A view from the Thames

Today, my something new learned is that London is one of the smallest cities in the world, coming in at just one square mile in size.  Goes to show that good things come in small packages.

After a shopping trip in the morning to Canary Wharf to buy shoes for Mat, we decided to spend the afternoon on a river cruise of the Thames.  I like a change in aspect and I always enjoy being on the water.  It's remarkable that in the last two days I have stood where Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin are buried, I have heard the chime of Big Ben, and I have seen the observatory where Greenwich Meantime was launched.  I am in a delightful dream.

We popped out of the underground, directly beneath the altitudinous St Stephen's Tower (aka Big Ben)

St Paul's Cathedral 

A bit of the old on the river ...

... and a bit of the new

Someone should write a song about this bridge

Tower of London

Tower of London

Doorway into Westminster Abbey Boys' School

Westminster Abbey

Never-ending staircase at The Monument

Lights out!

Keep the Peace,

M