Cleopatra's Needle, slowly eroding away in a London park.

We saw several statues to Arthur Sullivan of Gilbert and Sullivan fame. And aren't muses a splendid excuse for sculpting unclad women?

This is the interior of the 12th century church near Lincoln's Inn Fields. It is the only church interior picture I got, since the famous ones have all registered their appearance as trademarks and do not allow photos.

The ornate fence around the Albert Memorial was a marvelous example of Victorian ironwork.

The Albert Memorial wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. Certainly over-the-top, but from the descriptions I had read I was expecting it to drip gilded cupids.

The Tower of London- the White Tower. Visit the Tower of London website.

There is a walkway all around the tower walls.

The Water Gate

An incongrously modern scene viewed from the inside of the White Tower.

The view through an arrow slit.

The Tower from the outside.

Bath Abbey seen from the Roman Baths.

The Roman Baths. Astoundingly, everything below the water is original and still functioning, including the lead lining of the baths.

Royal Crescent, where anyone who was anyone lived when Bath was a fashionable watering place.

Georgian frontages on a side street in Bath.

The Victoria and Albert Museum has a marvelous collection of decorative arts. This is a piece in the ironwork collection, which was one of JT's and my favorites. They said that many of the pieces in the museum were retrieved from junkyards and demolition sites.

A section of the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum. These were removed from the face of the Parthenon in the early nineteenth century. Learn more about the Marbles.

Another scene from the Elgin marbles.

Aphrodite surprised while bathing in the British Museum. (What did she expect, taking off her clothes in public like that?)

This highly ornamental building near the Victoria and Albert Museum belongs to the Royal College of Organists.

Entering Hampton Court Palace.

Tourists slump in defeat, while the Palace and its costumed interpreters still stand.

The "wilderness" area of the gardens. How many centuries does it take to grow that many daffodils?

A small formal garden in the back of the palace.

The large formal garden and arbor.

Two of the no doubt dozens of groundskeepers survey the garden thoughtfully.

These delightful Easter-egg colored blocks of houses were typical of Camden Town.

A street in Camden Town.

These photos were taken in and around London in March and April 2001.