
I think this is the first pub we stayed at, the other day |

British fire truck |

Can you imagine working in this tiny little booth? |

Heading down to the underground |

Riding the Underground |

Hey it's the Shard |

I was grateful for these signs reminding people who aren't used to drive-on-the-left countries |

Hey we made it! |

It's the Tower of London! |

And some sort of crazy glass egg! |

Weird chairs |

Those are some deep windows |

Got my ticket |

Slush Puppie!! |

Don't worry, the stone lions are very slow |

I think this is a moat |

Well that's a tower, is the the towel? |

This stuff is old |

The Shard feels even more modern when in the Tower of London |

Waiting for our tour |

Topaz is ready for the tour to start |

Our Yeoman tourguide was something else |

Talking about the history of the tower |

Our tour group |

Piling in |

"And if you look over there.. it's more really old stuff" |

That's a lot of people per group |

Crown Jewels, neat. Also, "way out" instead of "exit" is strange |

Listening to our Beefeater guide |

Don't hang out in Bloody Tower |

Old rocks |

Topaz is learning |

Cool archways |

Old crumbly walls |

The White Tower. This apparently counted as a tower back in the day |

Site of the old gate |

Big raven |

Lots of old buildings |

I wasn't listening all that closely, but they may have said the Queen stayed or stays in one of these houses? I don't know. There are guards though |

Big clock |

Our guide liked to punctuate sentences with sudden unexpected yelling. It kept us on our toes |

Tragedy |

Modern guards |

Fancy gun |

This would fit in on a Minecraft server |

It's that old crumbly wall again |

Weird swoopy fence |

The ravens! |

Another angle on the White Tower |

Old alley |

Booooo, no photos allowed. I assume it's because they don't want people lingering but I can shoot and move! |

Old land new |

Looking out into the modern world |

Hello |

Armor! |

I probably should have written down who wore all this armor but whatever |

Chunky dude |

Lots of armor |

Fancy gloves |

I think it was the pole that killed him |

This horse is FREAKING OUT |

Can you imagine the pinches you'd get wearing this? |

Saber from Fate would be a fan |

Old timey books |

The king's private church |

I think this is that book from Gummi Bears |

Oh no, sea ponies! |

Topaz and the original blockchain |

Old timey guns |

This isn't even that old! It's just a fancy gun! |

Narrow hallways |

Scale model of the compound |

Ye Olde Kinect |

More old/new. That's a weird building |

I think this was to represent people who were executed here? |

Guards! |

I wonder how much longer this wall can last |

Wandering around between the walls |

I think these windows are set up to be able to shoot out of without getting shot |

Inside the walls |

A recreation of some king's bedroom |

Narrow staircases |

Big door |

Fancy king |

More fancy ceilings |

I've heard dubious things about the structural integrity of this bridge |

Wide angle shots are handy for getting a lot of the compound all at once |

Don't use this on an iPad |

Chess has been popular for a while |

Hello |

Probably |

Well, tour's complete and we're back outisde! |

Topaz and I had fun at the Tower of London! |