on the second day we entered the tower to learn of ghosts, traitors, ravens, guard changes, crown jewels and tower beasts. i think we spent almost 4 hours in here, and i think we haven't seen everything yet. ( there was the fusilier museum we didn't went in and also the tower's chapel st. peter and st. vincula. and there was a café, too! but unfortunately this wasn't a trip of culinary findings, we didn't eat a lot because of business with wanting to soak in london. )
after our visit to the tower we made our way up to marylebone street & baker street - madame tussaud's & the sherlock holmes museum were awaiting us! it was a blast. i still regret not getting anything from the sherlock holmes museum shop. i need to revisit the next time i make my way to london. madame tussaud's was great as well, i loved the history of england ride the most! there were so much details and i'm sure i missed mosts of them. also the chamber of horror was quite good ( i don't really am scared that easily, but other people screamed their hearts out. so it must be a good horror chamber - i rather liked to talk with the joker-like creatures that run around to scare away the people - j. had to drag me out. )
all in all this second day was quite a blast :)
we used the early hours for a little photo shoot by the tower bridge :)
sunny tower.
tower lions.
above traitor's gate.
the white tower.
the monarchy must fall when the ravens abandon the tower. that's why they get their wings clipped so that this will never happen.
tower houses.
changing guards. quite a highlight.
angry tower ape.
more of them. there was a zoo in the tower once upon time, they shut it down because the beasts were attacking the visitors.
crown jewels building and fusilier museum. i was a bit sad because the crown jewel collection was rebuilt and just looked so different of what i had in my memory. talk about getting your informations from sherlock movies, haha.
quite a huge book. i love j.'s expression in the reflection.
little dragon on a child's armour helmet.
golden crown of the white tower.
playing ghosts.
tower bear.
i salute you.
striked sails at st. katherine docks.
i don't know if i liked or hated driving with the tube. i guess both. with all the different stations ( my favourite being the baker street station - it was so ancient and beautiful! ) & observing people it is quite enjoyable, but then there are times when everything's so full of people you can't even move yourself anymore and that's when my hate came in. driving the tube at the weekend isn't so joyful. they work on the train tracks at the weekends which literally blocks up the passenger's flow in a huge amount.
look who's greeting you at baker street station! the world's most famous detective.
in madame tussaud's. a setting for alfred hitchcock's wax figure.
chancellor angela merkel looking far prettier than she really is, haha.
hands of power.
distortional self portraits.
j.'s faces crack me up everytime.
hello 221b baker street!
bowler magnifier, travelling hat & pipe!
sherlock's reading materials.
a possible picture of sherlock holmes?
could mrs. hudson have looked like this?
dr. watson's room.
his antiquities & books.
professor james moriarty.
bad picture of the hound.
miss irene adler.
opening coffins.
examining a crime scene.
the master's bed :D
the living room.
his beautiful violin.
right next to the museum is the regent's park! it was getting dark soon, so we didn't explore it that much, there were no lights around and there were some warnings of rapes taped everywhere.
houses near regent's park.
madame tussaud's in evening light.
last baker street station picture.
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