The Changing of the Guards

On Thursday we walked to the Changing of the Guards and we had a tour guide with us so we learned lots about it. We learned that the Queen lets her workers go early most Thursdays and she cooks dinner for her husband - his favorite dish is Shepherds' Pie! We also learned that she doesn't like Buckingham Palace that much but prefers to live at Windsor Castle, just outside of London. Unfortunately, the rain changed the way the ceremony happened but it was still really cool. First we saw the Horse Guards and I got to pat one of the horses on the nose! We saw St. James' Palace, the really old "Hunting Lodge" that Henry VIII built next to St. James' Park. It looked like a castle on the top. In front of Clarence House, where Prince Charles lives when he is in London, we saw the guards changing in their little booths. They were wearing really funny bear skin hats! They looked like big, black puff balls on their heads! The Changing of the Guards was really cool!

by Dinon