Day 4: Metropolitan Police and Scotland Yard

Today was one of the best days that we have had so far. It starred earlier than usual. We left the hotel at 8 to meet constable Richard and constable Phil. They took us to Downing Street which is closed of to the public, becasue it is where the British Prime Minister lives. Constable Richard was able to get us in to see the house of Prime Minister David Cameron. We had the chance to take some pictures and then went to see Buckingham Palace.

We first walked past Buckingham Palace and walked down a street to one of their police stations. There we were able to get a drink of water and orange sqaush. Note to self orange sqaush is nothing like orange juice. It tasted more like tang. Remeber the juice with a monkey on it. Yeah me neither. At the Police station Consatble Richard and Phil gave us a surprise. They were taking us to Buckingham Palace, and we were going to be able to enter the gates and watch the changing of the guards from the palace steps. It was a blast, but the changing to the guards took about an hour and my feet hurt a little from standing so long without moving.

 

After that was finished, we went and grabbed some lunch. I got a bacon cheeseburger which was very different. The bacon was more like a large slice of Canadian bacon and the burger itself did not taste like the burger I am accustomed to. After that we went into Scotland Yard where we listened to a presentation given to us by constable Richard and two other constables. They talked with us about London, policing the London marathon, especially after the Boston marathon the week before. He discussed how they had to adjust everything just five days before the race. They also talked about the security for the Olympics, and finished with some U.K. vs. U.S. humor.

After that was finished we headed back to the hotel and went to a Ethiopian food. It was pretty good. I had some chicken and rice and it was delicious. Tomorrow should be another good day. We travel with the education group to Warwick castle and Stratford-upon-Avon.