Pirate skulls and bones, sticks and stones and weed and bombs. Running when we hit 'em, lethal poison through their system

London bridge is falling down, my fair lady. It's actually a very gorgeous site, the London Bridge. And it was a beautiful day :) Maybe not the most suitable weather for the Tower of London though. Just a bit down the street from where I am perched is the Tower of London. An unconquerable fortress of fear, manliness, and trepidation. And death of course :)



This is the tower where the crown jewels are kept. They literally had them in a super-sized bank vault. Unfortunately, photos were strictly prohibited. But I will say this. There is a lot of purple. Makes sense, purple being the color for royalty. And they truly are bejeweled crowns! Nothing short of bling bling!

This has all been standing here since the Norman Invasion . . . in 1066 AD! It's pretty old, as far as buildings go. As far as anything goes. And they had their own little settlement inside.


Quoth the raven, nevermore. There are several ravens within the fortress just hanging out all creepy like. Apparently they have been there since, like, you know, 1066 AD. So not very long.

As far as within the towers, I'll just post a bunch of photos and periodically comment:

This is a chapel inside the White Tower.

I thought it would be important for you to know that they did indeed have toilets. I am sitting on it. Anyone want to know where it all goes?

Down the tower walls and onto the grass below. At least the grass was plenty fertilized!

This is Henry VIII armor he wore.

From these pictures two things can be learned about Henry VIII. 1) He is quite large around the middle, which apparently was very attractive back in the day. It showed the ladies he was rich enough to eat to his heart's content. Also showed that he was in good health. 2) Henry here is very proud of his manliness. If what I'm saying isn't obvious to you, maybe this photo will help.

Protect your carnal treasure!!!

I will answer your question right now. No. Nobody else had armor as . . . protective as Henry's. I looked. Henry VIII was a very special man. That's all I am going to say about that.

Yes. It is a dragon. And yes. I am a dragon whisperer.
You probably can't tell from this picture that the dragon is spitting out coins like fire, his feet are made of guns, and his belly is full of money and jewels. Reminds me of The Hobbit a bit.

This is the Bloody Tower!!! Are you filled with doom and dread? That's too bad because to be perfectly honest, it wasn't nearly as gnarly and bloody as I was expecting. I guess I was expecting blood to still be splattered on the walls. But it did have a very claustrophobic winding stair case.


You can get a little hint from that picture. The stairs are really tall, and there is barely enough room for both your shoulders to fit in the passage. I probably would have gotten into a panic attack if the stars went any longer than they did.

And the rack. Isn't it lovely? They wouldn't let me give it a try though :(


This little piece of artwork is meant to be a monument to those who were executed in the Tower of London. According to the text on the monument, people like Anne Boleyn and some others of Henry VIII wives were executed on that very spot.

Later that night, a group of us went to go see a play just for fun, not for class. We were planning on going to this play we heard was really good called London Road. It's based on the true story that took place like twenty years ago about several murders that happened in a few weeks time. But that play was sold out, so we saw this other play called Rocket to the Moon. I've realized how much I have neglected to really talk about the plays I've seen, which is kind of the point I came to England in the first place. So what I'm going to do is make a separate post just for the plays I see and keep updating that one post whenever I see a play.