The City (East) Walk

For this walk my group and I walked through one of the older parts of London. It also took us through the center of financial London. We were able to see Lloyd's, the stock exchange and the Royal exchange. The walk had many turns, left and right, through small alleys and big main streets. One of my favorite parts of the walk was going through the small alley ways because they reminded me of Diagon Alley from the Harry Potter books. I especially liked going into St. Michael's Alley and seeing the old church yard there, then going through through the maze of small passages in order to get back to the main road. Another part I enjoyed was going to Guildhall yard. It was so open and the stone work used made the yard very light and open. This is where my picture will come from. The book says that the yard was destroyed by the Great London Fire and also by the Blitz. I would not have even realized that by just looking at it, but it's neat to learn the history of the areas from the book. Overall the walk was super fun and enjoyable. We never really got lost, maybe confused for a second, but not lost. Jaynann was a great leader. Anyway, here's a picture of Jaynann and I in front of Guildhall yard:

It was great seeing that old part of London and exploring the old parts of town.