Tower of London

Hey, Laura here. A few days ago we went to the Tower of London with my aunts and cousin, who have now left. It was very interesting and gruesome.

I had hoped that they would still have the heads of people mounted on the spikes, but I guess the people thought that it wouldn't be very good decor.

The Tower is the most visited attraction in London. Apparently a lot of people like death as a host.

Traitor's gate is a gate (duh) that led into the River Thames. The soldiers would row the prisoners into the Tower of London via the gate.

Here I am, waiting for the executioner to come and...well, you know. As the red queen in Alice in Wonderland said, "Off with her head!"

This was a really cool model of the Tower of London that was in one of towers we got to tour.

This is the story of two princes who were brought to the tower and never came back. We actually got to go in the tower where their bodies were found. Ooo....creepy.

Later we went into the torture room in the White Tower, which is probably the most infamous tower of all. This particular kind of torture was called the Scavenger's Daughter. It squeezed your body together so tight that blood sometimes came out of your eyes and ears. Remember...obey the King!

Also in the White Tower was this dragon that was made out of all sorts of medieval objects like scrolls, guns, armor, and other cool things.

I look miserable in this helmet that weighed more than a helmet should. I can't believe people had to wear this stuff.

This is my cousin and I with a beefeater. They're like information guys and tower guards at the same time. Don't you just love the outfit?

We went to a room where wild animals were kept back when the tower was a fully functional execution place and a zoo. You could actually pet tigers and I bet you can figure out how that charming story went.

After we finished in the tower, my aunt and I wanted to see the execution area, but the rest of our party didn't. We agreed to meet back at a tea shop, and my aunt and I went off to see the execution place. It took us longer than we expected, and when we went back to the tea shop, my mom, cousin, and other aunt weren't there. We figured they were somewhere else inside the Tower of London, and so we waited by the exit gates  until closing time. When they didn't come out, we just went back to the flat, feeling abandoned. We found them there, waiting for us, and we had a lot of good stories to share. So don't ever split up in the Tower of London, because you may never come out!