Tower of London

The best kid London outing was a visit to the Tower of London. It was more interactive than the other palaces we had been to and it even held Rippy's attention--the main key to everyone's enjoyment.

From the outside, looking across the moat

There were plenty of armories and cannons:

And even the occasional Knight

And, of course, Tower Bridge

I really don't envy people who try to take good pictures of London--you would need to do some heavy editing with all the clouds and flat light. Much better to just take photos of London at night--and then photoshop them until they no longer resemble reality. So when you see pictures like this...

...you now have it on good authority that, no, London never looks like that. It is brought to you by the magic of digital photography. This is what Tower Bridge actually looks like:

Slightly different.
These two pictures are also a good analogy for what many people assumed living in London was like compared to what it actually was.