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Westminster Abbey

If you haven’t been inside Westminster Abbey you should add it to your list of things to do.  We couldn’t take pictures inside so, sadly, all you get to see is the outside.  The audio tour inside is very good, though, and you could easily spend four or five hours looking at all the graves […]

That Big Ol’ Clocktower

Did you know that the clocktower shown below is actually called Victoria Tower?  Or that every act of Parliament since 1XXX has been stored inside?  We sure didn’t.  Now we know, and so do you. The bell inside is actually “Big Ben,” but the tower seems to have superceded the bell in importance.  The Parliament […]