$90.00 airline tickets to fly to London Heathrow Airport!
Both were packed and obviously at the airport in Portland. They weren't sure that they would get tickets until an hour before departure!
Needless to say they had a great time traveling the British Isles with Bailey and Alex......
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Big Ben - and it was working! Big Ben refers to the great bell of the striking clock at the north end of Westminster Palace. It was completed in 1859. It was originally named "Clock Tower" but was renamed "Elizabeth Tower" in 2012 to honor Queen Elizabeth II's diamond Jubilee.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ben
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The current "edition" of London Bridge. This bridge was opened in 1973. The previous bridge was purchased for $2.4 Million US, by Robert McCulloch, an American millionaire, in 1971. The bridge was transported brick by brick to Lake Havasu Arizona, and then reassembled, then rededicated in 1971.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge#Sale_to_Robert_McCulloch
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Prince Albert Hall - This concert hall seats 5,272. The hall was opened in 1871. Please see the link below for more photos of the interior of the hall.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall
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The Prince Albert Memorial was commissioned by Queen Victoria after her husband Prince Albert died in 1861. It protects the form of an "Ornate canopy or Pavillion 176 feet tall over the high altar of a church." It shelters a statue of the Prince facing south. There are multiple "Albert Memorials" through out the United Kingdom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Memorial
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Drinking Guinness in Ireland.
"We went to a few pubs - one was Guys pub in Cliffden
and another was O'Connors in Galway. It could be either of those."
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Robert says of this alley picture -"It was just a picturesque alley in the Tower of London."
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The Tower of London also known as "Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London. It is situated on the north bank of the Thames. The white tower was built by William the Conqueror in 1078, 12 years after he took control of England. It was considered a symbol of oppression. It was a royal residence and a prison, whose prisoners including Elizabeth Tudor, who was crowned as Queen Elizabeth the first. The Tower Complex consists of several buildings, a defensive wall, moat and at one time a "zoo".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London
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Westminster Cathedral- King Henry the 3rd was the moving force behind the construction of Westminster cathedral. His first son was named Edward, after Edward the Confessor who ruled England, and died just prior to the invasion directed by William the Conqueror.
Henry the III started the rebuild of the abbey in 1245.
https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/henry-iii-rebuilding-westminster-abbey/#:~:text=In%201235%2C%20Henry%20III%20conveyed%20a%20number%20of,candles%20and%20tapers%20to%20burn%20around%20the%20shrine.
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