On our third day in London we took a tour through the houses of parliament. It was a rather foggy and rainy day, perfect for an inside tour. I was pleasantly surprised to see how ornamental the inside was, decorated with painted murals, statues, and chandeliers between every room. I would highly recommend this tour, I did the guided audio tour and found it to be very informative and interesting. I particularly enjoyed seeing and hearing about each of the Chamber rooms for both the House of Lords and House of Commons. One thing that I noticed often throughout the tour, was their use of color to separate the different houses and their jobs in Parliament. For example the House of Lords was covered with the color red, I'm assuming this has to do with the fact that the color red is associated with royalty here. The House of Commons was covered in an equally as beautiful emerald green, and after researching, I found out this was because green represents the color of service here in England. I enjoyed seeing all of the color psychology used throughout the palace, it is cool to see how universally and continuously we continue to associate color with various ideas and purposes.
Photos are taken by myself, thanks for reading!
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| Big Ben & the London Eye |
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| Tours were shut down early this day due to protesting outside, allowing me snap a picture of this beautiful entry way without a bunch of people in it! |
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