Tower of London, the Ritz, and Spamalot

On Monday I met Papa and Ann at their hotel at noon and we went down to the Tower Bridge and had lunch at a little restaurant. I had Shepherd's Pie, which was really good!

Then we went to the Tower of London and got a tour with one of the Beefeaters. He was really funny and told us a ton of interesting stories about the people who had lived and died there. It is really interesting because all of the Beefeaters who give tours actually live in the Tower of London, so it is still making history.

After the tour, since it didn't cover everything, we went to see the Royal Jewels. They were beautiful! We went on the Tower Walk and saw where different people had been imprisoned. We also saw several crowns that had had borrowed jewels in them that had been removed. They looked so sad. They didn't look at all like what they should have been. They were pitiful to see.

After the Tower of London, we went to high tea at the Ritz! That was a lot of fun! The food there was great and so was the tea! We had a bunch of different finger sandwiches as well as scones and pastries. Ann told me that the original reason for high tea was because back when women wore corsets, they were so prone to fainting (because they couldn't breathe) that they had to eat before the regular dinner around 8 pm, or 20:00 as they would most likely say here. The Ritz was very very fancy, of course, and they had live music.

After high tea, we went to se Spamalot. That was a lot of fun and very funny! It was the basic plot of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, only with more songs and with a few minor changes. It was really funny! We really enjoyed it.

After that, I got the stuff that Mama had sent me :-) and then said goodbye to Papa and Ann since they were leaving on Tuesday and I had class then.