Kelsi and I having lunch in the park
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey
The New Scotland Yard
From the courtyard inside the abbey, unfortunately there were no photos allowed to be taken inside.
Area in front of the abbey
Today we headed over to Edelman PR
Agency. It was an amazing opportunity to meet with London public relations
personnel, and get to hear their side of how they operate. Worldwide, Edelman
has over 4,000 employees in over 60 offices. The office is amazing; it has a
great view with lots of space. They have nearly 300 people employed, and a
space for employee events with a bar in the office. They spoke a lot about
social media and how they view it in London. They said their bottom line is
building relationships and building trust between people. Without those two
things, public relations would not work. Then after the agency answered our
questions for an hour and a half, we grabbed sandwiches from Pret A Manger
(they are everywhere), and sat in a park while eating lunch. It was a really
nice day to be outside. Then we went to Westminster Abbey, a church used in
London since the 12th century and even before. It was breathtakingly
beautiful as we stood beneath it’s massive front. A few of us spent over 2
hours seeing every corner of the abbey. With so much to see, there were still a
few things that the tour didn’t clearly point out; such as Princess Diana’s
burial site, which is inside of the church. Also buried there were famous
writers and poets buried there such as Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, Lord
Byron, and Alfred Lord Tennyson. Also the Queen Mother, the current queen,
Queen Elizabeth II’s mother is buried there. I stood on the steps where William
and Kate said their vows at the royal wedding just over a year ago. I stood 6
inches from the tomb of Henry VIII, Henry Tudor who we hear of so much in
movies and television for beheading Anne Boleyn and several other wives. There
was so much to see and do, I feel as though I could have stayed all day. Back
in the hotel, we had a visit from Nicole Barbosa, who was Texas Tech journalism
graduate who moved to England, finished her masters and found a job. She had so
many interesting things to say, and lots of suggestions for our next week in
London. Tomorrow we head to Paris at 9:30 a.m., and I am thrilled.
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