Europe-London Day 2

Friday was our last day in England. We went to the Tower of London first. It was a really interesting place. It’s where many people were held prisoner, tortured, and executed (including two of Henry the VIIIs wives: Anne Boleyn, and Catherine Howard.) It also houses the crown jewels which are stunningly beautiful. Once again, we couldn’t take pictures inside the jewel house, so I can’t show them to you. L After the tower of London (and lunch), we went on a cruise down the Thames (pronounced Timms) River. It was very windy, but also very nice to sit and listen while a guy explained what some of the buildings were as we passed them. Our final stop was St. Paul’s Cathedral for Evensong. We got to sit in the Quire stalls very close to where the choir (men and boys) was singing. I loved hearing the choir after being in choir for so many years myself. There was one soprano solo, and the boy’s voice just soared over the other voices. How I wish I could sing like that :) Surprise, surprise, we couldn’t take pictures inside St. Paul’s either. Since pictures take much longer to upload on the blog, from now on I'll probably post an album on facebook in addition to my blog post. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.258788100888899.42478.100002731340786&type=3

The Tower of London

A suit of armor in the Tower of London

The London Eye

St Paul's Cathedral