The Tower of London
Bell Tower
Traitor's Gate
Tower Green. Where the Queen's house is (where the Queen would stay if she stayed).
Waterloo block. Where the Crown Jewels are kept.
Lantern Tower
Looking across the wharf to the Tower Bridge
The throne in the Medieval Palace
Stained Glass in the Medieval Palace
A small Chapel in the Medieval Palace
British Iron cannon from the 18th century
Armory in the White Tower
Knights armour through the ages
Biggest and smallest set of armour
Spanish arms
Old Spanish swords and sheild
Mini cannons!
A hall in the White Tower
Armoured knight and horse
Triple-barrelled gun of King Henry VIII
The White Tower
Tower Bridge
Middle Tower (the entrance to the Tower of London)
Looking east down the Thames from the high walkway up Tower Bridge
Looking West from the Tower Bridge walkway. The funny building is City Hall and the ship is HMS Belfast
Looking west down the Thames
Boiler room of the Tower Bridge
Engine room of the Tower Bridge
Huge weights used to store energy used to open the Tower Bridge
Tanya lounging infront of City Hall
Walking across Tower Bridge
The National Gallery from Trafalgar Square
Fountain in Trafalgar Square
A building seen from Trafalgar Square
Bearskins play a lively tune under Nelson's Column to celebrate Veteran's Day
Westminister and Big Ben
The London Eye
The London Eye near the back of the queue
We begin our 'flight'
Tanya and Sean
Hungerford Bridge
Jubilee Gardens
Jubilee Gardens from up high
London to the Northwest
The London Eye's structure
London to the East
London to the North
London to the Southwest
We're at the top!
London to the West. Ministry of Defense on the left. Whitehall on the right.
Houses of Parliament, Westminister and Big Ben
London to the south
The former County Hall. Now the London Aquarium
Westminister Hall
Westminister Hall and a statue of Richard I
Westminister
The Victoria Tower Gardens looking towards Westminister and the Houses of Parliament
Westminister Abbey from the side
Westminister Abbey from the front
Front door to Westminister Abbey
Australia Gate and Queen Victoria Memorial Gardens
The Queen Victoria Memorial
Buckingham Palace
A Bearskin standing guard
The royal crest on the main gate
South Africa gate
Queen Victoria on her memorial
School church. Harrow on the Hill
Inside St. Mary's. Goes back hunreds of years.
St. Mary's Chruch at the top of Harrow on the Hill. Lord Byron used to have his favourite spot nearby when he was a child.
Tate Modern across the river and the Millenium Bridge. Taken from St.Paul's
Paternoster Square
London from St. Paul's
Towers of St. Paul's
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Paul's from the river.
Entrance to St. Paul's
Entrance to the Museum of Natural History (skeleton of Dipoldicus in the front)
More Dinosaurs
The interior columns are all hand carved
Allosaurus (I think)
A lifesize mechanical T-Rex
A giraffe is dwarfed by the skeletons of whales (the big one at the back is the Blue Whale)
The main hall entrance
Some displays were anti-rabbit
The earth science section's main hall
Horsenden Hill (where my parents took me when I was young), looking out over London
Another view from Horsenden Hill
50 George V Way, Perivale. Where I lived from 0-5 years old.
The Serpentine in Hyde Park
The Prince Albert Memorial
The famous Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Palace (there are still recent flowers and letters left for Diana here)
A private part of Kensington Gardens
Me at the fountains in Hyde Park
Tanya at the fountains in Hyde Park
It's the Peter Pan statue!
Cleopatra's Needle (on the bank's of the Thames)
Tanya at Cleopatra's Needle
Looking back towards the dock we left from on a boat down the Thames
Southwark Bridge
The chapel at Greenwich
A building (part of the Greenwich Music University)
Inside the chapel
The ceilings, as well as everything else looked marvelous
The ceiling of the Painted Hall
Looking up at the dome of the Painted Hall
More of the Painted Hall
Looking back down the Painted Hall
A fireplace in the Painted Hall
The view of Greenwich from the observatory
The O2 Dome
Looking back towards London from Greenwich
The Royal Observatory
The original Meridian Line before it was moved
A close up of the sign
The actual Meridian Line (with hardly any annoying tourists in the shot!
The Timeball station (next to the observatory)
Part of the Planetarium
The horse guards parade grounds in London