London Bridge is Falling Down, Falling Down, Falling Down

Look! Two days in a row! I'm actually awake tonight because I got a good amount of sleep last night and had a wonderful nap this afternoon. 

This morning we went to the Tower of London. For some reason I was under the impression that it would take like an hour, probably because I didn't realize it was in a FORT! Or close enough to a fort. Ah, American ignorance - it always keeps things interesting.

See, it's huge!

Always make sure that, when involved in a battle involving crossbows, you are dressed appropriately. Otherwise you may end up looking like this guy:

I don't know if you can see, but there are lot of very modern buildings outside of this window. It was sort of bizarre to be in a building that was hundreds of years old and look across the river at shining steel and glass structures.

And this is me being sad because I'm locked in a tower and don't have a chisel or nail to carve my name and depressing thoughts into the stone around me.

Also, I decided that if I'm ever royalty and need to be put in prison, I want to be in a English tower. One of the kings of Scotland was imprisoned at the Tower of London. He was only allowed to venture within a TWENTY-ONE MILE RADIUS of the tower! WHAT?!? And could go on hunting excursions as long as he left a couple of his favorite people behind as collateral. How is that even imprisonment?

After lunch, we went to the London Bridge experience, which included a little bit of history (we can probably blame the Vikings for the London Bridge is falling down song) and a lot of creepy. It was pretty much a haunted maze underground. I got hit in the eye by a fake severed arm dangling from the ceiling. I never really thought I would ever have to worry about that. See all the new things I'm experiencing during my travels?

I also found some perspective underneath that bridge. If I'm having a bad day, all I have to remember is it could be worse. I could be disemboweled while still alive and then have someone smacking me in the face with my own intestines. That would be a bad day indeed.