S2L77: London - III

From 1977 05 10 England

Tower Bridge (not the Tower of London, not London Bridge)
See how I used foliage to hide the unsightly scaffolding?

The Tower of London -- is there any single place in the world where so much compelling history took place? Really. Is there? I'd like to know.

By the way, the British crown jewels are on display at the Tower. Eye-popping. Yet, I was spoiled by being fortunate to see the crown jewels of Iran in Tehran first. You can't help comparing and concluding that the Queen of England comes across as a poor cousin to the Persian emperors of times past. Sorry, IJS. OTOH, the Persian jewels are kept in some bland, bank building basement. The British crown jewels are kept in the Tower of London! Advantage there to Lilibet.

More photos after the jump.

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From 1977 05 10 England

Now, that's the Tower

From 1977 05 10 England

From 1977 05 10 England

Traitor's Gate

From 1977 05 10 England

From 1977 05 10 England

Tower Green - imagine the chopping block

From 1977 05 10 England

From 1977 05 10 England

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