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It looked a bit different when John, Paul, George, and Ringo walked across. |
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This is sacred ground to many people. |
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Westminster Abbey from across the street. |
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The front of Westminster Abbey |
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This was once the main entry. Winston Churchill is buried just inside this doorway. |
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These are over the main doorway. That's Martin Luther King in the middle. |
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This is the east side of the Abbey. |
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Anne gives the size of the Abbey some perspective. |
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You are no longer allowed to take pictures inside the Abbey, so these were difficult to get. |
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Isaac Newton is buried in this altar. |
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One of the side chapels has this ceiling |
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The inside of this rose window is much more impressive. |
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This doorway is on the east side of the Abbey just below the rose window. |
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Prince Charles will someday sit on this throne. |
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These were difficult to take, so understand that they may be out of focus. |
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A closer look at the rose window. |
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Westminster Abbey looking toward the Houses of Parliament |
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The main gate into Buckingham |
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This is the mayor of London's office |
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This is where people were beheaded |
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People in London call this the "Erotic Gerkin" |
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A shopping area about a block from Harrod's |
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This is made of food, primarily fish, items. |
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We took this plane from London to Dublin. |
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Anne, John, Rick enter Dublin |
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One of the great pubs in Dublin |
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Where Paul and Lorkin taught us a lot about Ireland. |
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We went to church at St Stephen's. This is the altar in the church. |
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Not a great place to eat, but there are memories attached. |
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Dublin has good a shopping/eating area called Temple Bar. This is a part of it. |
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This wasn't even the smallest car we saw! |
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Not everything in Dublin can be explained! Why would someone knit a sweater to put on a cow statue? |
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Back to London. St Paul's was closed for some construction. This was as close as we got to inside. |
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This is the moat around the Tower of London |
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The guides in the Tower are Beefeaters. This was ours. |
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This is the chapel in the Tower of London |
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Here is where the ravens are raised and kept. |
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Walking through the main gate. |
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View walking into the Tower itself |
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Women could not be beheaded in public, so Henry VIII beheaded them in the Tower. |
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Here are the women who lost their heads |
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These are the horses of each English king. |
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Our hotel room for a great trip. |
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