After walking by the London Eye, which was very crowded on this particular Saturday, he went to find a theatre and I headed towards the Imperial War Museum. To my disappointment, the museum was closed until July. I was so upset because I was especially interested in seeing that Museum. I instead, went to the Tower of London and got to see the Crown Jewels, which made up for the IWM being close.
I had never seen a more amazing piece of diamond work in all my life. They had crowns, sceptres, and royal garments which were beyond incredible. I couldn't believe the detailed work that went into the crowns. King George V's crown fron 1917 had more than 3200 diamonds in it and it looked like Elizabeth II's crown had even more. The Sovereign Sceptre had a diamond at the top that weighed 530.2 carats! It is called the First Star of Africa and it is used in the coronation ceremonies.
All the crown jewels were inside a giant vault facility because the monetary value in the hall must have been staggering and basically priceless. They had tons of gold pieces that were crafted into elaborate dining pieces such as giant gold serving plates, gold cups, gold utensils, a meter wide golden punch bowl which was elaborately decorated, a golden ladle, and countless more items made from gold. The swords were also covered with gold and precious gems and diamonds. My writing does not do the items justice to how remarkable they were. There was many other parts in the Tower of London that were interesting. It had many artifacts in the Palace from all over the world. Also, it did a good job telling about all the history that was there from when it was built to it being England's Mint from the 13th Century to the 18th Century to keeping much of England's military arms.
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