London Elizabeth

Starting in London and heading overland through the Sahara

Ciao, I just graduated from College and I'm about to take off, or perhaps when your reading this I've already begun, a 50 day backpacking trip through Europe. Everyone has been telling me that this is going to be the trip of a lifetime, that I'll never ...

... , Leamington Spa, Kenilworth and Coventry.  Lavinia was at Victoria Coach Station to meet us and walked us to our accommodation at Elizabeth House on Warwick Way.   She was living at Eccles Square just 30 secs. away.  Our room wasn't ...

... once described as "as interesting as looking at someone else's yearbook." Well I disagreed! THE portraits of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Anne Boleyn, Katherine of Aragon, William Shakespeare. I was seriously in heaven! Evan got a little restless but let me ...

... Next we visited the Tower of London.  It served as a prison and held such famous prisoners as Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh.  The Tower of London is the oldest building used by the government.  The tower served as a prison, fortress ...

... Next we visited the Tower of London.  It served as a prison and held such famous prisoners as Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh.  The Tower of London is the oldest building used by the government.  The tower served as a prison, fortress ...

... for a circular area.  Picadilly was named for the fancy ruffled shirts that became famous in the time of Queen Elizabeth.  They were called picadils, and they were made in this particular neighborhood.  After taking additional pictures, I ...

... for directions and she laughed at us, "You are heading in the completley wrong bloody direction." It was pretty funny. Overall London was a great place to start our trip. The whole everyone speaking Englis thing helped. There is one thing I think of ...

... about trying to rush to a theatre after the fair Saturday night, but instead Valerie and I opted to find a pub near the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre and head to bed early. I wanted to actually spend some time is my super expensive hotel room. We ...

... street in front of the Tower was blocked off.  Turns out, yesterday was the 58th anniversary of the coronation of the current Queen Elizabeth II - so they set off the cannons a bunch of times in front of the tower.  Pretty neat! We had some ...

... where most of the monarchs have been coronated.The abbey is home to the crypts/ tombs of many of the monarchs including Elizabeth 1 and Mary, Queen of Scots. The high vaulted ceilings and the magnificent stained glass windows were beautiful but paled in ...

... royal palace, and a prison (particularly for high status and royal prisoners, such as the Princes in the Tower and the future Queen Elizabeth I). This last use has led to the phrase "sent to the Tower" (meaning "imprisoned"). It has also served as a place ...

... that I should feel so gleeful when handling ancient weaponry. At 1p.m there was a 62-gun salute to mark the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. I left after about 15 shots. You've seen one cannon fire, you've seen them all. Going back to the ...

... absolutely breathtaking. We went on a self-guided tour seeing the many tombs of famous people such as Edward I, Henry III, Elizabeth I, Mary I, Henry VII, and Mary Queen of Scots. There also were tombs of Charles Dickens, Winston Churchill, Sir Isaac ...

... , which displays historical artifacts of the abbey including imposter crowns and royal garments that are used for coronation ceremony rehearsals. Elizabeth II has been queen since 1953, so none of these items have been used in nearly six decades! Mike ...

... it is wonderful. One of my favorite things to see were all of the tombs of many royals and famous people. Among them are Elizabeth I and Mary I, who are buried together one on top of the other, which is very interesting because Mary I came very close to ...

... unknown Mary I, 1516 - 1558 Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon Painted by Master John, 1544 Queen Elizabeth I  (Coronation Portrait) Artist unknown, 1600 Queen Elizabeth I (Ditchely Portrait) Painted by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, c. ...