The pun is intended. The Tower of London is a favorite of the tourists and today was no exception. This definitely makes sense because some of London's most famous items and people have lived in the Tower of London.
This is the place that holds the kingdom's Crown Jewels and they are amazing, definitely worth the trip if you can get in. Not to mention Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned in the "Bloody Tower" (that has the smallest staircase ever!)that his wife eventually turned it into their living apartments. Finally the two princes who are reported to be murdered in Shakespeare's play Richard III were myth no longer as they were found in an evacuation in the mid 17th century. The Tower of London definitely lives up to its reputation as gruesome.
It's a tourist attraction and I know the point is to have tourists but the lines made it really hard to see the exhibits. The Tower of London had thousands of people that created lines trying to see the Crown Jewels and congested stairs. While I'm grateful for the chance to see so many places that are so famous and so important, the Tower of London is no exception, its exhausting and overwhelming to move at such pace. All the information, all the sites, all the time, all the possibilities starting rolling into one big ball that seems like it could crush you. On my part, even though I was tired, cranky and feeling generally overwhelmed, the attractions today became an odd of lesson of "powering through" as Tara says (mostly when we're climbing our stairs). I'm exhausted and overwhelmed but not enough to give up the places and experiences I'm getting. I guess I'm going to just have to embrace my tourist side.
