Today Blake and I navigated the tube on our own and made it to Tower Hill to see the Tower of London. We had intended to get there around 10:00. We made it around 1:00. Apparently staying up until 2:30 for several days in a row takes a toll and getting out of bed is tough. So after some fish and chips we started our tour at the Tower. Our tour leader, known as a Beefeater, took about 45 minutes to tell us some of the history of the Tower. I can’t accurately describe the comedy of a Beefeater, but I must say we were thoroughly entertained. After the tour, we wandered around the Tower to see the Crown Jewels of England, the Bloody Tower and the Prisoner’s Tower with carvings in the stone made by prisoners hundreds of years ago. London has done an amazing job preserving the history of their city and of England, even after the fire of 1666 that wiped out most of the city.
Our original plan was to also see the British Museum today, but since we couldn’t get out of bed this morning, we ran out of time. We met John and Michelle for a tasty Italian dinner and then headed home for an early night. John and Michelle have to return to work tomorrow, so we are trying not to keep them up until 2:30 in the morning.
Tomorrow we will take the hop-on hop-off bus tour in the morning and then tour Westminster in the afternoon. It will be our last day in London, which is very sad, but we have had such a wonderful time that we will be back as soon as we possibly can. There is so much more to see and do!