Tower of London

On Saturday morning we decided go and see the Horse Guard at Whitehall and then head down to Buckingham Palace to see the changing of the guard. Unfortunately we were a bit late getting to the changing of the guard and there were 10 billion people there already, so we put that off for another day!

The Horse Guard was interesting. We didn't really know what to expect, but thought it may have been slightly more spectacular than it turned out to be. Still, something to tick off the list...

After lunch we did some shopping on Oxford Street. Tim bought some shoes and Megan found a nice new top. That night we went to the theatre to see one of Megan's favourites, Mousetrap by Agatha Christie. The play was excellent, except for the annoying woman behind us who wouldn't shut up. I'm sure we'll be back again before long.

On Sunday, we braved the wintry weather and headed for the Tower of London...along with 50 billion other people. We had no idea how huge the Tower of London was. It's actually several different towers/buildings/fortresses etc. It was a very interesting tour, there was so much to see. We saw the Crown Jewels which were pretty spectacular. We also looked through the famous White Tower, which is now full of old weapons and armour, and the Beauchamp Tower, where apparently Anne Boleyn was imprisoned before her execution on Tower Green.

The tour was really good, but we were a little sick of it by the end, mainly due to the massive crowds everywhere.

Monday is a public holiday here, so we will probably be doing more shopping and sorting out our things to move into our flat on Tuesday night.






Our money boxes
for the billions of
coins we have
acquired











Horse Guard
at Whitehall























Horse Guard
heading back to
Buckingham
Palace










Former bedroom
of King Edward I























King of the Castle
King of the Castle













Megan outside
White Tower



























White Tower














Tower Green
where some
executions
took place























Guards at
the Tower












What remains of
Highbury Stadium