Boating on the Thames

This part of the visit to London found several of us taking a trip on the Thames. If you missed the previous post about Westminster Abbey and Big Ben, click on this sentence to go read it.

We found this guy in the parking lot for the boats.

So we set off down the river and the biggest thing dominating the first part of the journey is the London Eye.

The pilot of the boat moved us over to the Eye to give us a better feeling for how massive it really is.

Some of the newer office buildings have some unique architecture.

This is not the bridge you think it is.

But London also makes use of its older buildings, repurposing them. In this case, an art museum.

Older buildings sit alongside the river Thames for miles. But sometimes the new mixes in with the old.

The Old Globe still regales theater goers with regular performance.

Purportedly the oldest operating pub in London. It’s more like a tourist trap now.

This old ship was in dry dock as a crew was replacing a lot of the wood, using centuries old techniques.

The Shard, the tallest building in London. Yes, we went to the top later that evening.

Sing along with me now…”London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down.” Actually this one is not. The one that was sinking was sold to a crazy American, who took it apart and rebuilt it in Lake Havasu.

Another office building with unique architecture.

One of her majesty’s warships, check out those guns.

Yet another one of her majesty’s warships. They were available for tours, but by the time we got back ashore, it was 5 p.m.

Finally, the visual icon on the river Thames. Not it’s not the London Bridge, it’s the Tower Bridge. We will get up close and up on top in another post.

This guy joined us towards the end of our journey on the Thames. So long for now. Where’s the nearest pub?

Want to visit the Tower of London? Here’s the link to Part One of that story.