On January 6
th (Armenian Christmas and My Mom's Birthday!!!) we were very busy! We started our day at the Tower of London. This is the execution site of many famous
Britons as well as the home of the Crown Jewels.
The tower looks over a bridge... I took this picture to prove that the sun does make appearances in Great Britain... however brief and
infrequent!
It was so cold that day that our extremities truly hurt. Every step was pins and needles as our feet slowly went numb. As we entered White Tower we found a little gem... a warm radiator without any workers by it!! As you can see, we did our best to absorb it's heat every way we could!
This chapel was built in the Norman style. I found its simplicity beautiful (as we've been traveling to and touring much more grand monuments to God).
This beautiful piece of stained glass was hanging over one of the windows in the chapel. I love the way the light it hitting it!
Because it was so cold, not many tourists were out... This meant that we could view the Crown Jewels at our leisure. We spent about 30 minutes going back and forth on the conveyor belt that usually moves masses of people around the jewels. This picture is provided to you by a very sneaky Mrs. Osborne, as pictures of the jewels are strictly prohibited.
After the tower, my mom and I spent some time back at our flat thawing out. Then it was back out to brave the cold on our way to Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valley and the Four Seasons.
It was so cold that day that our extremities truly hurt. Every step was pins and needles as our feet slowly went numb. As we entered White Tower we found a little gem... a warm radiator without any workers by it!! As you can see, we did our best to absorb it's heat every way we could!
This chapel was built in the Norman style. I found its simplicity beautiful (as we've been traveling to and touring much more grand monuments to God).
This beautiful piece of stained glass was hanging over one of the windows in the chapel. I love the way the light it hitting it!
After the tower, my mom and I spent some time back at our flat thawing out. Then it was back out to brave the cold on our way to Jersey Boys, the story of Frankie Valley and the Four Seasons.
The musical was brilliant! Full of fabulous songs that you can't help but bop along to. In fact, we were in such a good mood at intermission that we splurged and got a mini carton of ice cream!
We were on such a high after the show it seemed that there could be no improving on this Birthday... then we got home and my amazing husband/award winning son-in-law had Birthday Cake waiting! Well done BO!
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