A/B/O bought our octet tickets to the SuperBloom and entrances to the Tower of London for today, so at 10am, we showed up at the tower, ready for action. The SuperBloom is a huge amount of flowers planted in what used to be the Tower's moat, and we started our visit by circling the tower, in the moat (which was devoid of shade on this scorching day), marveling at the flowers and the busy bees:
Our own busy bee decided to record her memories by sketching some of the flowers!
After the SuperBloom, we walked along the Thames and then spent a few hours inside the Tower. It's as described - a tower, in the center of London, full of historical artifacts. Castles, weapons, chapels, armor, ravens, dungeons, and ice cream! We saw perhaps a third of it before we called it a day, grabbed ice cream for the girls, and hopped a water shuttle to London Eye.
We had hoped to pick up tickets to the Eye, but by the time we got there, we had run out of time. So, we headed for home! Me on foot, and the rest of the octet on the Tube. My overland walk took me past Big Ben, Parliament, Scotland Yard, Parliament Square, and Westminster Abbey:
Once home, we cleaned up (this was definitely a two-shower day) and headed to proper pub for a proper dinner. Dinner was swell (A & I particularly enjoyed their G&T's), and we all returned tired to the house to get the girls ready for bed. After they were zonked (which took a record short time), C and I headed to the corner pub for a pint and a chat. This was my favorite beer of the evening (for taste, brewer's name, and graphic design reasons):
Tomorrow is an early morning for an early adventure!
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