Big Ben and the houses of Parliament. View from the London Eye. Our personal Egg.
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Us in our personal egg. Did I mention we got a personal egg. That's unusual, apparently. Normally they cram 30 people in these things. But we got it all to ourselves.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3es9aRLSxCP_mncnMrYIG9Z0xzjJq70xLN7oqvZ-jxRmunRmwfK9uwF5yyhyphenhyphenrsmdoPalE3qECRMcqR9qYFWwunGDxB-TbUmcWtKy-71AqtNgoK5ln-OF_TIZ-xq7EeeZUT84yIAK1Zc/s320/IMG_0295.jpg)
Me and my hill. This is near St. Paul's. We stopped in to St. Paul's but the gallery and crypt was close, so we are going back either tomorrow.
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Alice wearing St. Paul's as a hat. This is on the Millennium Bridge.
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Cool walkway balconies. This is in the newly-gentrified Southwark (pronounced suthuk if you know what you're saying and South-whark if you don't.)
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The Tower Bridge. (NOT London Bridge). We walked across Tower Bridge to Southwark.
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Me and my hill. This is near St. Paul's. We stopped in to St. Paul's but the gallery and crypt was close, so we are going back either tomorrow.
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Alice wearing St. Paul's as a hat. This is on the Millennium Bridge.
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Cool walkway balconies. This is in the newly-gentrified Southwark (pronounced suthuk if you know what you're saying and South-whark if you don't.)
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The Tower Bridge. (NOT London Bridge). We walked across Tower Bridge to Southwark.
(did you pronounce it right?)
In the Tower of London.
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Henry VIII thought well of himself. At one of the exhibits, I overheard a young kid say (strong British accent here) "Look, 'e 'had an enormous cock." Why yes, yes he did.
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Alice & Dahn at Traitors Gate, Tower of London.
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Tower Bridge from Tower of London. Those old-timey Brits liked their towers.
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Me in a guard house.
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The Tower of London. Trebuchet. (Probably spelled wrong.)
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Cricket. In Wimbledon.
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John Innes park in Wimbledon. We took a long walk through the park to fight jet lag on the first day.
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Alice & Dahn.
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Henry VIII thought well of himself. At one of the exhibits, I overheard a young kid say (strong British accent here) "Look, 'e 'had an enormous cock." Why yes, yes he did.
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Alice & Dahn at Traitors Gate, Tower of London.
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Tower Bridge from Tower of London. Those old-timey Brits liked their towers.
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Me in a guard house.
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The Tower of London. Trebuchet. (Probably spelled wrong.)
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Cricket. In Wimbledon.
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John Innes park in Wimbledon. We took a long walk through the park to fight jet lag on the first day.
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Alice & Dahn.
As I'm typing this, I'm enjoying a gin & tonic at John & Dahn's house. We're watching trashy British Tele, which far surpasses trashy American TV. We'll likely pop off to a pub for a pint (and dinner) soon.
Yesterday, the plane landed at about 10:30 am, and Alice and I set a goal to stay awake until 9:00pm. We succeeded with only a few minor dozes-off between. Which did a great job of kicking the jet lag, but then we slept for about 12 hours (9 to 9) and then we set out for all the central-London sightseeing shown above.
More soon.
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