Tower of London and Tower Bridge

On Sunday Amber, Wendy, and I went to the Tower of London and got to go up inside Tower Bridge. It was a fun day and I took a TON of pictures, but I'll only put a few up here so you don't have to wait an eternity for all of them to load.

I was really glad that I had read Richard III in my Shakespeare class before I went to the Tower of London because some of the stuff that happened in the Tower of London was in the play so it made the history a little more relevant to me. I got to see the Crown Jewels, which was really cool because they're just so extravagant and beautiful! After the Tower of London we went over the Tower Bridge and then we went up inside it. The only neat thing about going up was the view, but walking across was really neat because after we got about halfway across the bridge, we were stopped because the road needed to separate so a big boat could go through. I guess I had realized that the Tower Bridge could do that, so I was surprised and it was fun to see the road pretty much break in two.

It was a fun day, and I got to take pictures of some buildings I really like in London, City Hall and the Gherkin, both of which are almost completely glass and interesting shapes.
The Tower of London...well, part of it at least...


The White Tower, which was the main building of the Tower of London

The obligatory tourist shot in front of Tower Bridge

City Hall...it's so cool!

Tower Bridge through the trees

Oh no, the bridge has broken in two!

The Tower of London and the Gherkin (and other buildings too)

The bridge separating for a very annoying tourist boat.