It’s 5am and I had five and a half hours between my layover at Heathrow and my next flight, so I risked taking the 1 hour Underground ride from the airport to Central London to meet my cousin for a quick early morning breakfast and some sightseeing.

Actually, A sightseeing. Just one.

We walked over to Buckingham palace, which was completely void of people.

*Tourist tip: visit popular attractions at 7am on a Tuesday. You’ll get a great view!

Shortly after we arrived at Buckingham (and by shortly, I mean really short because I only had about 20 minutes to spend there) the changing of the guards occurred. For being short on time, that happening right then was perfect timing.

After I took some crappy videos and photos on my iPhone we grabbed a quick bite to eat and I was headed back to the airport.