Sunday, April 29, 2007

london town

josh and i got to spend a morning in london. we arrived in heathrow to be interrogated by immigration. i didn't know that address of the b and b where we were staying. the officer was finally satisfied when i gave him bridget's cell phone number. we took the tube to buckingham palace, but since we were there so early, we only walked around the perimeter. we could see the back of it, and got the see the queen victora monument. we walked through hyde park, green park, and st james' park.

next we went to see big ben and parliment. we also went to see westminister abbey. then it was off to the tower of london to see the crown jewels and the prison towers of old. we had a beef eater (named so because they were able to eat meat unlike most of the population) he told us about the prisoners that lost their heads and their stinky moat problems. there were displays of armour (for men and horses) and weapons. but what i really wanted to see was the crown jewels. unfortunately, we couldn't take any pictures. there were less than i'd hoped, but is was unbelievable to see queen victoria's favorite diamond crown. bridget picked us up shortly after and we were off to bath!

3 comments:

Rachel said...

Hey, where are all the pictures of Lucy?

Catherine said...

I think you missed the statue of Bodicea outside a tube station. It is really cool.

lucy said...

they're scarce, like all the pictures of rachel.