Day 24: Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey! Today first started with disappointment, then turned out to be a lucky day! The adventure started with Westminster Abbey. Since we would like to use the 2For1 promotion offered by the National Rail, we could only get the tickets on-site. However, we saw a sign saying ‘unfortunately, all tickets are sold out today’. Chris was brave enough to ask the staff about the offer. The staff just let us in. We discovered that the 2For1 promotion was an express entry. We didn’t even have to queue up with other people who had online reservation! We could get in to the Abbey within 5 minutes. So thankful that Chris has asked the staff and we didn’t waste our day.

This was my second (Chris’s first) visit to the Abbey. It is a royal church still offering services for all. It has been the location of the coronations of 40 English and British monarchs and burial site for different English, Scottish and British monarchs.

Ticket price is a bit steep, £29 per person. With the 2For1 offer, we paid £29 for two of us. We spent a few hours inside with the self-guided tour. Such a nice UNESCO World Heritage to visit!Read more