Good Morning London. Big day ahead, big breakfast. This morning we are headed to the historic Tower.
Walking along the Thames to Tower Hill, you pass by London Bridge, made infamous by the children’s nursery rhyme, London Bridge Is Falling Down. The currant bridge has been around since 1973, but some version of it has been at this spot for 2,000ish years. It was so dazzling, we completely walked past it, not even noticing it.
It looked much grander (and cooler) back in the day with houses built on it.
The pretty, more eye catching bridge is Tower Bridge. It doesn’t have the name recognition or the longevity that London Bridge has, but it is the one you think of and see when you google London. 
The Victorian Tower Bridge was opened for use in 1894 and it is painted some interesting shades of blue and gray.
The view from Tower Bridge looking North at the Tower. 
The view looking South, featuring the HMS Belfast and the Shard. 
The Tower Hill Memorial, memorializing civilian sailors and fishermen with unknown resting places from the first and second World Wars. Red poppies have been used since WW1 to honor fallen servicemen.
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