Tower of London

Spent last weekend in London, the highlight was going to the tower of London.

For some reason I thought the tower was one of the "Tower" buildings on the Tower of London bridge. It turns out that it is a castle and surrounding buildings, some of which date back to the 10th Century.

The ToL is a cool place to visit, because there is so much to see. Each tower/building has separate displays such as Armory, Torture devices, centuries old graffiti, the actual cells they used o hold the prisoners, including the one that Walter Raleigh was held in for ten years - which was pretty luxurious considering. The highlight of the trip though would have to be the Crown Jewels. They are amazing - kept in a walk in Vault with 2 foot thick steel doors - there was more gold and diamonds in than I could imagine existed in one place. Including the second largest diamond in the world at 560 carats!

Oh and they keep Ravens on site which,as legend says, if they ever left the Empire would crumble. I don't know about that, but I do know I wouldn't want to be swooped by one on my bike - about twice the size of a Magpie and looked twice as mean.