After an OK night, we went for breakfast and then took the Tube to Tower of London. Amazing trip on all these different layers of tubes, walkways etc. And people!!! Busy everywhere. We spent 3 hours at the Tower, looking at the Crown Jewels, and heard the stories of kings and queens, torture, execution etc. It was started by William the Conquer before 1100AD and was used for royal residence for centuries before becoming a prison.
We then took a boat down to Westminster and toured the abbey and looked at the parliament buildings. Westminster Abbey has also been in use for centuries. Every king or queen since William 1 has been crowned there. Many are also buried there, along with Darwin, Shakespeare, Churchill and others. Somehow the day was gone and we took the tube back, rested a while and then went for supper.
We are exhausted from a long day, but really enjoying the history. Tomorrow? Still not sure...St Paul's? perhaps.
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Weather there looks about the same as here! Cloudy but not much rain. Glad to hear you're enjoying yourself. Take lots of pictures!
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