We were recently treated to a double bank holiday weekend thanks to The Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Celebrating in style, the British public flooded the streets of London dressed in red, white and blue. On Sunday, my housemates and I eagerly headed to the river to watch the Jubilee Pageant. Vauxhall down to Chelsea Embankment was already at a state of chaos.
After soaking up the atmosphere, the rain and crowds were a tad too much for us and we resorted to a picnic in the comfort of our lounge! For those of you who remained on the sofa or crowded in a pub I am sure we will never forget the dreary, yet amusing commentary from our favourite BBC presenters:
Continuing the celebrations on Monday, in true British fashion (with copious amounts of booze), a bunch of us attended the Rivington Street Festival in Shoreditch. Buzzing with atmosphere and electro music on the closed off street, we finished up in Cargo.
It appeared it wasn't just us with sore heads on Tuesday morning!
After much celebrating it was unlikely that any of us would make it to the Mall to watch the infamous balcony scene. I was wrong; Miss Helen Vickery managed to claim a brilliant spot at 8.15am Tuesday morning. After 7 hours of standing, she not only managed to get 3 waves from Her Majesty but also a cracking view of Prince Harry! Very Jealous!
This event was a real 'test case' for London and The Olympics. Let's hope the city will be able to handle the descending millions for the next big 2012 event in July!
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