Since it looks like I won't be doing any long-term solo travelling until 2014 due to other commitments and quite frankly lack of funds, I am settling in for the cosy autumn and winter at home and will be spending my remaining time in England appreciating my amazing city - London.
I thought it was about time I started working on my list of 23 Things To Do While I'm 23, so I sat down on a rainy afternoon during my annual leave and wrote a letter to my local MP for a Members' Tour of the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. Whilst doing my research I discovered that UK residents can also get free tickets to Prime Minister's Question Time on a Wednesday afternoon, so I asked for a couple of those too.
Since seeing The Iron Lady I've become steadily more interested in politics. It's a difficult topic to avoid in this household as my mother talks about it constantly, my granddad was also very political. I still don't quite know where I stand in terms of which party I support, but I read my first political autobiography this year too, The Path to Power (I've got a thing for Maggie T, okay?)
Hopefully these experiences will leave me better educated about politics and the history of my city, plus with a UNESCO World Heritage Site right on my doorstep, I'd be silly not to go and explore it for free while I'm still here. I think that until I go travelling I'm going to be a London tourist! Watch this space!
Photographic proof will be provided for all 23 tasks
