Tower of London and Kew Palace and Gardens (photos & video)
Although Brittany and I had visited the Tower of London a year and a half ago, our membership to the Royal Palaces allowed us to back with Jason and Krista for free. We visited the torture room, enjoyed a tour with a Yeoman Warder (aka beefeater), and saw the Crown Jewels. Afterward, we headed out to the Thames to get a few pictures with the famous Tower Bridge--not to be confused with the more mundane London Bridge. We also made a brief stop in Westminster for a photo op.
They enjoy talking about torture and execution because, hey, it's funny!
Jason was a big fan of this Henry VIII replica armour.
(Sorry about the weird shadow on this one.)
Like peas in a pod
The White Tower
Tower Bridge
Big Ben from Westminster Bridge
Westminster Abbey
Later in the week once I had gone back to work, Brittany went with Jason & Krista to visit Kew Palace and Kew Gardens. I'll leave these captions to her, since I was in Canary Wharf.
Kew Palace is one of the more modest palaces we have been to, but it had a very sad history.
I was in heaven with all of the beautiful flowers.
The palace has HUGE grounds. The gardens are beautiful, and they go for about 120 hectacres! Jason, Krista, and I definitely didn't expect it to be that huge.
They had plants from all around the world and several large greenhouses.
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