Guards in Grey Coats? That's Not Right...

Ok… so I haven’t blogged in a while, but I haven’t been doing too much to blog about. These past couple of weeks have been quite hectic for me in terms of schoolwork and having my first assignment due… AHH! Well fine, I know it was only a “book report” about certain James Bond novels for my intelligence class, which is awesome by the way, but the books still had to be read and thoroughly analyzed.



I got up early this morning in hopes of trying to become a tourist once again in London. I headed down to Buckingham Palace to watch the changing of the guard as well as take pictures of the pristine palace. Unfortunately I forgot where I was and the weather that goes along with the place in which I am residing and it proceeded to threaten to rain. I mean really threaten to rain and the weather did come through with its threat. Because of the inclement weather there was no changing ceremony today only the procession of Horse Guards. For those of you playing the home game, here is brief description about what the changing of the guard is. According to TIME OUT: London … the changing of the guard is a regiment of Foot Guards (scarlet coats and bearskin hats) lines up in the forecourt of Wellington Barracks from 10:45am; at 11:27am the soldiers march to Buckingham Palace to relieve the sentries in the forecourt.



I only got to see the sentries, because the real guards are afraid of a little water. Nevertheless, I shall return and get what I came for. It wasn’t a wasted trip though; I got to experience Green Park and the locals and even got to take some quality shots of the palace. Hopefully the weather will change, but then again it’s London, so anything is really possible.



I shall see the queen… soonish