At Westminster Abbey

Waiting for them to open and take visitors, we saw the Big Ben clock again. Yup, still sprucing it up. Major modifications happening until 2020 or 2021. It has rung for 157 years, and now will be silent for 4 or 5 years. Construction started in 2017.

Day 14

May 13th 2019
Day 14 Today we started out with breakfast around 7AM to get a good start on the day’s activities. On our list of things to do today, was to see Westminster Abbey, the Tower of Big Ben, Hampton Court and return home. Sounds easy enough considering Big Ben’s Tower and Westminster are close together. Well, as seen in pictures from yesterday or perhaps the day before, Big Ben, or the Tower of Qu ... read more

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