Our afternoon was also awesome! Right after Poppa stopped for some breakfast in the hotel dining room...
.... we boarded the bus and arrived at....
...... the famous Tower of London! Yes - this is the place where Henry VIII sent his out-of-favour wives to be beheaded!
See the arches up ahead?
This is where we entered....
... for a quick look at the living quarters....
... and the altar of the resident clergy.
This is called the White Castle - the royalty stayed here occasionally...
Visitors could walk all the way around the perimeter up on the parapets and the views from there were wonderful!
For some reason Poppa strolled along much more quickly than I did!
This time he stopped to wait for me!
If I leaned over I could see the ground level stairs coming up! As you can see if was quite high!
There were several of these large canons placed strategically to fend off the enemy!
A closer view!
An inside view of the chapel.
A spot for Poppa to feel like a knight in shining armor!
A view of the Tower Bridge from the Tower! When our tour there was finished.......
We made our way down to the Thames River for a boat ride.
There was space for a lot of passengers so we quickly grabbed a seat.
It was a wonderful, peaceful (no-climbing-involved) sight-seeing trip. This huge ferris wheel can be seen from almost anywhere in the area!.
I think this is one of the royal residences - but honestly - we saw so much that I'm not sure which one! When we got off the boat we had no idea (this was a "free-time" adventure for us) where we were in relation to the hotel. We walked around for a while - just seeing the sights - and then hailed a cab back to our hotel. Cabs are everywhere and if you just stick your arm up they will stop and take you wherever you want to go. The cab drivers are well-informed and very polite. As we drove along our driver treated us to descriptions of interesting things along the way and filled out heads with information about London. The cab ride was almost as fun as the actual sight-seeing we had done! We were quite worn out by the time we arrived back at the hotel - it was a full day - and we had to be up bright and early the next day to board the bus for the next destination!
You gotta love that knight in shining armor *g*.
ReplyDeleteThat's a stunning photo of the Tower Bridge.
What fun to see The London Eye!
Never mind the cannons (although aren't they intricate), I love the critter protecting it. I wouldn't mess with him!
I've always wanted to walk on parapets. What a view!
Did you see ghosts? Or better yet, did you see the Ravenmaster? Or Merlina the raven?
It looks like they are doing a lot of work on the Parliament Buildings. How interesting.
I'm glad to hear the London Cab experience was so good.
After all that, no wonder you were tired! Thank you for sharing!