London in October 2010, Part 3: The Tower of London, London Bridge City, Soho, and Notting Hill

Monday, November 29th, 2010

For our final day in London, we visited my favorite part of all: the Tower of London. I seriously had no idea before this trip that the tower is actually a large fort. I really thought it was simply a tower, or maybe a pair of towers, where prisoners were held. Nope; it was much, [...]

London in October 2010, Part 1: Whitechapel/Angel, Westminster, Covent Garden

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

As most of you know, Ben and I headed to London for vacation last month. It was fabulous! Okay, for me, it was fabulous. For Ben, who is not as interested in Western history and sights, it was a good city that would be greatly improved with better beer. Since I’m the one blogging, though, [...]