Ravens are bloody frightening mate! Day 4

This whole trip, my pal Spencer was soooo anxious to get to the Tower of London. He and I both enjoy learning about the Tudors most of all considering English history as a whole. Quite honestly, Ive been so tired throughout this trip that I hadnt had the energy to get quite as pumped as this kid. The Tower of London is the most haunting, breath-taking, most gorgeous, and elegant place I have ever visited. I will admit that I thought there was only one tower...sort of isolated on a hill that was supposed to be scary...because prisoners were held there. In my defense, we never covered British history. In fact, there are at least ten towers within the South Wall. We were lucky enough to view the magnificent crown jewels (which are a tad obscene to be frank, but utterly beautiful none the less). To be honest, there were a TON of facts that I had absolutely no clue about. For instance, King Henry VIII kept an extravagant menagerie with the Towers' walls; including but not limited to, lions, white bears, leopards, baboons, and ravens. Speaking of ravens, did you know that if ravens were to leave the Tower, superstition would have Londoners believe that the monarchy would come to its imminent fall. Ravens can still be found at the Tower today, and theyre pretty darn scary. Spencer, Brendon, and I visited the chapel where one Anne Boleyn was buried and the site of her execution. Fun fact that I did not know: only seven royals were executed privately, or within the Tower...it was considered a priveledge. Lucky them. Oh, fun fact: in the torture chamber, there is one such method called the Scavenger's Daughter in which prisoners are compressed opposed to stretched which is arguably worse than the rack. Gruesome...but interesting. Theres so much more to say on this matter as well as the Tower in general, but I must move on before lights out. We also visited a British shopping mall which had access to firsthand Olympics merchandise which also provided a view of some of the actual Olympic sites. Its going to be "wicked" as they say over here. By the way...Mrs. Knight is totally making us cockney flashcards because Spencer and I constantly ask her what a cockney term is for one American term or the other, which Im quite excited about. Tomorrow is the Tate Museum and Westminster Abbey! Goodnight all!