The London Bridge

       This picture is from our East End tour last Monday afternoon. This was one of the first stops on the tour, and one of the best views. I took this photo because the previous 2 times that I had been in this area of London it had been raining very hard, so I needed to capture one on a very nice afternoon.

       This is a picture taken when standing on the London Bridge. Although at first I thought the bridge across the water was London Bridge, but turns out that is Tower Bridge. London bridge was a bit anticlimactic to me since there is a famous song about it. The tour guide talked for a few minutes at this location and the fact that stood out to me the most was when she said, if you jumped in the Thames River you could only survive for 4 minutes. She explained that this has to do with the strong currents and flow of the river.

       Another fact that stood out to me was that one body is pulled out of the Thames River every week. After further research I learned that in December a 500 year old skeleton was found in the mud by the river. The boots found on the skeleton were still recognizable and on decent shape for 500 years old. 

      This moment of walking across this London Bridge and Borough Market were my highlights of this trip for the main reason of it being very unique to London.