Throwback: Out and About - Part I (London, Dec 2014)

All of us outside Romney Court, Shepherds Bush

Tower of London

The White Tower, Tower of London

A historic castle in Central London. Been here once long time ago. Remembered the Beefeaters, the knights' armour and canons. Also home to the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. 

Group photo, background:Middle Tower(l) and Byward Tower

sighh...another group photo. before moi gave them a brief history of the Tower of London 

A pair of cannon facing River Thames, maybe a 12pounder (weigh of the shot)

Madam and Fay

Cikya and Fay

The Tower Bridge

The Tower of London from the Tower Bridge

Eye of London

The giant Ferris Wheel on the bank of River Thames. We took a bus from the Tower Bridge. 32 capsules altogether and each weigh about 10 tonnes and holds up to 25 passengers each. 

Eye of London from the Westminster Bridge

View of the wheel from the bus

The Eye of London

Palace of Westminster and Big Ben

The Palace of Westminster houses the House of Commons and House of Lords, the two Houses of Parliament of UK. 

Palace of Westminster and The Clock Tower

The structure which is at the north end of the palace is famous all over the world. So much so, it command much presence than the parliament that it is attached to, and most tourist gets the name wrong. Which is actually none of the tourist's fault as even souvenirs depicting the tower is purposely named as Big Ben rather the Clock Tower. 

Ben

The Clock Tower or The Elizabeth Tower (renamed after QE2's Diamond Jubilee) and Big Ben refers to the great bell of the clock. 

The Clock Tower or Elizabeth Tower 

Westminster U/ground Station

Underground

The O2 Arena and Emirates Air Line

From the Westminster, went to Greenwich. Saw the O2 Arena and went for a ride on the cable car built under the sponsorship of the airline Emirates.

Emirates Air line

The O2 Arena. See the long line on the ground? It's the Prime Meridian (0 deg, GMT line)

Fay with the nanny from Iowa  

Ben with the other nanny

O2 Arena

London City Airport off in the horizon

At the park beside the air line

O2 Arena from the air line

Weather was gloomy the whole day. Heavy clouds and low temperature. Sporadic rain along the day but no snow as yet. Somehow I did missed the sun. Head back home by bus.

The children with the ever reliable nanny