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Disclaimer: we had permission to sit on this throne!
Seeing Guildhall and meeting the Lord Mayor was an incredibly cool experience! Thank you to the Rotary Club and to Phil, who showed us around Guildhall and took us to meet the Lord Mayor, for making this happen. It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
We started off the day with a tour of Mansion House, the Lord Mayor's private residence. While there, we got to see the vault where they keep all their gold and silver (which was VERY cool), as well as various rooms used for hosting visiting dignitaries, including the Queen!
(As an aside, did you know that the Lord Mayor is the only person in England who doesn't have to bow to the Queen?)
After the tour of Mansion House, we headed over to Guildhall for a short meeting with one of the City of London's Remembrancers (who represent the City's interests in Parliament), then briefly met the Lord Mayor before heading inside to see part of a Court of Common Council meeting.
It really was an exciting day!
Around 8, we boarded a train to Edinburgh for the weekend—stay tuned for more updates!
This is one of the original copies of the Magna Carta, signed by King John at Runnymede in 1215.
Now underground, these are the ruins of the Roman amphitheater, with holograms showing where gladiators would've fought and where missing fragments would've been.
The amphitheater was built around 70 AD, originally made of timber and wooden benches. In the early 2nd century, the amphitheater was expanded and the entrance was rebuilt in stone (which you can see above). The amphitheater in that era probably could've held 6,000 spectators, and the population of the Londinium settlement was likely a mere 20,000–30,000 people!
It was abandoned shortly before Roman rule ended.
This is part of an original Roman sewage and drainage system, preserved under the old amphitheater.
This is the City of London's coat of arms, on the outside of Guildhall.
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