Jour 60 London Day 3- Tower of London and DAVE!

And so begins my favorite day of all... A day I dedicate to my favorite man, King Henry VIII.

We started off our day meeting Susie and Ray J at the Tower of London. I was not about to leave London without doing this. It would have been tragic!

We took a tour with a Yeoman guard..supposedly the guards of the Tower from back in the olden days. He was quite the funny dude..except for the occasional threats to young children about being beheaded. He showed us the Queen's House where she occasionally stays. It was guarded by an unhappy guard with a sniper. No way was I going over there. Next, he showed us a view of the White Tower which was under reconstruction at the time, but he informed us that various King's used to live there. We then went into the Tower chapel where Anne Boleyn, Katherine Howard, and Jane Grey were buried. That was sick. I am a HUGE Anne fan and to be in the place where she was buried was awesome.

He showed us a green field where "somewhere" the Queens and Sir Thomas Moore were beheaded. After the tour was over, we headed straight for the Royal Jewels. Might I say, it was a sight to see. I had never seen so many diamonds, rubies, emeralds, gold, silver, sapphires, you name it on one thing! It had various crown's throughout history and even had the current Queen Elizabeth's Crown!

They also had bejeweled swords, lavish capes, and gilded silverware for the coronation banquet. I wish I could have taken pictures because it was so beautiful, but unfortunately since it was the most highly secured place in all of London, that just wasn't going to happen.

After the Royal Jewels, we went into the torture tower where we saw all the devices used to torture people. The scariest one was were you get in the fetal position and they snap this iron clip around your body! You eventually die from asphixiation. Yikes!

After our tour, we snapped some pictures in front of the Tower bridge and then took a cab to the Hilton Hotel where I experienced my first high tea ceremony! I felt so English. The theme was "Confessions of a Chocoholic" and I don't think i have ever consumed so much chocolate in one sitting. We started off with champagne, then finger sandwiches served with tea. Thia was funny because we all were trading our sandwiches or should I say acting like three year olds and bartering with each other. Very classy of us. Then, they brought out two three-tiered trays full of hand-crafted scones, muffins, and chocolates. I mean, I felt disgusted with myself. It was so pretty, I just ate soo much! And the funny thing was, we finished everything long before anyone else had; and other parties had been sitting in the restaurant way longer than we had... fat asses!

After tea and barely being able to move, Libby and I headed home because it was time to get ready for the big show... DAVE MATTHEWS BAND!

We became walking bartenders and drank along the way to the concert. We got there an hour late due to the subway being closed (that sucked), but once we got there, we pushed our way straight to the front! I was determined to get as close as possible to Dave, and we succeeded! It was such a good time. It was definitely worth the 50 pounds dropped for a ticket!

After, we went home because we were exhausted again. This has been such an exhausting trip! One more day to go!