Looking down Victoria St. at Westminster Abbey
Back entrance to Westminster
Side of Westminster Abbey, showing restoration
Entrance to Westminster Abbey.
Detail of the carvings above the entrance to Westminster Abbey.
Looking up at the main entrance to Westminster Abbey
Big Ben from Westminster Abbey.
Big Ben.
The Parliament building. Remember remember the fifth of November!
The River Thames.
The London Eye, which is basically a really big Ferris wheel.
Looking north on Whitehall, a street in London.
The Monument to the Women of World War II, on Whitehall.
Mary loves horses (and the Horse Guards on Whitehall).
Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.
Man on Horse monument in Trafalgar Square.
The Admiralty Arch near Trafalgar Square.
Lookng south on Whitehall.
The National Gallery.
Picadilly Circus.
Crucifix at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A plaster cast (copy) of Trajan's Column.
A plaster cast of the pulpit from Pisa Cathedral.
A plaster cast of Portico de la Gloria.
“Samson and a Philistine” by Giambologna
“Neptune & Triton” by Bernini
Early nude by Rodin.
Random stone ass.
We ran into a fashion show in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The fashion show ends.
A Japanese samurai armor set.
The samurai mask even comes with a mustache!
The Apollo Victoria Theatre, currently showing "Wicked"
View of the Tower of London from the Tube.
The Tower of London.
The grassy former moat outside the Tower of London, with a catapult.
Entering the Tower of London.
View of the London City Hall.
The Bloody Tower (part of the Tower of London)
Walking down Water Lane.
The White Tower.
Waterloo Block, where the English Crown Jewels are.
Lanthorn Tower.
Beauchamp Tower and the Tower Green.
Pow! Thar she blows!
"Look what I drew!"
Wakefield Tower.
Plate for your kids--war is a family affair.
Armor of Henry VIII, with a larger-than-life codpiece. Hey there, lil' buddy. . .
. . . although Henry VIII was pretty large in general.
Another armor set for Henry VIII. I feel sorry for his horse.
Waterloo Block.
Partial view of the London Bridge.
Make my day.
Mary loves her new crash helmet.
The London Gherkin. No, I am not joking.
The Martin Tower. No doubt named for one of my ancestors.
A "Yeoman Warder" giving a tour at the Tower of London.
The Scaffold Site, now with a monument.
Anne Boleyn was beheaded here.
Onward march!
March!
Halt!
The Tower Green.
Sir Robert Dudley's room.
The Rookery.
Medieval bedroom
Stained glass from one of the towers at The Tower.
The Tower Bridge.
The Ravens' cages.
Another sot of the City Hall building.
Another big cannon.
Outside the White Tower.
A medieval catapult demonstration on the "Moat" outside the Tower of London.
The British Museum.
A Roman Centurion demonstration outside the British Museum.
Mary with a Roman Centurion. Choice of footwear is not much different.
Ancient Roman statues.
Victims of Duncan Macleod (if he had lived in Ancient Rome).
A Greek temple.
The hall of Elgin Marbles.
Some of the Elgin Marble statues.
Closeup of the same statues.
Statues from the Parthenon.
One of the high-relief sculptures removed by Lord Elgin's expedition of the Parthenon.
Statue of Venus?
Roman statue.
Human headed winged bull from Khorsabad.
An Babylonian bas-relief.
Another Babylonian relief.
Ancient Egyptian statue.
Pair of Human Headed Winged Lions and Reliefs from Nimrud with the Gates of Balawat.
Ancient Egyptian writing.
Pow! Right in the kisser!
Ancient Egyptian statues.
The Rosetta Stone.
Colossal bust of Ramses II.
A skeleton excavation.
Even the ancients knew about Santa Claus.
A well-preserved man.
Skeleton in a wicker-basket grave.
An Egyptian mummy, unwrapped.
Another Egyptian mummy.
Cleopatra's body, still mummified.
Information about Cleopatra's mummy.
Roman potter at work.
The British Museum's entire collection of Vietnamese artifacts is contained in this case.
The Vietnamese case from the back side.
Information about Vietnam.
St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
Entrance to St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square in the afternoon.
Side view of the British Museum
Big Ben at night.
The London Eye at night.
The River Thames at night.
Westminster Abbey at night.
Westminster Abbey, main entrance.
Westminster Cathedral (not the confused with the Abbey).
