London Tower, Tower Bridge, London Bridge, The Monument & St Paul's Cathedral

Tower Hill Station - to visit the famous Tower of london

and Tower Bridge. Here's just outside the station where i 

took my first photo with the Tower in the background

Meet Antonio Peretti - he was taking photos by himself

so i said "why not help each other snap some pics" and we

ended up chatting and exchanging contacts. Its interesting

cos you dont usually do this in Singapore (as in walking up to

people and then suddenly striking up a conversation)

Park benches - you'll see plenty of these in london,

many nice parks too in the city area and even in the

suburbs. Singapore tries to squeeze in parks here and

there too during their urban planning, but not many

people appreciate it (or at least its not part of our culture

to hang out in the open, maybe because it's just too hot

and humid to have a picnic)

Trinity square gardens 

Here's the ticketing station to get into the Tower of London

A view of the ramparts and walls

A Conker tree with the conker nuts but still missing

the leaves... A streak of smoke from a plane (you'll

notice that the london skies are very very busy as

planes zoom past the area frequently, maybe it'll be

familiar to the residents in changi haha)

See the catapult in the right hand side?

click on the picture to zoom in - you can read the

description.. pretty handy if you dun feel like going

in and paying 14 bucks(student price)

More shots of the tower gate that guarded the entrance

into the castle

Heres a landmark building along the thames river

Its the City Hall - where the Mayor of london and

his aides work...

If you're thinking this is london bridge... its not,

its actually tower bridge (london bridge looks really

crappy/normal but its the song that made it famous)

This shot was taken with the help of another tourist

My friends had not reached london yet so i spent these

few days touring by myself

One of the many riverside cafe/brasseries

Tower Bridge

The underpass

I couldn't help but buy an ice cream even in the freezing

weather cos it looked too tempting

A view from the opposite side of the river thames.

here you can see the "egg" which is actually called

St. Mary Axe Building or "the gherkin"

Here's another perspective of the City Hall,

now it looks kinda conical-shaped, its said that

the design helps in controlling the temperature

inside (and it saves $$$ on heating/cooling systems too!)

The lights were on at around 4-5+ cos it gets dark

really soon during the winter

HMS Belfast - a warship turned museum where you can

view the decks/armaments and the insides for a nifty sum

of 10 pounds... Didnt go inside though cos its was not worth

the $$$

Here's Hay's galleria - something like our version of

clarke quay with the glass roof shelter and the shops all

around

A signboard showing you all the places to visit in the vicinity

Ok heres London Bridge... doesnt seem impressive when

you compare it to Tower Bridge right? well, now you know...

Thames River & Tower bridge in the background,

Haha do you wish you were here to feel the soft breeze 

and hear the squawks of the seagulls? 

This structure is called The Monument,

read the description in the picture below...

Visitors can pay 3pounds to go up to the top

where they can snap photos of the view up there,

but the queue is pretty long, ~30mins or so...

They call these carvings on the wall/statues a "frieze"

just so that you know what it means when you visit the

museums here next time...

In summary: 

This building was built to commemorate the great

fire of london in 1666 which devastated the city

St. Paul Cathedral (London), its interesting to note that

many cathedrals around europe/the world are named after

saints such as these. Whether protestant or catholic, they

built these magnificent places of worship as a symbol of God's

majesty and glory.

Photos are not allowed inside, but if you do venture inside

there is a place where you can just sit down, relax and listen

to the choir sing hymns. Like most cathedrals, the walls, windows,

ceilings and furnishings are grand and their inlays are all in gold 

and precious materials.