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Brighton Pier |
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View of Brighton Pier |
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Brighton Pier Beach |
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View of Brighton Pier Beach |
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Winchester Cathedral |
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Outside of Winchester Cathedral |
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Winchester Cathedral |
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Inside of Winchester Cathedral |
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Winchester Cathedral |
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Stained glass window |
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Winchester Cathedral |
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Front entrance |
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Winchester Cathedral |
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Stained glass window |
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Interefting Plaque |
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Can you see what's weird about it? |
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Jane Austen Tomb |
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Actual burial place of Jane Austen |
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Jane Austen Memorial |
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Memorial near the tomb |
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Pieta |
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Statue of Mary holding the body of Jesus by Eugene Ball |
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William Walker |
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A diver who saved the cathedral |
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The Round Table |
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King Arthur's round table (well, sort of, since he wasn't a real person...) |
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Queen Victoria |
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She is not amused, I'm sure... |
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Cool doors |
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These were opposite the Round Table. They just look cool. |
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Westgate Museum |
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The old jailhouse in Winchester |
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View from Jailhouse |
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The view of Winchester from the jailhouse |
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Royal Oak |
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I think the sign speaks for itself. Probably not the only with the same claim, and not terribly impressive inside, but a cool sign anyway. |
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Piet Mondrian statue |
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Couldn't find the name of this, but it's cool! |
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Jane Austen house |
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Where she died. |
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Roman Wall |
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Old roman wall in Winchester |
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King Aelfred the Great |
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Statue of the king. |
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Stonehenge |
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Pic #19 - can you tell I really loved Stonehenge? |
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Glastonbury Abbey |
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Outside the abbey |
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Glastonbury Abbey |
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Inside the abbey |
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King Arthur's Tomb |
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Well, where it would have been if the abbey hadn't been destroyed and if Arthur really existed... |
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Glastonbury Abbey |
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Inside the abbey |
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Glastonbury Abbey |
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Inside the abbey |
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Graveyard in Glastonbury Abbey |
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This is where the bodies of King Arthur and Guineviere were discovered (well, the bodies they claimed were them...) |
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Monk at Glastonbury Abbey |
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He played a monk that escaped from the abbey before it was destroyed. He gave us a history of the abbey that was quite entertaining. |
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Glastonbury Abbey |
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There's our tour guide, Alex, towards the right. |
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Thorn at Glastonbury Abbey |
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The thorn only blooms once a year. The original was burnt down, but they replaced it later. |
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Model of Glastonbury Abbey |
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Reconstruction of what the abbey probably looked like |
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Another model of Glastonbury Abbey |
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From the other side. |
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Cheddar Cave |
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Where they invented cheddar cheese - really! |
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Cheddar Cave |
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Another pic of the cave |
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Cheddar Man |
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The oldest skeleton found in England, over 9000 years old. I'm pretty sure we never saw the actual bones. |
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Cheddar Cave |
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Another pic of the cave |
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Cheddar Cave |
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Another pic of the cave |
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Cheddar Cave |
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Another pic of the cave |
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Ferns in Cheddar Cave |
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Ferns have been growing in the cave ever since people introduced artificial light. Weird. |
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Henry! |
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Okay, this is a silly pic, but I had to post it anyway. I actually own one of these vacuums so I had to take a picture of it from our hotel in Corsham. |
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Royal Crescent |
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The Royal Crescent in Bath. Contains 30 houses, although only a couple are still used as houses. |
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Pulteney Bridge |
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Pulteney Bridge in Bath, modeled after the Ponte Vecchio in Italy. |
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Roman Baths |
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The Roman baths that Bath was named after |
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Roman Baths |
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Another pic of the baths |
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Oliver Cromwell's Death Mask |
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Ruthless ruler of the Commonwealth in the mid-1600s |
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Bonnie Prince Charles's targe |
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Well, by tradition it's his targe, anyway |
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Queen Victoria |
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Actual photograph of Queen Victoria. I couldn't avoid the glare, but I had to get a picture of it. |
