Thursday, October 18, 2007

England, Part 1

LONDON


Tower Bridge


Westminster Abbey


Side view of Westminster Abbey


Clock tower at the Palace of Westminster


Big Ben & the Houses of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster


St. Paul's Cathedral


Entrance to St. Paul's Cathedral


The columns at St. Paul's. They look fragile.


Millennium Bridge


Temple Church, former headquarters of the Knights Templar


The dragon statue at the Temple Bar monument


10 Downing Street


Apparently people can't adjust to traffic coming from the right


St. Pancras station - in the Harry Potter movies this is filmed as King's Cross station because it looks a lot more interesting than King's Cross


Going to Hogwarts


Free stress test! I was tempted...


Buckingham Palace


Kensington Palace


Shakespeare's Globe Theatre


Seeing The Merchant of Venice


The cast


The White Tower at the Tower of London


Yeomen Warder (aka Beefeater)


On the Tower of London Grounds


A couple of the Tower of London ravens hanging out on the grass. Their wings are clipped so that they can't fly away. Legend says that if the ravens ever leave the Tower of London, the Tower and the monarchy will both crumble. So there is a yeomen warder dedicated to their care.


One more building on the Tower grounds


You've got to be kidding...


Nelson's Column on Trafalgar Square


Bronze sculpture at the base of Nelson's column


Wayne: Here we are. Piccadilly Circus!
Garth: Whoa. What a shitty circus.


Rosetta Stone, on display at the British Museum


Human-headed winged bulls from Sumeria


Reconstructed Greek temple


Lewis chessmen


A crystal skull, which is supposed to be the focus of Indiana Jones 4


Pretty cool painting


Big Ben at night

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