Woke up to a typical UK morning - raining cats and dogs. We were a tad slow about starting our day so didn't get out of the hotel until 11am. We decided upon Indian food for lunch and found a spot near the Tower of London. It turned out really good and we both had things that we had never had before.
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| Top deck of bus riding to the tube |
After lunch the rain seemed to have subsided so we continued over to the Tower of London which is actually a 1,000 year old castle that protects the Crown Jewels. It was a secure fortress and an infamous prison.
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| All this grassy area used to be filled with water - the moat |
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| King Henry III's receiving chamber |
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| The ceiling's never cease to impress |
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| View of the Tower Bridge from inside the Tower of London |
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| A lady strolling the grounds with her minstrel |
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| Tower defender - lol just a statue depicting how any fighting would have been done |
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| If you come to the UK get used to narrow spiral stairwells in every castle you tour |
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| Miniature of the whole of the Tower of London |
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| Ravens of the tower are a fixture - they were unbelievably calm. You could walk right past them like this one on the railing of the stairwell and they didn't move. |
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| Yeoman Wardener |
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| There are ceremonial guards here "protecting" the crown jewels |
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| We got to see the enormous wealth of the crown jewels and the banqueting pieces. Pictures were not allowed. |
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| We went into the bloody tower. It was so named because 2 princes went missing and their bodies were never found all in the name of a crown. |
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| The rack |
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| This well was once connected to the royal apartments. |
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| The traitor's gate where they brought in traitors to the tower. |
The Tower was bigger than we had anticipated so we spent quite a few hours here. So much so that our original plan was vetoed and we then took a stroll across the tower bridge to Stooley Street and the many eateries there.
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| Another view of Tower Bridge |
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| The Shard |
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| Last true english fish and chips and G&T's |
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| This is a fountain |
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| Last tube ride in London |
Our time in London is at a close. We will probably sleep in and catch our flight home tomorrow. We will post our last thoughts tomorrow and let everyone know we got home safe.
Up tomorrow - travel home.
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