London, of course, has the famous Big Ben clock tower.
The top of St. Paul's Cathedral.
Tower Bridge, which is right next to the Tower of London.
It is said that the Tower of London will stand as long as the ravens inhabit it. They have eight birds, five regulars and three backups just in case.
The building where the crown jewels are kept. Unfortunately, they do not permit photographs of the jewels, which are quite amazing. They even have a moving sidewalk past most of the crowns so that you cannot linger long enough to make a crowd bunch up, or steal them, or whatnot.
I am only posting a few shots of the inside of Westminster Abbey, in the garden area: A fountain, A wall grown over with vines.
The word henge actually means something like circle (I cannot remember and my dictionary does not have the word). So Stonehenge is a circle made out of stones. Basically, some people several thousand years ago took the trouble to bring massive rocks to one site, put notches and pegs in them so that they could attach to each other, and arranged these several-ton rocks in a circle shape. The inner circle of smaller rocks actually came from Wales, several hundred kilometers away, while the larger outer rocks came from near the site of Stonehenge. Around the rocks are many barrows, which are basically big piles of dirt on top of an important dead person -- perhaps priests or clan leaders. It is not known why Stonehenge was made, although most serious speculation revolves around some sort of astronomical calendar. At certain times of the year one can line up the sun with specific stones, so that seems to be the best guess. The only problem is that there are other places like this (although not on the same scale, I don't think) around the U.K. that don't seem to be placed correctly to serve as calendars.
While there I took some fun photos: Blurred and focused! Also, my bro took a picture of me in front of Stonehenge.
Some shots of the main keep of Windsor Castle, called the Round Tower: Through the trees, Steep vine-covered wall.
Several shots of the castle in general: From the street below, Towards the main entrance, A trellis, A wall with a window, from inside the garden, The trellis and a gate from inside the gardens, The aforementioned gate, Looking out from the gardens over the land, A door in the courtyard, an old building next to the chapel, A clock tower from outside the castle.
A small waterfall in the gardens contained in the now dry moat around the Round Tower. I also tried to take a picture of the bottom of the water by the waterfall.
The King Henry VII Gate.
Some flowers in the gardens.
A small pond in the gardens.
I found a great overview drawing in an old National Geographic magazine.
The gardens are only open on a handful of days each year, so those pictures from the gardens should be somewhat unique.
