Tower of London

The Tower of London was built around 1,000 years ago! The castle actually has a moat and served as a home for the royal family, a prison, home of the Crown Jewels and more. It was amazing to be able to touch the castle walls and walk the corridors as they were back in the 16th and 17th centuries. A lot of the activities we do include reenactments or replicas of certain events or items, but this time it was all authentic!

This is my professor, Malcolm Magee. Zach took this fantastic picture.

Tower of London

Tower Bridge

For prisoners

Pictures of different kings with the actual swords they used

Tallest armor in the world...it is for a man who is 6’8"

Changing of the guard

I couldn’t take any pictures but this was wonderful! All of the crowns were beautiful and complete with outrageously huge diamonds...as expected.

Tower Bridge with the Olympic Rings!

After we were finished at the Tower of London, we had a lazy afternoon in our flats and I took a nap! Later some friends and I went out to a pub and visited Piccadilly, which is basically the Times Square of London. 

Piccadilly

This isn’t a good picture, but that is Batman! This is where the European premiere for the Dark Knight Rises is going to be held...it’s tomorrow night.

Tomorrow we are visiting the British Museum and I am hoping to go to Harrods, a huge and expensive department store. Professor Magee wants to show us his side of town (he lives near Chris Martin of Coldplay and Gwyneth Paltrow) and told us about some places he’d like to take us during the evening—a great mexican restaurant and his favorite pub.

Updates to come, with love!