Churchill War Rooms & Westminster walk

The Churchill War Rooms are a part of the Imperial Was Museums, documenting the second world war from Winston Churchill’s perspective . The website says that we can see the original Cabinet War Rooms (the wartime bunker that sheltered Churchill and his government during the Blitz) and other historic underground rooms, as well as discover the stories of many people who worked underground during the war.

Report from visit: Since I am very interested in WW2 tory, I found the museum very interesting . The phone-guide-thing was really helpful, and made the rooms come alive. I think my favorite parts were the Hitler graffiti and the fact that we were actually walking and standing at the very site of important historical events.

Westminister Walk:The London Walks are guided tours that take tourists around London, looking at interesting and important things in the city. We are going on two different walks with different themes. I am not sure what to expect, but it will probably be interesting.

One of the first things that happened on this tour, was that we learned about how ceremonies other formal events happen and about the queen. For instance, we learned that one used to only put up a flag at places like Westminster Abbey when the Queen was visiting, but this changed when princess Diana died. This was because people though they should fly a flag at half-mast, but couldn’t because the flag was not supposed to be up at all. So they changed the rule, or tradition, and began flying a flag at all times, but changed it to the Queen’s own flag whenever she would visit. We also learned how different parts of the buildings are color-coded, for example the House of Commons and the House of Lords have different colours. We were also told stories about Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding, for example how they sent a piece of their wedding cake along with a thank you-card to everyone who worked at Westminster Abbey that day, and how they all froze their pieces of cake and hope to sell it some day. We saw an all boys’ school and learned a little about the school system, as well as beautiful Georgian streets and houses and their underground hiding spots that were used during the blitz. All in all, it was an interesting and educational tour of Westminster.