May 27, 2011

Today was packed with amazingness!  That's not a word... but it was incredible.

This morning a friend and I went to the Tower of London, which is this breath-taking castle that's been around since 1078.  Walking around it took over 2 hours, and it went by so fast.  The majority of the Crown Jewels are on display there (which are ridiculous) As well as random artifacts from Kings that lived there at one point or another.  This building has gone from royal palace to a prison; torture chambers and execution; to a royal mint and a zoo.  Crazy.

Afterwards we got tickets to do the Thames River boat tour and got a great view of the buildings and learned some cool facts.  Daniel Radcliffe went to school in a building we passed, we saw where the original Globe Theatre was first built, and the first place (fish factory) that Michael Cane worked.  Our tour guide was great, made a lot of subtle jokes... I guess I'm catching on ;)

We stopped and ate at a little Greek Restaurant then ran (literally) to catch the London Eye before it closed.  The London Eye is a ferris wheel (but they get mad if you call it that) that takes 30 minutes to go around and you get an awesome view of the city.  Well worth it.  

Tomorrow we're taking a day trip to Stonehenge, wooo!