The Tower of London

As we only had three days in London, thank you little sis for putting us up yet again, the girls got to choose one thing each they'd like to do. Miss T. chose the Tower and all its treasures which the kind grandparents treated us to, along with a personal guided tour from one of the country's top experts on arms and armour. While the guide refuelled on tea, the girls and I took a butchers at the crown jewels. As there were very few people there, we went round twice, before a guard took pity on us and let the girls try on the last item on show, the crown of India. It suited them both perfectly, but we were travelling with handluggage only and it looked rather heavy.

Another kind guard allowed us and our guides to escape from the White Tower by way of a secret passage, a lift and a heavily studded door.

Our visit to the Tower was a great pleasure that the girls and I will remember for a long time to come, thank you Granny and Pa!