London Day 7

Thursday was a busy day! First we went back to the Tower of London to take a tour. I was really dreading coming here, because I thought it would be all about torture implements... but that was definitely not the case! It was pretty cool! I think Sam figured out what he is going to be when he grows up... a beefeater. haha.

One of the beef-eaters took us on a quick tour of the castle. We ended up at the Tower of London Church. Apparently there is a step coming out of the church that people tend to trip on, and he joked to the crowd saying that he would catch the girls who fell. Sam and I were hanging out a little longer in the church seeing the tombs that were still in there (including Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard). We were the last to leave the church, and as we were passing the dubious stair, the beef eater kind of hugged me and whispered, "You should have fallen." Hehe. Sam and I laughed pretty hard, it was a tad creepy, but funny nonetheless!

ANYWAY... Sam and I split up for a bit to divide and conquer. He went down to the dungeon, and I went to view the crown jewels! Sam was a little disappointed because they didn't have many torture implements down there to see. The crown jewels were beautiful! I really wanted to get a replica from the gift shop, but they were ridiculously expensive!

We then went to see the Henry the VIII: Dressed to Kill. It was pretty cool to see all his suits of armor. They were actually his! Isn't it awesome that we still have his armor and weapons?! We were laughing pretty hard because a few of his suits of armor were VERY anatomically "correct"/generous. A tad awkward!

(This photo was actually in the gift shop. We weren't allowed to take photos in the Henry VIII exhibit! But trust me, it was cool!)

Afterward, we went to the Tower Bridge. We had fun walking all the way up and across the bridge! It was pretty cool to be up over the Thames like that!

(The walkway across the Tower Bridge)

Next we headed over to the British Museum--which has NOT lost its charm. We saw SO many amazing artifacts. Did you know they actually have the remains of the Parthenon there?! We got to see the Rosetta Stone as well as those cool Easter Island guys! And of course lots of cool mummies.

(reenacting our Easter Island pic at the PCC in Hawaii!!)

Sam might have more to say on these subjects. I was pretty dead by the end of the day! hehe. But all in all a very productive day!

So I have more pictures of the British museum... but I think they are all on Sam's computer! So we will probably be adding more pictures to this post!