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Richard Thompson at Green NoteSAVE IN ADVANCE!!!
The Tower of London is so very cool. It is so incredibly rich in history that you can say entertained for most of the afternoon. Plus, in combination with the statistics of who all died there and how much royalty graced its walls, if for nothing else - it's just plain cool!
Take a guided tour. The yeoman warders add alot of spice to the tour and it doesn't last but maybe 45 mins. Most of the grounds are open for self guiding.
You can see: The crown jewels, the ravens that guard the grounds superstitiously, artifacts galore, and much much more!
Also - IF YOU ARE INTO THEATRE...you must check out SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE....I am a theatre major myself - so this was amazing for me. They have restored it to what they believe it was like in its original day. And even for a modern theatre its impecable. Stand on the floor like a groundling for a real show! I took a double-decker bus tour through the city. Although I was jet-lagged and kept nodding off, it was incredibly relaxig and took you through most all of London. It was nice b/c I didn't have to mess with actually going to all of those places by foot. I saw what I needed to see and that was that. The weather was magnificent (mid september) and it was all in all just absolutely lovely. This particular tour cost about 16 pounds, and included a river boat tour of the Thames - but I never made it.
Definitely let someone else drive you around and tell you everything you need to know. But by all means - experience some local culture as well.
