We Know What We Are, But Know Not What We May Be: London

I have delayed writing post about London itself for quite a while now, as there was so much that loved in London, I don’t really know where to start. London is probably one of the best cities I have ever visited, and is very high-up on my list of favorite places. Its charm is manifold, but in short, London offers the following appeal. It’s huge. It’s a city of well over seven million people, very densely packed into one place. Not only that, it is extremely diverse. It is a place where people of the most disparate backgrounds live and work together. According to one survey, over 300 different languages are spoken by its inhabitants, whose religious professions range from Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, Sikh, Buddhist, and atheist, as well as a fair number of others. As many as 15% of Londoners were born outside of the UK, making it a place where you can encounter almost any variety of person. On top of this, the city is almost 2,000 years old, and the reminders of its history are everywhere. In architecture alone, you can see Norman buildings, Gothic buildings, Renaissance buildings, Georgian and Victorian buildings, as well as fantastically modern buildings. In short, it was fantastic, and it very much satisfied the anglophile inside me.

Here are some photos of all the amazing things I saw. I took the embarrassingly large quantity of 500 photos of London alone, so I had a hard time narrowing it down to these few. If you are ever curious to see the rest, feel free to ask me next time you see me. Or better yet, visit London if you can, because it is fantastic.

Westminster Abbey