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Laura and I with a typical Red Bus and Big Ben in the Background. |
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English Breakfast. Ham, Bacon, Toast, Eggs, Baked Beans, Mushrooms and Tomato. Interesting. |
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Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. |
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Huge crowds filled the square across from the Palace. |
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The Flag flying means the Queen is at the Palace. |
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View of the Palace from St. James Park. |
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The autumn colors filled the park. |
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My Daughter and Son in law add to the beauty of the park. |
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Our fist glimpse of Big Ben. |
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Westminster Abbey. These towers were added in the 1500's. |
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Next to the main entrance of the Nave. Words of hope. |
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East entrance for visitors. |
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The artwork was amazing at the Abbey. |
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This is above the east entrance of the Abbey. |
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The only spot we could take pictures inside the Abbey was along the back wall. Cute couple. |
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Monument to the women who served in WWII. |
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The Royal Horse Guard is stationed here. |
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Tribute to soldiers from the past. |
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A modern serviceman shares the view. |
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Holly and Jeff in the Hotel lobby where we stayed. |
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The National Gallery. Many famous paintings are housed here. |
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Outside the Tower of London they set up an Ice rink for skaters. |
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View from the National Gallery. |
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End of our first day in London. Lots of walking. |
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The London Eye as seen from our hotel room. |
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From the tour bus Big Ben is seen inside the London Eye. |
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Everywhere we looked the buildings were amazing. |
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Statues outside St. Paul's church. |
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This is the original entrance to London that was dismantaled and stored for years until this place was found to restore it. |
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They actually have these cool red phone booths. Dr. Who anyone? |
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Among all the gothic building a few modern structures stand out. |
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Anothern modern building. |
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Ice skateing outside the Tower of London. It was very cold when we were there. |
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Entering the Tower of London. |
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Actors discribed what life was like in the 16th century. |
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Closeup of the Tower Bridge. We did not climb up there. |
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The white tower at the Tower of London. |
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View from the inside the Tower. |
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This is part of the first and original tower built around the 3rd century. |
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We could of really used a British to American dictionary. This means keep off the grass. |
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The Armory has thousands of weapons on display. |
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Muskets and Swords on display. |
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This rack hold over 1500 muskets with bayonets. |
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Display showing the kings horses and armor. |
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Wooden heads of many of the Kings. |
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A giant Knight stood 6' 9". I came pretty close being his size. |
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Scottish Axe heads. Nasty looking. |
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This is the actual Axe and Block used in the beheading of Catherine Queen of Scotts. |
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Laura next to a mounted Knight and armored horse. |
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The figures behind Laura represent Beer and Gin. |
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A 3 barrel breach loading gun made for King Henery the VIII. |
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Nice 7 barrel rifile. I want one. |
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Sir happy to see you. (figure it out) |
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Last shot of Big Ben before we left. |
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