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London
Sunday 17 Oct 2010
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| Michelle in the Underground
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 | Bopping around the waterfront
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 | The Globe Theater
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| Looking up at the roof over the stage...
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 | ...and at the stage background, from the standing section where "groundlings" paid a penny to see a performance.
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| The expensive box seats had murals painted along the walls.
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 | Most of the box seats were just unadorned benches.
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| Over 600 "groundlings" would stand in this area.
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 | The entire stage is easily seen from the center box seats.
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| The "Tower Bridge"...
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 | ...an 1850's era drawbridge...
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| ...that leads to the Tower of London.
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 | The Tower of London was originally surrounded by a moat.
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| The Tower of London is still considered a Royal Palace, although now its primary purpose is as a museum.
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 | St. Thomas's Tower
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| Wakefield Tower. In addition to being a palace, the Tower of London was also used as a prison. If you were a serious enough traitor to be housed at the Tower, you were likely to be executed.
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 | The central tower ("White Tower") is surrounded by a set of towers, which is surrounded by a wall, which was surrounded by the moat.
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| The Tower used to house the Royal Mint. Sir Isaac Newton was Master of the Mint when he invented gravity.
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 | The "Beefeaters", the guards of the Tower, live on the property.
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| The White Tower
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 | This building contains the Crown Jewels. Sadly, no photos were allowed inside the building. The building has a sentry posted at the main door. We're pretty sure the gun he carries is fake.
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 | 6 ravens live on the property. Legend says that if the ravens should leave, the tower will collapse and the kingdom will fall. The ravens have their wings clipped so they cannot fly away. They are well cared for, by a Beefeater who is charged specifically with the task of caring for the ravens.
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 | A map of the Tower of London.
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| Traitor's Gate. This was the entrance used by prisoners.
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 | King Edward I lived at the Tower in the 1290s.
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 | A view of the River Thames from the Tower.
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 | The London Eye and our hotel building.
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