A Towerful Tuesday
By Tuesday we figured we'd be out of jet lag enough that we could see the Tower of London, so we marched down there first thing in the morning. It was cool and overcast and we were grateful. We walked right up to the jewel house first and saw the crown jewels first off. They were pretty spectacular. There were lots of Disneyland-style lines with ropes and movies playing, but they weren't necessary because we walked right up to the good stuff. The choicest pieces (the crowns) are set up now with moving walkways on both sides of them to keep people from crowding those and never moving. Rob thinks it's precisely what you need at church buffets -- grab that iceberg salad and that roll as you slide by or it's gone! We went down the backs of the crowns, then we stood up higher to walk at our own pace, and then slid by the fronts one last time, oohing and aahing at some of the world's largest diamonds. Aside from the crowns the family favorite was a punch bowl the size of