Last Day in London

Well, yesterday was my last day in London. I met with Sisuile again and we went to the Tower of London.

First, I don't care what you think, London Bridge is Falling Down is not good theme music for visitors to this spot. There were a lot of people there, and it seemed like I could hear someone singing that song at some point the whole time I was there.

Second, the Tower of London is BIG. Way bigger than I had pictured in my head. It's a huge conglomeration of buildings that various kings have added on to.

Third, it's a heck of a place. Like Leeds, there's not much early period stuff, but since I didn't really expect any, I wasn't disappointed. There's a bunch of later period plate armor, but I was more interested in the historical guns and artillery. Dad, you would love seeing this stuff.

The Jewel House is also stupendous. I'm not a big fan of diamonds usually, but the size, quantity, and workmanship of the jewels there was amazing.

After that, I hurried home to make sure I was ready to go. Eddie, Mia, Ian, and a few others are headed to the Isle of Man today, so they came over last night. I got virtually no sleep, but I have now seen Shaun of the Dead. That's a pretty funny movie, and an SCA event waiting to happen.

Eddie brought me over to Heathrow at 3:30, it's now 5:30, and I'm blogging from the airport. I'm very excited about the dig (especially since my textbook showed up on Tuesday and I don't have to stress about that), but I'm not ready to leave England. There's too much left to see.