Up kind of bright and early this morning cos it's Saturday!!! The weather is cool (as usual) and grey but not raining. Off we set onto the tube to head to Tower Bridge and Hampton Court Palace(Tower of London). Due to planned engineering works we ended up doubling back and changing trains a couple of times and finally getting to where we wanted to be. As we came out of the tube station we were standing looking at this wall which it turns out is the old wall to the Roman city which were first built in 43AD. Can you believe something is this old right in front of us!!!
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| The Roman Wall 43 AD |
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| Hampton Court Palace (Tower of London) |
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| Tower Bridge |
To the right was the majestic Tower of London and Tower Bridge. Tower of London or Hampton Court Palace was first built by the Romans and had extra turrets and buildngs added through the years. Most of it was built around 1066 and is where Henry VIII spent alot of his time killing his wives.
We got to go through the dungeons and the torture chambers and believe me they are tiny little places and not very comfortable. We then went through the area where they keep the crown jewels. These are absolutely stunning. Weren't allowed to take photos of course but the crowns and dinnerware and coronation regalia is just beautiful.
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| The small space in which a prisoner was kept |
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| Rod sitting near the battle ments where they would shoot arrows out of the narrow slits. |
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| Beverley's found a knight but he wasn't in shining armour. |
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