A Lady in London

The last four days were big ones in the UK. All across the country, people celebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Her 60 years on the throne were feted with concerts, parties, solemn ceremonies, and even a flotilla of a thousand ships on the Thames.

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After ten days of traveling in Peru and Bolivia, I landed in London ready to settle back into my life at home. Unfortunately, I only had one day to do so before leaving for a trip to Iceland. So what did I do with my sole day in the UK? I did the most quintessentially British thing I could think of: I went to afternoon tea.

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After my royal weekend in Brighton, I continued my pre-Diamond Jubilee trip with a visit to two of London’s most important sites for the upcoming celebrations: the Queen’s royal barge and Buckingham Palace.

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