Tom and Jody Hit London

 OK, Last day in London.  I thought this was interesting.  A pickleball court with The Tower of London and the Tower Bridge in the background. Oh and the symbol of the City of London (the one square mile where the Roman City of Londiniom stood) is the dragon. This is the view from our hotel window. We had a free morning on Saturday and I had not had a chance to walk the Millennium Bridge.  Obviously, it was constructed in 2000, a foot bridge across the Thames, but when they first opened it, it wobbled as people walked.  So they spent a bunch of money and five more years reenforcing it.  The locals still call it the wobbly bridge. Oh, and that is the Tate Modern Museum in the background. The approach to the bridge offered an amzing view of the dome of St. Paul's And this pic is just for my cousin, what's her name. At 2:15, we left the hotel for our boat ride down to Greenwich If you look at the top righthand set of windows, you will see when Cher used to liv...

 Friday starts early with our bus going to Westminister Abbey.  As we waited to get in, (very busy that morning) we looked across the street at Methodist Central Hall.  A venue that hosts various types of events. Speakers there included Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. As we entered the Abbey, we passed under ten statues of 20th century martyrs, one of which was Martin Luther King, Jr..  These werre added at the time of the reconstruction after WW II damage. Third from the left. The next three pics are the Coronation Chair, The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior and A United States Congressional Medal of Honor.  The British also awarded their highest military honor to the American Unknown Soldiers. The HIgh Altar and Two promonent Stain Glass Windows Many famous people buried here including Isac Newton, Steven Halking, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin and George Frederic Handel  And, of course, Queen Elizabeth the First As we exit, ...