My London trip
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No, I've never been to mainland Europe before. I visited Scotland back in 2005.Btw: Welcome to Europe!
Did you ever visit my continent before?
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Thanks, I will.
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When I arrived at my hotel this morning, the room wasn't ready yet so I decided to take a walk around the Tower. Here are some photos I shot earlier today.
The lower areas of the wall, with the more regular stonework and the red brick banding are original Roman work from about 200A.D. The higher portions are medieval and later restorations.
The Red poppies in the moat are a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I. Each poppy represents a British soldier who died in action during the war. By November 11th, there will be over 800,000 of them.
The smaller windows at the top left of this view of the Tower are the only original window openings left. The others were all greatly enlarged after the Tower was no longer needed as an active defence work.
The lower areas of the wall, with the more regular stonework and the red brick banding are original Roman work from about 200A.D. The higher portions are medieval and later restorations.
The Red poppies in the moat are a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I. Each poppy represents a British soldier who died in action during the war. By November 11th, there will be over 800,000 of them.
The smaller windows at the top left of this view of the Tower are the only original window openings left. The others were all greatly enlarged after the Tower was no longer needed as an active defence work.
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Neat, scifan! I was going to ask you if you had plans to see the Tower and that fabulous poppy display.
Did you know you can buy one of those poppies after the exhibition is over? They cost about $90 (USD), after shipping costs are added in.
Bit rich, but oh my, I'm still debating on it...
Marilyn
Did you know you can buy one of those poppies after the exhibition is over? They cost about $90 (USD), after shipping costs are added in.
Bit rich, but oh my, I'm still debating on it...
Marilyn
Your photos should look familiar to me, because we were around there last year, yet they mostly seem strange to me. There's always a difference between being there and just seeing an image.
Did you also see these cannons?
They should be near the Tower somewhere, if memory serves right.
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If you mean the large cannons and mortars on the embankment between the tower and the river, then yes, I did see them.
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A few minutes ago I got back from a visit to King's Cross and St. Pancras stations. For Harry Potter fans, the interior of King's Cross was where platform 9 3/4 was. St. Pancras was used to represent the exterior of King's Cross.
Here's a view of the front of King's Cross station.
These next photos are of the exterior of St. Pancras station.
St. Pancras is also the station where the Eurostar to Paris departs.
Here's a view of the front of King's Cross station.
These next photos are of the exterior of St. Pancras station.
St. Pancras is also the station where the Eurostar to Paris departs.
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Yes Marilyn, I knew about the Poppies. The price I was told was 25 pounds each, plus shipping.
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Hi Scifan.. - thanks for the memories - love your photos! 
Our last trip to London (included Scotland first) was w/ our teenage son (over 20+ years ago) - he found Scotland boring (while we loved it!), but when we got to London, he had 3 main goals (among minor ones): 1) Tower of London; 2) Madame Tussaurds; and the 3) London Dungeon - it was a 'man's day' - his mother stayed at the hotel and did some other activities. Dave
Our last trip to London (included Scotland first) was w/ our teenage son (over 20+ years ago) - he found Scotland boring (while we loved it!), but when we got to London, he had 3 main goals (among minor ones): 1) Tower of London; 2) Madame Tussaurds; and the 3) London Dungeon - it was a 'man's day' - his mother stayed at the hotel and did some other activities. Dave
I'm with you Dave, I found Scotland interesting; the places and people...oh, and the pubs.Hi Scifan.. - thanks for the memories - love your photos!
Our last trip to London (included Scotland first) was w/ our teenage son (over 20+ years ago) - he found Scotland boring (while we loved it!), but when we got to London, he had 3 main goals (among minor ones): 1) Tower of London; 2) Madame Tussaurds; and the 3) London Dungeon - it was a 'man's day' - his mother stayed at the hotel and did some other activities. Dave
Agree with your goals above, they were interesting. I had another one; the British war museum, walking back along along Westminster bridge from the houses of parliament, a nice walk to that. Did you get a chance to see it? A nice way to spend the day, while Mrs enjoyed seeing Buckingham Palace, changing of the guard and thousands of tourists
Andrew
