The pictures here aren't in any particular order. I've grouped them by category more than anything. Also, most of these were shot as the bus was moving, so I will appologize in advance for any blurriness.
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I think most people will recognize Big Ben. We found out on the tour that Big Ben is not the clock. It's actually the bell behind the clock. |
| This is the gate from Trafalgar Square to Buckingham Palace. | ||
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This is the top of the wall around Buckingham Palace. I guess they don't want anyone coming in. |
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This is one of the side doors to Buckingham Palace. |
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Don't get on this Ferris wheel unless you have some time. It takes an hour to make a complete rotation. |
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This gate was a gift to the Queen. However, she didn't like it so she put it in a different part of the city. |
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When I think of an abbey, I don't usually think of anything this grand. I guess that's why they didn't consult me when they named Westminster Abbey. |
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Speaking of Westminster, there is also a Westminster Chaple. |
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I guess you can take in a show here. I wonder if Her Majesty ever does. |
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The Oceanic House was where you bought your tickets for the Titanic |
| This is the parlament building. | ||
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| This house belongs to a member of the royal family, but I forget which one. If you look at the front door, you will see there is one soldier on duty, which means that whoever it is that lives there isn't home. | ||
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| Here are a couple of the uprights on the Tower Bridge. | ||
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| This is the Tower of London. While the whole structure is called the Tower, I believe that officially, the tower itself is just the part in the middle marked by the four small towers with the blue roofs (see the third picture). | ||
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| These next couple pictures are of some of the buildings surrounding Trafalgar Square. | ||
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This is the fountain in Trafalgar Square. |
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This is Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square. The column is as tall as the mast on Nelson's ship (180 feet or so). |
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Seems like every time you see anything that is set in London you see the pigeons in Trafalgar Square. Far be it for me to break this tradition. Here are some of the many pigeons in the square. |
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The lions in the background are at the four corners of Nelson's column. Our tour guide said they were named after the Beetles, but I don't know how true that is. I don't remember anything about the statue that the front of the picture. |
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This is another statue in Trafalgar Square. |
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I believe this arch was a gift, but I don't remember the details. We went past it twice. The tour guide gave us the details about it on the way past the first time, but I didn't get the picture until the second time. |
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This is the Thames river going through the middle of town. |
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Our original plan was to take the Underground to Victoria Station (the large building in the background) and take a tour. However, it turned out to be much cheaper to go to Piccadilly Circus instead. Evidently, the Chunnel train (that goes under the English Channel to France) leaves from here. Some of the guys in the group were thinking about trying it during the layover on the way home since it was supposed to only take about 2 1/2 hours to get to Paris. However, we were all pretty tired when we got back to London and everyone just stayed in the hotel. |
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This is a memorial commemerating World War 1. |
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This building still shows bomb damage from World War 2. |
| Here are some random buildings from around the city. | ||
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These are some random statues around the city. | |
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