Today we went to the Tower of London. It is a palace, fortress and jail all in one. The building was started by William The Conqueror, the first king of England, who made the bit in the middle called the White Tower. Kings and queens kept adding to it until it was what it is today. Although it is called the Tower of London, it is not very tall. We found out that it was a menagerie, which is like a zoo. It is not any more, but there were lions, a polar bear and monkeys amongst many others. We then saw the crown jewels. They were very sparkly with all the diamonds, and other gems in it. In the Crown Jewels, there are lots of cool items, like crowns, swords and scepters. The weirdest thing I found was a spoon. It was used to apply Holy Oil to the monarch at their coronation. You might remember watching King Charles's coronation. If you remember that he went behind some curtains and got undressed. Then the priest would have sprinkled him with Holy oil before he got dressed.
We then saw torture machines. There was the thing were you were tied and stretched, which was called the rack, and there were lots of other stuff.
And we saw a lot of ravens. There is a legend that if the ravens ever leave the Tower of London, the kingdom will fall. At the gift shop I bought a tea towel that had all the kings and queens on it in order from William the Conqueror to King Charles the 3rd. I bought it because I like a song called the Monarch Song from Horrible Histories. You can watch the video at the next URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSvKc-8frp8
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We then went to Pizza Express and I had a spaghetti bolognaise.
We are now in our hotel room.
Tomorrow we take a train to Leicester, see you then!
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Matkaaja Yikes!!! I'd have a difficult time walking on that .
Christie Mitchell I just tried not to think of it - and figured it had been there a long time with no problems.
Matkaaja That's really cool. I'm surprised they only lost 10 people.
Christie Mitchell Exactly