800 Years

800 years, that's how long they've been holding the Lord Mayor's Procession in London--since the year the Magna Carta was signed, 1215!  It was the year the London Charter was sealed allowing London freedom to elect a mayor. We watched the 800th anniversary edition from near St Paul's.
Free entrance to St Paul's today, so we saved £18 each!  After climbing 528 steps we reached the Golden Gallery and had a view of the parade route and the Thames.
Ok, did not know there are Whole Foods stores in England, 7 in London! We walked through the one on High Street--absolutely gigantic.  Three floors!  It even has a separate refrigerated room just for cheese. The whole world is truly being melded.
The terrible killings in Paris did not impact the festivities in London, but the weather caused cancellation of fireworks over the Thames.