hope you don't mind heights.

Despite the fact that I need to do some homework today, I decided that I wanted to do some thing fun this afternoon. It was too pretty of a day to just sit in my flat and read. One of the girls, Ivanna, and I had originally planned to climb the dome of St. Paul's today, but her supervisor [who is involved with politics and such] informed her that St. Paul's was going to be the meeting site for today's Occupy London protest. We decided that it was probably not a good idea to try to enter the Cathedral through all of the people. I had heard, though, that it the Tower Bridge museum was neat, so we decided to check it out.

This picture was taken from regular driving and walking level along the bridge. As you can see, there is a second level in between the towers that is somewhat higher. That level is where the museum is located. We took a lift up and then walked between the towers, looking at displays and information. The walkway is closed in, so it was quite secure. I barely even felt like I was that high up in the air.

The view from up top was really nice. It is glassed in, with big structures that make it hard to get a clear view of the city, but there were camera windows for taking pictures without glass in the way. It was fun playing around with pictures.

Along the walk, there were old pictures of the bridge, sketches and plans for its construction, images of the three considered bridge designs, information about other neat bridges around the world, and facts about events and stunts that have taken place on the bridge. If you think the heights alone would have made you nervous, there was a video playing that showed a guy jump the bridge on motorcycle. Seriously? That just seems like a bad plan from the start. Apparently a double-decker bus once had to jump it, and that was his inspiration. I want to know how the bus "had" to jump it.

It was a nice little outing, before I return to my homework. The whether is currently great, and I knew I would regret not taking advantage of the lovely day. The ticket also gets me access to the Great Fire Monument; I have seven days to go to that before my ticket expires. I'm not really sure what all it entails, but hopefully I will get a chance to go this week. I think it is basically a really tall column that you get to climb up in. Again, good thing I'm not afraid of heights.