeal
slightly less flippant. I am of courseof London, the historic blend of the old and
referring to Buckingham Palace, home of Queenthe  new.
Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, Duke of
Edinburgh found at the end of the Mall.Come and visit London, it won't disappoint.



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