We did quite a lot while in London, most places you had to reserve tickets for entrance at specific times. (Big Ben shown above)
Above is the House of Parliament which is made up of the House of Commons, Big Ben, Westminster Hall and the House of Lords. You were only allowed to take photos in the first two rooms. We went into the House of Commons room and there was a beautiful, huge wooden desk in front of the Speakers chair that was a gift from Canada. Pretty cool, we thought so anyways! But we couldn’t take a photo. We were about two hours on a self guided tour with audio headphones.
Beautiful buildings 
Entrance going inside and then up the stairs and to the right 
Big hallway
Westminster Abbey was our next stop this day. It was very busy but pretty amazing. Again, we had to have reserved tickets and there was a big lineup to go through security. It was a huge church with lots of different rooms and over 3,300 notable people are buried here, including 17 monarchs, poets, scientists, and historical figures. Some names are Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, Charles Dickens, Sir Isaac Newton, Stephen Hawking, Unknown Warrior, Henry III, Edward I, Edward III, Robert Burns, Henry VII, Rudyard Kipling and way too many more to list here ! We also saw the oldest room in the Abby called The Pyx Chamber situated off the East Cloister, underneath the monks dormitory and built in about 1070. The tiled floor and some other tiles are still from the 11th century. (last photo below)
Outside 
Inside 
There were so many people 
Lady Chapel 
Unknown Warrior in the Nave 
Tomb 
Tomb 
Pyx Chamber
St Margaret’s Church was really beautiful. It’s part of Westminster Abbey.
St Margaret’s 
Another chapel we went to, not as famous as Westminster, was St Paul’s Cathedral.
Outside view 
Inside 
Well we certainly have kept busy and still more to come. I’m hoping I can fit the rest of London into one more post before we move on!
See you next time….
Trums Travels 
Wow, absolutely beautiful! The architecture of the buildings and the sculptures and more are so amazing. Amazing people! Thank you for sharing this, guys, Maybe I will see it someday. 🏴🇬🇧 ❤️
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These buildings are just magnificent – the architecture and inside, so elaborate and just beautiful. I didn’t know so many famous people were buried there, including Stephen Hawking and I actually Googled to see where Queen Elizabeth was buried as I had forgotten. I had also forgotten she was laid to rest with the Queen Mum and her sister (and of course Prince Phillip). Lots of history for you to see. The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior was something too – very elaborate, as were some of the tombs and statues on them. A UK blogger used to always post the trailing poppies at the Tower of London – I’m thinking it was for Armistice Day.
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