Me on top of St. Paul's Cathedral
London Eye in the background and the River Thames.
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London's Financial Center from St. Pauls
The area immediately below was completely devistated from the Blitz of London...
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Looking down the front of St. Paul's
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More on top of St. Paul's Cathedral
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Looking down the front of St. Paul's
530 steps to the top... well worth it.
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View from the dome base of St. Paul's
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Half way up St. Paul's
Tower Bridge in the center/ in the distance.
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Half way up St. Paul's
London's financial district
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Buckingham Palace
This is on a Sunday where they close The Mall to traffic. In front of...
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Tower Bridge
An icon of London, ironically I did not see it in 1999 when I was first in...
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Close up: Front of Buckingham Palace
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Traitor's Gate at the Tower of London
Another checkmark, the Tower of London. This is the gate where many of the...
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My man Jake
Jacob White... An amazing guy. Travelled to 3 different countries with him....
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Downing Street
Home of the Prime Minister of Great Britain. As you can see it has the huge...
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The Greatest British Hero of WWII
General Bernard Montgomery... "Monty"
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The Admiralty Arch
At the mouth of The Mall, demostrating the true improtance of naval power in...
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William Pitt the Younger
Prime Minister of Great Britain. The great city of Pittsburgh takes his name.
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Another view of Buckingham Palace
From a speeding London Taxi headed to Waterloo station!
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Monument to the Battle of the Somme
Memorial to the worst battle of WWI, Over 1 million men lost in a matter of 5...
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The Duke of Wellington Monument
You would think that Britain's 2nd foremost hero, next to Nelson (of...
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Royal Albert Hall
Britain's most famous concert hall.
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Side Entrance of Westminister Abbey
A great example of Gothic architecture.
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The London Eye
The World's Largest Ferris Wheel
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Our Chariot on the London Eye
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Jake, Sarah, April, and Me
Virginia, Texas, and New York by way of Oxford England led to this great group!
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The Capsule on Top of Us
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The Capsule Below Us
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Westminister Palace
About half way up... already taller then Big Ben
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Big Ben not lookin so Big
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At the Apex of the Eye
Now you can see Parlament, Westminister Abbey, Hyde Park, Stadiums all over...
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London to the North
You can see how small the buses look on the bridge below to see how high we are.
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London to the Northwest: top of the Eye
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Waterloo Station in the bottom Center
St Pauls above it and London's financial district to the right.
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My First London Hotel Room, LUXURY!!!
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Yeah my one hotel...
was acrosse from New Scotland Yard. Always good to have police with automatic...
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Front of the Imperial War Museum, London
Perhaps my favorite museum in the world.
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Shell for the Schwerer Gustav Gun.
Shell from the largest gun ever fired in combat the WWII German...
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Back view of a P-51 Mustang
The "Cadallac of the Sky", American World War II plane. On the floor...
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Heinkel He 162
Second German Jet Fighter of World War II and fastest jet fighter of...
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Front View of the Cadalliac of the Sky
P-51 Mustang
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British Spitfire
The plane that won the Battle of Britain for the British.
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I know... I know...
Hard to see but this is the actual motorcycle that T.E. Lawrence,...
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Bronze Nazi Eagle from the Chancellory
This bronze statue was mounted to the building Hitler lived in during...
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General Montgomery's tank
British WWII hero Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery's tank used in North...
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The V-1 and V-2 Rockets
German launched WWII rockets. The V-1 is in the background the V-2 the large...
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Westminister Palace across the Thames
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St. Paul's and The City District
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The British Museum
The ceiling was a gift from the Queen in 2000
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The Parthenon Room in the British Museum
A perfect example of how much of the British Museum feels like it is stolen...
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Bust of Pericles in the British Museum
Yes... another stolen object like the Rosetta Stone and other objects
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View of the Ceiling from the Ground Floo
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Reading Room in the British Museum
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Reading Room in the British Museum
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Reading Room Roof in the British Museum
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St. Paul's at 9 AM... A lot of sun!
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Look at the reflection...
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Victoria Tower of Westminster Palace...
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and Big Ben...
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The London Eye from across the Thames
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Big Ben, still keeping great time
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Good Morning Big Ben
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Statue of Richard the Lionhearted
Outside the Houses of Parlament
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Westminister Abbey
At 7 in the Morning...
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Harrods
The World's Largest Store... hmmmm dunno Macy's in NYC is pretty big...
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Chelsea Football Club
Another famous sporting ground, Stamford Bridge, knocked out.
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Me in front of the National Gallery
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Jake in front of the National Gallery
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Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square
The Greatest British Hero in the Center of London
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The Admiralty Arch
Comin at cha!
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