Rob and Anna's travel adventure

Tower of London and a little dark history

Anna's entry:

History seems to be everywhere. After visiting Buckingham Palace (the queen of England's residence) and Westminster Abbey (place where most of the kings and queens were crowned and buried), we took a long walk along the Thames river towards Tower Bridge and Tower of London. There was a dark past there. Tower of London served as a fortress, as a castle, and as a prison. There was also a place called Dead Man Hole - this is where they fished dead people that had been thrown off the bridge to the river for their sins. Museum of London was also an excellent introduction to London's background - it tells a colorful story about the Great Fire (when entire London was overtaken by the fire, that was burning for straight three days, and which destroyed everything), and the Black Death (great plague that killed over half of the population). We finished a day by visiting a stately St. Paul cathedral, which is known to be one of the architectural masterpieces.

posted by Rob and Anna @ 3:07 AM