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.
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| They enjoy talking about torture and execution because, hey, it's funny! |
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Jason was a big fan of this Henry VIII replica armour.
(Sorry about the weird shadow on this one.) |
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| Like peas in a pod |
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| The White Tower |
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| Tower Bridge |
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| Big Ben from Westminster Bridge |
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| 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.
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| Kew Palace is one of the more modest palaces we have been to, but it had a very sad history. |
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| I was in heaven with all of the beautiful flowers. |
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| 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. |
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| They had plants from all around the world and several large greenhouses. |
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| We used this as our reference point. |
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| The Japanese Gardens |
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