This enormous 'ferris wheel' is called the London Eye. If you ever watched Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer, you would have seen the 4 keep it from collapsing. I think the more formal term for this 450 feet structure is an 'observation wheel' and it's the...

Big Ben, the bell inside London's famous clock tower, is 13-tons. No one seems to be certain who the bell was named after. Some say Ben Caunt, the boxer, and others believe is was named for a genteman known as Sir Benjamin Hall.

So, the first thing I saw when I topped the Tube steps at Westminster was Big Ben - the icon of London. No matter how many times I'd looked at pictures of it - nothing prepared me for its truly large size. Big Ben is...well...big. 🙂 The tower is actually called the...

The only reason I have for choosing this picture as my favorite London picture is that is seems to give a nice memorable view of pieces of London. Big Ben is a notable trademark, of course, and then just behind is the London Eye - throw in a double decker bus and it...

I was listening to the sermon on Sunday and the pastor made a comment that sent my mind into one of those contemplative moments. His sermon was about the 'wise men' from the Bible - actual term 'magi'. An interesting comment he made was that these "Magi" were probably...

Here's the Tower on our way out. We exit through the portcullis, past the Traitor's Gate, and back out of the Tower. I guess the most memorable parts of the trip to the Tower were the Tower Green, the Torture Chamber, the King's House, and the Crown Jewels. The...