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Trebuchet |
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A trebuchet at Warwick Castle |
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Warwick Castle |
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View from the wall inside |
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Warwick Castle |
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View from the wall outside |
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Warwick Castle Armoury |
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Suits of armour in the castle |
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Anne Hathaway's Cottage |
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Shakespeare's wife's birthplace |
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Anne Hathaway's Cottage |
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Little nook where you could sit and listen to some of Shakespeare's sonnets |
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Shakespeare's Birthplace |
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You're not allowed to take pix inside, but here's the outside |
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Shakespeare's Birthplace |
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More of the outside |
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Our group with a guard |
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This is the only guard who still stands around outside. The others are behind a fence so they can't be messed with like in Austin Powers. |
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The Guard |
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This was not easy to get since once one group left, another stepped up almost immediately. Notice the gun is on the other side now. |
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Buckingham Palace |
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Just before the changing of the guards. I'll try to post a video of the changing of the guards. |
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Hard Rock Cafe in London |
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I never realized the Hard Rock started here. Weird that there would be a tribute to Bo Diddley, who lives in Archer, FL, here in London. |
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Arms and armour in Warwick Castle |
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Misc. arms and armour in Warwick Castle |
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Arms and armour in Warwick Castle |
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Misc. arms and armour in Warwick Castle |
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Arms and armour in Warwick Castle |
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Misc. arms and armour in Warwick Castle |
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Arms and armour in Warwick Castle |
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Misc. arms and armour in Warwick Castle |
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Arms and armour in Warwick Castle |
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Misc. arms and armour in Warwick Castle |
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Arms and armour in Warwick Castle |
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Misc. arms and armour in Warwick Castle |
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Arms and armour in Warwick Castle |
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Misc. arms and armour in Warwick Castle |
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Big Ben |
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Taken just after exiting from the Tube stop |
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Big Ben |
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Taken just a little bit further down the street |
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London Eye |
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Also called the Millenium Wheel. Yes, that's Ms. Stone in the corner there. |
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Parliament Building |
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There's Big Ben on the right (well, technically Big Ben is the bell inside, but hey...) |
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Winston Churchill Statue |
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In Parliament Square |
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Saffron Restaurant |
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I had to eat there, even if it might actually have been called Bridget or possibly even Yolanda (or maybe just Yosaffbridge) (that's a Firefly reference, BTW) |
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EF Browncoats |
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Emily, me, and Dale, the EF Browncoats |
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The Globe Theatre |
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Kyle, Chris, and Nikki in front of the reconstructed Globe Theatre |
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Tower Bridge |
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The Tower Bridge - not much else to say |
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HMS Belfast |
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A naval vessel sitting outside the Tower of London |
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Tower Bridge |
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It's a drawbridge! Who knew? |
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Tower Bridge |
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And here's why it's open |
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Ceremonial Bearing Swords |
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In the Tower of London |
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Arms and armour at Tower of London |
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Yup, I like pix of arms and armour |
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Armour presented to James I |
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Presented by the shogun of Japan to James I, patron of Shakespeare and writer of the King James Bible |
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Arms and armour at Tower of London |
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More arms and armour |
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Henry VIII's Armour |
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Actual armour worn by Henry VIII |
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Arms and armour at Tower of London |
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Still more... |
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Charles I's armour |
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Armour worn by Charles I |
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Arms and armour at Tower of London |
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And more... |
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Arms and armour at Tower of London |
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And more... |
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Arms and armour at Tower of London |
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And more... |
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Tallest Armour |
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The record holder for tallest armour next to a suit of armour for the son of a king (don't remember which one) |
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Residences at the Tower of London |
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This is where the Beefeaters and their families live |
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White Tower |
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This is where all the arms and armour are in the Tower of London |
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Ravens at the Tower |
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If they ever leave, legend says the Tower will fall |
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St. Paul's Cathedral |
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Interesting angle on the exterior of St. Paul's |
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St. Paul's balcony |
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This is where we stood to take our outside pix |
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