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Come To London - A Great Place To Visit!

I love London, it is my kind of town.recent years was held shortly after the
Now I know that to most people thisawful events of 911 when instead of
would sound as if I am plagiarising someplaying God Save the Queen the band of
advertising copy for either New York orthe Guards performed what turned out to
Chicago but in this case I truly meanbe quite an emotional performance
it.(certainly for those visiting American
I have lived AND worked in London fortourists in the audience) of the Star
well over 30 years and I have seenSpangled Banner, the national anthem of
everything come and go, good times andthe United States of America.
bad times.Perhaps the significance of this passed
From the bad old days and the darkestmost of the on looking tourist by but it
hours of the terrorist bombing campaignswas a first in living memory that any
of the Provisional IRA in the 70's andother national anthem other than the
80's to the good times when theUnited Kingdoms own God Save the Queen
announcement was made that London hadhad been performed at the Changing of
been awarded the 2012 Olympics and thethe Guards ceremony.
Queens Jubilee. London has seen it allPerhaps it is little incidences like
and treats both with the same respect.these that sum up exactly what a rich
I remember travelling through London tocornucopia of the historic and modern,
return home to Northern Ireland where Ithe city of London actually is. Unlike
now live on the day the news broke thatother major international capital
Princess Diana had tragically beencities, London may lack perhaps the
killed in a car accident in Paris andhistoric grandeur of the Parthenon in
the sense of grief and shock wereAthens or the Coliseum in Rome but
overwhelming as total strangers justthrough out London you will find
blindly made their way to Kensingtonexamples of perhaps a more modern
Palace to lay flowers at the peoplesarchitecture (though no less splendid
memorial. Then at the other end of theand impressive) such as the mother of
spectrum you have London the day of theall parliaments, the Houses of
"Live 8" Festival in Hyde Park where theParliament in Westminster or the
city centre was brought to a standstillserenity of St Paul's Cathedral a
with blaring rock music belting outsurvivor of many centuries and in many
across the entire City Centre.ways every bit as impressive now as in
There is so much history in London, realthe days of its design under the
live, vibrant living history in Londonarchitect Sir Christopher Wren.
that sometimes when you live there itIf nothing else the building of St
just passes you by and you takePaul's Cathedral is a testament to
everything for granted.survival itself having both survived the
Take the changing of the guard forGreat Fire of London in the 16th Century
instance. This happens everyday at Bettyand then four hundred years later the
and Phil's place at the end of the mall.Blitz in World War II.
OK I should be slightly less flippant. IPerhaps this encompasses the overall
am of course referring to Buckinghamappeal of London, the historic blend of
Palace, home of Queen Elizabeth II andthe old and the new.
Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh foundCome and visit London, it won't
at the end of the Mall. Perhaps the mostdisappoint.
notable of the Changing of the Guards in



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