Today's tour included Tower of London! It's one of the main attractions in London.
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This is St. Olave's Church. The gate had some morbid sculls on it I found interesting. We couldn't enter it to explore, just sat in its courtyard and ate some lunch. Lunch included French baguette from a couple of days ago. Even stale French bread tasted good!
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The White Tower inside the Tower of London. The Tower of London was built in the 10th or 11th century by conquering Normans. It was more of a fortress and later used as a castle. Parts of the castle was used to imprison traitors. One most famous prisoner was Anne Boelyn, second wife of King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth's mother. Anne was imprisoned and later beheaded. She's buried in the Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula within the Tower.
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Traitor's gate was where prisoners were brought into the Tower from the River Thames. Two excellent movies with scenes at The Tower are "Elizabeth" with Kate Blanchett and "A Man for All Seasons" about Sir Thomas More.
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Front entrance to the Tower. The grassy area would be where the moat was. Inside the Tower also houses the Crown Jewels. I didn't find them nearly as fascinating. The little gem on my ring is worth more to me than all the diamonds, rubies, saphires, and gold, and silver in that collection of coronation regalia.
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London bridge... intact... not falling down
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This is St. Olave's Church. The gate had some morbid sculls on it I found interesting. We couldn't enter it to explore, just sat in its courtyard and ate some lunch. Lunch included French baguette from a couple of days ago. Even stale French bread tasted good!.JPG)
The White Tower inside the Tower of London. The Tower of London was built in the 10th or 11th century by conquering Normans. It was more of a fortress and later used as a castle. Parts of the castle was used to imprison traitors. One most famous prisoner was Anne Boelyn, second wife of King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth's mother. Anne was imprisoned and later beheaded. She's buried in the Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula within the Tower..JPG)
Traitor's gate was where prisoners were brought into the Tower from the River Thames. Two excellent movies with scenes at The Tower are "Elizabeth" with Kate Blanchett and "A Man for All Seasons" about Sir Thomas More..JPG)
Front entrance to the Tower. The grassy area would be where the moat was. Inside the Tower also houses the Crown Jewels. I didn't find them nearly as fascinating. The little gem on my ring is worth more to me than all the diamonds, rubies, saphires, and gold, and silver in that collection of coronation regalia..JPG)
London bridge... intact... not falling down 
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