By the time we realized our booked one-day tour was "today" at 8am, it was 7:55am already. Incredibly, we managed to get on the bus at 8am. Because of the "shock", we were both quite awake and you could tell from Chinchih's photo she's looking much better today.
Our tour guide was a retired teacher, full of character. The most interesting part of the tour was not the history of England but the gossips of the royal families (to some they are the same). Since we were visiting London Tower, I would say it's quite appropriate.
Photo 1, first look at the tower
Photo 2, where the king used to keep lions (lion is the symbol of England)
Photo 3, Chinchih and the tower bridge
Photo 4, Our Yeoman Warder
Photo 5, The white tower (cleaned up for 2012 Olympic)
Photo 6, Traitor's Gate (if you had watched the movie "Elizabeth", it's where Elizabeth entered the tower when she was imprisoned by Queen Mary.)
Photo 7, Bloody Gate (the bodies (or skeletons?) of the two princes were found, probably murdered by their uncle Richard III)
Photo 8, Where crown jewels are displayed
Photo 9, Where Ann Boleyn was imprisoned
Photo 10, the oldest English chapel (1000 years), inside the tower
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