Located at the center of the tower of London, the White Tower is nowadays a museums of historical weapons.
The lines of Kings - all the horses ridden by the kings of British history.
The bloody tower is notorious for the place to prison the Queen Mary.
It was basically a prison for the royals.
Since it's a prison, it got to have some tools to torture the prisoners.
In May 1997, the new Globe Theatre -- a replica of the Elizabethan original, thatched roof and all -- staged its first slate of plays (Henry V and A Winter's Tale) yards away from the site of the 16th-century theater where the Bard originally staged his work.
The old theatre opened in 1599 and burnt down in 1613 during a performance of Henry VIII when a cannon ball fired from the stage set fire to the thatched roof. It was rebuilt but shut down by the Puritans in 1642.
The Shakespeare Globe Theatre is on the south bank of the River Thames between Blackfriars and Southwark Bridges, next door to the Tate Modern. It's a five minute walk from Blackfriars tube station.
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The status of Shakespeare.
The Millanion Walking Bridge
The Saint Paul Cathedral.
A typical English pub.
Westminster Abbey is regarded as a Medieval architectural masterpiece, the best of Gothic churches of all time.
It still serves as a working church for regular and yet elaborate services. It's the shrine of a nation, the symbol of everything Britain has stood for and stands for, and the place in which most of its rulers were crowned and where many lie burie
As soon as I arrived in London, I could not wait to check out the famous Westminster area of London where stood the well-known Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Parliament and London Eyes.
Or, secretly I also wanted to find out whether the Big Ben and I can somehow magically fit into one picture. Some annoying guy I know swore that the only way for that to happen is that a photographer must lay down on the ground to take the picture. He was teasing me being little vertically challenged.
However, as the proof below, it happened just fine without any special position or shooting techniques from the photogragher
One of London's most famous landmarks, the historic Tower houses the Crown Jewels and served as the prisons for many including the "Bloody Marry".
Located on the bank of Themes and next to the Tower Bridge. Many ay have mistaken it as London Bridge which is a mere modern bridge clogged with traffic.
Here is where the Crown Jewel resides. The guide at Tower of London is rather entertaining, mixing the stories of the history of the tower and jokes of how their queens and kings sending each other to be beheaded.
The tour book said that the key to visit the Tower is to beat the crowds. So I went there just before the Tower opens up for visitors. It turns out to be a good decision to beat the crowds.
Normaly, this place is awefully crowded with turists from all over the world. Since it's the early morning that most of them haven't arrived yet, the place is kind of quiet and neat.
The Tower actually offers a great view of the Tower Bridge.
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