Daytrip to London
We went on a daytrip to London. To be honest we should be ashamed we had not done that before, London is only 30 minutes by train.
First of all we went to see Big Ben. There was an awful lot of police around, but we never saw anything. And lots of tourists of course, and for the day, we were one of them!
Then we went to the National History Museum, where we've seen fossils, the most beautiful minerals and chrystals, and experienced an earth quake. And then we went next door, to the Science where we saw trains, planes and automobiles and lots of last century discoveries. We shipped on the 3D film though.
After a Subway lunch in Tower Hill park we crossed the road to visit The Tower of London (in the picture you can see Tower Bridge, too). To be honest I did not know all that much about the Tower's history, so I was glad to go on a guided tour. Tye really wanted to seel Traitor's Gate the gate everyone who's ever been imprisoned in the Tower had to go through. The guide joked that it used to be called Watergate, and how Americans can never name anything for themselves, thankfully the Americans who joined us had some sense of humour. We saw the Bloody Tower, we saw the place where people were hanged, or beheaded, or quartered, in some cases all three... We saw the ravens that can't fly off or it will be the end of the monarchy. Thankfully they're clipped so they won't get that far (Yes, I'm being sarcastic). The doors in that picture are houses that are still lived in. The Beefeaters and their families still live there! I can't imagine living there, knowing what happened there.
We saw the Crown Jewels (the guide said not to take any pictures "... or we'll never sell the postcards") which to be honest made us a bit sick, visited the towers, saw knights armour, paintings, cells.. All in all it was all a bit creepy.
After that we went back to Liverpool Street station and had dinner at a pub there.
It was a very busy, very fun day. I know I haven't even seen half of London, but as it's not that far, I'm sure we'll go there again.
First of all we went to see Big Ben. There was an awful lot of police around, but we never saw anything. And lots of tourists of course, and for the day, we were one of them!
Then we went to the National History Museum, where we've seen fossils, the most beautiful minerals and chrystals, and experienced an earth quake. And then we went next door, to the Science where we saw trains, planes and automobiles and lots of last century discoveries. We shipped on the 3D film though.
After a Subway lunch in Tower Hill park we crossed the road to visit The Tower of London (in the picture you can see Tower Bridge, too). To be honest I did not know all that much about the Tower's history, so I was glad to go on a guided tour. Tye really wanted to seel Traitor's Gate the gate everyone who's ever been imprisoned in the Tower had to go through. The guide joked that it used to be called Watergate, and how Americans can never name anything for themselves, thankfully the Americans who joined us had some sense of humour. We saw the Bloody Tower, we saw the place where people were hanged, or beheaded, or quartered, in some cases all three... We saw the ravens that can't fly off or it will be the end of the monarchy. Thankfully they're clipped so they won't get that far (Yes, I'm being sarcastic). The doors in that picture are houses that are still lived in. The Beefeaters and their families still live there! I can't imagine living there, knowing what happened there.
We saw the Crown Jewels (the guide said not to take any pictures "... or we'll never sell the postcards") which to be honest made us a bit sick, visited the towers, saw knights armour, paintings, cells.. All in all it was all a bit creepy.
After that we went back to Liverpool Street station and had dinner at a pub there.
It was a very busy, very fun day. I know I haven't even seen half of London, but as it's not that far, I'm sure we'll go there again.
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