Tower of London

London Eye lit up at night

On the tube going to the movies

Off to Hogwarts!!!!

Thee 9 3/4 station that was shot for the Harry Potter movie!!!! In the train station 5 minutes from my house.

Taking my guarding duties seriously!

Goofing off in the royal watch booth when no one was around!

Freaky Ravens. Apparently they can't fly but they will bite!

Various external views of the Tower of London, photography not allowed inside!

Gate of Traitors!

Creepy re-enacted tower shooters. This is kinda a dark place now that I think about it!

Best Tour Guide ever. Such a sweetheart!

Me and a Beef Eater. They have to serve in the Royal armed forces for at least 22 years and move all the way up in the ranks. Then they go through a 2 years application/training program and 1 year of historical training to work in the Tower of London. They were all very sweet old men.

Tower Bridge. No not London Bridge like everyone thinks who hasn't been here!!!

I matched the bridge. haha.

Cool wall rocks from where the wall used to be (its a much smaller fortress now) Instead of prisoners and royalty it now all hold the crown jewels, Henry the 8th remaining artifacts (surprisingly interesting) and the old school torture methods they used sporadically for those who committed treason.

I realized I hadn't displayed the wonderful Tube stations.

Not tower of London but a cool picture I took of the mall on the way into the royal sights the other day.

After another lovely session of professional development went to the Tower of London. Very interesting place. It was slightly pricey but it was well worth the money. Honestly the only thing better would have been if they let you take pictures inside of the armour and crown jewels. One of those unforgettable places where you don't really need a picture to remember though. Met some nice old men who took us on nice tours of the premises too!! They are very sweet and very proud of their countries history so that is always wonderful to be around.

Later a group of young ladies from the program and I went to one of our favorite local pubs for beer and burger specials. After desert and some banter we headed down to the only IMAX in all of the UK (the biggest screen as well, obviously) to see the late showing of Star Trek. I was pleasantly surprised at how excellent the movie was!!! plus a movie is almost always better in IMAX. We then navigated the night bus home and the city streets which is something I always like doing (only with a group of course!!!!).