{"id":1621,"date":"2014-04-06T12:49:59","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T12:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2014-04-07T08:29:29","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T08:29:29","slug":"london-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/?p=1621","title":{"rendered":"London (Day 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On our final day in London, we decided to go to the Tower of London. It was a bright sunny day and we were there when it opened.\u00a0 It turns out that during its history, many animals were kept at the tower.\u00a0 As a recognition of this these wire sculptures were made of some of the animals.\u00a0 They are pretty impressive, made of what seems to be chicken wire.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2674.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-549\" alt=\"IMG_2674\" src=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2674.jpg\" width=\"3000\" height=\"4000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2674.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2674-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2674-1500x2000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2674-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2673.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-548\" alt=\"IMG_2673\" src=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2673.jpg\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2673.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2673-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2673-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2673-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4000px) 100vw, 4000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2672.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-547\" alt=\"IMG_2672\" src=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2672.jpg\" width=\"4000\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2672.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2672-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2672-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_2672-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4000px) 100vw, 4000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0242.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-502\" alt=\"DSC_0242\" src=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0242.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0242.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0242-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of ravens roaming around the grounds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0244.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-503\" alt=\"DSC_0244\" src=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0244.jpg\" width=\"432\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We then took off for where I used to live 14 years ago.\u00a0 I cannot believe it has been that long.\u00a0 We got off the tube at sloan square and had lunch at an upscale eatery ( they charged us extra for essentially filtering our tap water) among other extra charges.\u00a0 We then walked over to Battersea park, where we saw these love birds.<a href=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0248.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-504\" alt=\"DSC_0248\" src=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0248.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0248.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0248-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe then had a pint at the Prince Albert (my old watering hole).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC_0250.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1622\" alt=\"DSC_0250\" src=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC_0250.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC_0250.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC_0250-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then went by my old flat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0255.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-506\" alt=\"DSC_0255\" src=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0255.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0255.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0255-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then it was across the Albert bridge and back to Sloan Square.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0264.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-505\" alt=\"DSC_0264\" src=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0264.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0264.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0264-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0258.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-507\" alt=\"DSC_0258\" src=\"http:\/\/bretandemily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0258.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0258.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/DSC_0258-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOverall a very fun trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On our final day in London, we decided to go to the Tower of London. It was a bright sunny day and we were there when it opened.\u00a0 It turns out that during its history, many animals were kept at the tower.\u00a0 As a recognition of this these wire sculptures were made of some of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-london"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1621"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1641,"href":"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1621\/revisions\/1641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bretandemily.com\/ireland\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}