London, England - Tower Bridge - August 2024

My favorite bridge in London, hands down, is Tower Bridge. It's just the coolest-looking, and it's an entire experience. Its history and adjacency to the Tower of London is also super-cool. Just look at this thing! It's got more personality than pretty much any other bridge on the planet.

You can take a tour of Tower Bridge (bookings at the link above). It will take you up the North Tower and museum, you walk across the glass walkways over the roadway (the glass is on the bottom so you can see the cars underneath), you come down the South Tower, follow the blue line, and then finish in the Engine Rooms and gift shop. I really wanted to do this but A was not having it with the heights and seeing cars, so we instead walked across it at street level, and then went to the gift shop. For reference, this is known to be one of the best little gift shops in London for quality souvenirs - and it was! In my humble opinion, walking across at ground level was far more frightening than it would be to walk above it, but I digress.

Some of these photos were from inside of the Tower grounds, but most were either along the North Bank just outside of it, or across the bridge on the South bank.

I do love a double-decker bus.

You can sort of see the glass bottoms on the walkways in this view.

I love that boat "buses" are part of the London public transport system. We didn't end up taking it, but it's a great way to get to the Tulip Stairs in the Queen's House and the international date line. I'd like to go there next time I visit.

Proof that my kid was there. This view was from inside of the Tower, I believe. Most of the others are from the little walkway you can see behind her, which runs along the bank of the Thames.

I really enjoyed utilizing time lapses.

It even looks magnificent in black and white! The lady looks good in grey.

This is a terrible phone photo from the South Bank. You can see the White Tower in the Tower of London behind the break in the trees.

A crappy phone photo of walking across Tower Bridge. Lots and lots of people, even though it sprinkled off and on all day!

The Shard is along the South Bank of the Thames, just west of Tower Bridge. I know it's very divisive, but I think it is fascinating.

Crappy phone photo. I think this building is nicknamed The Microphone or similar?

I love mixing the old and the new.