Famous Double Decker Buses and to the right you can see the construction beginning for the 2012 Olympics. This picture was taken back in June when I first arrived in London.

Today was a gorgeous day in London, so decided it would be an excellent day to head towards downtown London.  Decided to stop at the local Burger King in Statford to have a quick bite.  Here they will have the 2012 Olympics.

Original plan was to head to a museum and then to the Saint James Park, but while sitting on the subway decided that going to the Tower of London would be a heck of a lot more fun.

While traveling to the Tower of London, I learned that the Underground subway runs on a color code system, and that it is very helpful to know this when traveling around London.  For the first time ever I transfered from the Central line which is red, and got on the District line which is green.  Ah, love to learn new things each day.

I was in a state of awe today, more than normal as I was sitting on the subway. I looked around at all the different cultures, heard many different languages being spread amongst the train car I was sitting in. Sometimes, I think it is really good that I don’t understand them, because for all I know they could be saying “Man, that girl’s bright green shoelaces do not match her outfit.”

All kidding aside, I feel pretty connected to people. Although, I am learning the hard way to not make eye contact and smile at everyone. Not everyone takes it as a minor friendly gesture. Today, a gentleman made goo goo eyes back at me. You know how in the cartoons when their eyebrows go up and down dramatically… yeah, you get the point. It didn’t feel menacing or threating, but it did put a snicker on my face, as that clearly was not my intention.

As I sat in the subway looking around at all the different cultures and their outfits, I can’t help but ponder certain questions. If you know the answers to these, please feel free to share with me as these are questions that I sincerely want to know the answers to. For example, today I saw a woman wearing a full berka over her face with a baby stroller sitting to the side, and I wondered “Did she have to wear that during childbirth? Or is it only in public that she is required to wear it?”

Another thing I am amazed at as I see women get onto the subway is the extremely high heel shoes some women here in London wear. I mean, I am impressed. I’m wobbly in tennis shoes, and these women are walking gracefully with what seems to be heels that go on forever.

After my many silent ponders, I finally arrive to my destination of The Tower of London. I was excited to go in, as so many other intuitives had said that they felt immense amount of energy swirling around. It is said to be haunted.  I wanted to experience all this in person.  I paid my 17 pounds and entered into the Tower.  It was pretty amazing.  I have to admit, back in school I absolutely loathed history.  I hated listening to the teachers go on and on about it.  What fun is it to hear about from books?  But, when you are physically on the property, touching the very stone castle walls, and seeing the actual fighting weapons it puts a whole new spin on things.  I love learning new things about history now.  I almost can’t get enough in.  I find myself wide eyed and soaking in all the history.

To celebrate the 500 year anniversary of the reign of Henry the VIII they had a special section featuring all his life.  I have to admit I didn’t know much about this man in this lifetime, but I couldn’t help but find myself thinking what an ass he was.  I don’t know why, but I found myself not liking him at all.  As I looked at his memorabilia I found myself going “this guy was a cocky son of a bleep.  In fact, I REALLY don’t like him.”  Of course knowing that he had 6 previous wives, 2 of which he had beheaded didn’t help his likability in my eyes either.  Sorry, Henry…you’re just not my favorite person from history.  Although, you do rank higher than Adolf Hitler, but that’s not saying much.

While, walking inside the other rooms I did find myself feeling a lot of energy.  I found myself getting angry in a couple of the towers which were used to hold prisoners.  Also, in one room where they hold the actual crowns I found myself wanting to get the heck out of there as fast as I could.  The energy was heavy, intense, and I don’t know if that was the “protective energy” over the actual jewels I felt or the actual crowds in the room.  Probably a little bit of both, but that was the end of the tour for me.  I was ready to head on out.

On a final note, you’re weren’t allowed to take photographs of the inside of the Tower of London.  However, I did manage to get some shots of the outer towers and the famous tower bridge.  Enjoy!  For those of you who have visited the Tower of London prior, did you feel anything?  Let me know, as I love to hear other people’s experiences.

A view of the Tower of London

Another view of the Tower of London

Another view of the Tower of London

The famous Tower of London bridge