Tuesday, February 03, 2009

London, England

These pictures are from my trip with Uncle Denny and Cousin Chris to London. We stayed in the five-star Marriott Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel in London's West End. Uncle Denny is a VIP so we got an awesome room and free drinks and food whenever we wanted. An amazing hotel after staying in Romania's two-star hotels.Palace of Westminster- The House of Parliament is where the House of Lords and House of Commons meet. The Palace also includes Big Ben and the Victoria Tower. The palace contains around 1,100 rooms, 100 staircases and 3 miles of corridors.In 1834, most of the Palace was destroyed by a fire and rebuilt. During World War II, the Palace was hit 14 times by bombs.
Big Ben- The Clock Tower- is the world's largest four-sided chiming clock and the third largest, free standing clock tower and is 150 years old.
Victoria Tower- This is where the Monarch enters the Palace.
London Eye- is 443 feet and the biggest Ferris wheel in Europe
Thames River
Event Horizon, a large scale public sculpture project by the English artist Anthony Gormley, produced in 2007. It consisted of 31 life size male bodies, 27 constructed of fiberglass and four of cast iron. The statues were removed after the project.
HospitalWho wants to go to the Bung Hole?
Picking on Chris
Westminster Abbey is the church of the House of Commons. It is the burial site for Monarchs. Parliament Square. This Abe Lincoln statue from 1920 is a full sized replica of one in Chicago's Lincoln park.
Buckingham Palace- the official home of the British Monarch. The Victoria Memorial statue was created in 1911 and erected in front of the main gates at Buckingham Palace.
This is the play that Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliff plays in nakedTons of Theaters

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