LONDON: Seeing Buckingham Palace

I'm far from done with my London posts, and there's still plenty of places we went to around England that I'm yet to share about; I hope you guys aren't getting tired of it.. though I must admit that I'm having fun! And I'll write about it as much as I can, to my heart's content.

Just a mile away from the Kensington Palace is the Buckingham palace. It is home to the monarch and royal administrative office of the United Kingdom, and it's where national events are held. This is also where the changing of the guards happens! Although we weren't able to witness it, as it usually happens around 10AM (if I'm not mistaken, and it's every other day) because we got there at around lunch time.

Some nuggets of knowledge would be that, the Buckingham Palace used to be called the Buckingham House. It used to be a place for gardening, until the royals decided to come and reside here. The symbolism of the logo of the gates would be that of the arms of the United Kingdom which comprises of Ireland, Scotland, and England. 

I don't think there's ever a day when there wouldn't be any tourists around here. But I've got to admit, that I'm just like them as a first timer; I felt like I was over the moon to be in such a place. It's a place I get to see on TV a lot, but it's different to actually be there and walk around and see it with my own eyes.

It's really much more of a tourist attraction more than anything else, seeing so many people flock over here to take photos, much like my experience with seeing Big Ben and London Eye. But I don't really hate them? Rather, I choose to see how happy they are to be there, like how happy I was when I visited Disneyland California for the first time. And sometimes that kind of feeling doesn't come often as we'd like it to. It's a landmark for a reason, after all.

State rooms are open this year from July 21 to September 2018. 

The gate to Green Park.

It truly is a wonderfully green park over the summer! It's a serene place to be in after taking photos outside of the Palace. It's simply just wide fields of grass lined up with towering trees, so it's a beautiful area to just rest and walk around. I could just imagine how beautiful this place would be during autumn.

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