We dumped the weights in left luggage and went to explore the world. First we needed breakfast . We spied a Maccas and thought we were set. Well, our search for the worst McDonalds employee was over. I think it was beyond their abilities to say “would you like fries with that?” Very ironic calling it fast food when she was the only one serving and the line was 12 long. It was around peak hour and we looked at the tube and it really looked like that scene from Crocodile Dundee. Due to the crowd and being unable to get a travel card until 9:30 we decided to take shanks pony up to Westminster and you guessed it, in the rain. We then got our ticket and went down to the tower of London, breaking the umbrella on the way. But don’t worry, we did not leave a faithful fallen comrade behind. We carried it home to rest in piece.
So we paid the 11 pound ransom to go into the tower of London. As it was raining today there were no Yeoman tours and the CD apparatus was 3 pound. What a job, does that mean these dudes work only 30 days a year : ) Considering we did Edinburgh castle yesterday the Scots were already way in front on points. We just walked around and looked at a lot of stuff that had been destroyed, rebuilt or remodelled. But saying that, this place would have been an awesome sight in its heydays of the 1570’s. The famous ravens were huge. You could have put them on the front gate as bouncers. The highlight for me was the armoury in the white tower. The selection and number of weapons was immense. There was also a suit of armour worn by Henry the eighth. All I can say is poor horse. He obviously had an inflated opinion of himself when you look at the size of his ”lower” protection. But what intelligent servant who likes their head joined to his neck would say “Don’t you think that is a little large your Majesty?” Talking about large, we saw the crown jewels and the world’s biggest diamond, all 530 carrats. There was gold, diamond and other gems from arseholes to breakfast. Could have ended world hunger there and then. I must say I did take a liking to one of the swords. It would have looked great at home. As you would expect there was a great deal of history around from the courtyard where all the beheading took place to the living quarters of King Edward. Very educational.
From all that learning we were pretty tired and went up to Leister Square to eat lunch and chill out watching the Poms go about their business until it was time to head back to Victoria station and get on the bus to Prague. Luckily it was nice and empty and we were able to try and catch up on some much needed z’s.