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Thursday, August 26, 2010

New book...

I picked up a new book at the library today.  It's called The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise and the author is Julia Stuart.  She is from England but now lives in Cairo.  I'm interested in this book because the setting is the Tower of London and we went there on our trip.  It was one of the highlights of our stay in London.  We really enjoyed the tour with a Beefeater guide and he was very informative and entertaining.  I didn't know that the Beefeaters all live at the Tower.  There was actually a lot I didn't know!  Here is a picture of me with our Beefeater!

Our Beefeater guide

Their official title is Yeoman Warder of Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London, and Member of the Sovereign's Body Guard of the the Yeoman Guard Extraordinary.  You can see why "Beefeater" is so much easier!  Anyway, I'm looking forward to starting this book as it is billed as the next Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society and Chocolat

Here is more information on Julia Stuart -

http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/33124/Julia_Stuart/index.aspx

I bought an adorable Beefeater bear and a little pin with a Beefeater on it.  I always make a stop at the gift shop! :)

Tower Guard

Jackson at the Tower of London

4 comments:

  1. This is not the greatest picture of me but I only had one shot of this Beefeater and I wanted to remember him!

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  2. It's so nice that he posed with you! I love the jacket.

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  3. I'm looking forward to reading that book too!
    It's amazing how much you remember about your trip just looking at all the photos isn't it?

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  4. I'm really enjoying The Tower, The Zoo, and the Tortoise. I'm almost done with it. It makes me want to go to the Tower of London again!

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