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<figure id="c66e"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*5GM3Ims9_xfIQOYzSOCvkA.jpeg"><figcaption>Getting our names on the list. Photo Credit: Author</figcaption></figure><p id="e7e4">He wrote our names on a list, then told us to come back at 9:00 when it opened. If he wasn’t there, we simply had to tell the guard on duty that we were this man's guests, and that our names were on the list.</p><p id="0b3c">We went and found breakfast in a really cool pub on a corner, then made our way back to the Tower of London’s back gate. As promised, the new guard looked up our names, and let us in. I think we saved thirty pounds each! Plus of course, we wouldn’t have bothered in the first place, because of the reasons that I laid out earlier.</p><figure id="1609"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*ZGuEwH0HjVcK7h8VBdkjjA.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="a2c8"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*zdf-yn56b2t-Hq7U2OZKow.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="5dde"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*78SLdnD5EZpITK-Y553PxA.jpeg"><figcaption>Wandering around inside the courtyard. Photo Credits: Author</figcaption></figure><figure id="645f"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*PPcJklZjLbdD09zQpgnifg.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><figure id="72c1"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*Uqt6-Fjuw-T0ajyC1sxAdw.jpeg"><figcaption>Full knight regalia and the passageways to get around the outside perimeter of the upper floor of the castle. Photo Credits: Author</figcaption></figure><p id="42e7">All in all, it was a really cool experience and we even got to see the Crown Jewels which are stored there! Too bad we couldn’t take photos of those!</p><figure id="3b77"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*qKaqBfQoPnoqaxtudpg1Xg.jpeg"><figcaption>Heading out the main gate at the end of our free tour! Photo Credit: Author</figcaption></figure><p id="dca7">Thank you to <a href="undefined">Jason Edmunds</a> for his weekend prompt “Tower on a Castle Wall” which reminded me of this experience. Check out the link below in his publication <i>A Taste For Life</i>, if you want to get involved.</p><div id="7167" c # Options lass="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/weekend-challenge-7-941e9a0331bc"> <div> <div> <h2>Weekend Challenge: #7</h2> <div><h3>A Taste for Life Prompts — 22nd to 24th April 2022.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*02heUsfVKBMGPko7-ffsuA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="e0a7" class="link-block"> <a href="https://artisticvoyages.medium.com/list/e709a442cc9f"> <div> <div> <h2>A Taste For Life's Writing Prompt Responses</h2> <div><h3>These are responses that I have written for the A Taste For Life publication.</h3></div> <div><p>artisticvoyages.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*1ea802b5243acc32b385340d2ff3022112bfe5d8.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><figure id="1189"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*FPhxaPRp8QVe_lys05LS_g.png"><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p id="50f3"><i>Hi there, we are 2 Canadians, Jill and Chris from Artistic Voyages. We have been nomadic since 2017 living in numerous different countries, and experiencing the life and diversity of our planet on the ground and firsthand. We have now been on the African continent for over 2 years! Join our adventure by hitting the links below! <b>Subscribe to Medium through my <a href="https://artisticvoyages.medium.com/membership">referral link</a> to get full access to my writing plus thousands of others!</b></i></p><p id="ccd2"><a href="http://www.artisticvoyages.com/">Website</a> | <a href="http://www.instagram.com/artisticvoyages">Instagram</a> | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/artisticvoyages">Facebook</a> | <a href="http://www.twitter.com/artisticvoyages">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://www.patreon.com/artisticvoyages">Patreon</a>|<a href="http://www.youtube.com/c/artisticvoyages"> YouTube</a> | <a href="https://artisticvoyages.medium.com/">Medium</a></p></article></body>

WRITING PROMPT RESPONSE

Free Entry to a Castle

A writing prompt response to A Taste For Life’s Prompt- “ Tower on a Castle Wall”

Tower Bridge at daybreak, January 2020. Photo Credit: Author

On our way to Morocco, back in January of 2020, we had a one-night layover in London, England. Seeing that we were jetlagged and still on North American time, we awoke at about 5:00 am, ready to take on the city. We had until about 12:00 pm before we had to head back to Gatwick airport for our 2:00 pm flight, to continue on with the next leg of our journey to Tangier.

By 6:00 am we had joined the commuters heading into the city on the train and arrived in downtown London at daybreak. It was a stunning hour to witness the sun coming up and the city coming to life.

Tower Bridge at daybreak. Photo credits: Author

Knowing that we didn’t have much time in the city, we weren’t keen on spending a lot of money to go into a major attraction, and just thought we would wander around for a few hours, take some pictures, and have some breakfast.

At least, that was the plan until we made our way across the bridge and happened upon a back gate to the Tower of London. A guard at the gate, who shall remain nameless, saw us and started chatting with us. He had the usual questions;

Where are you from?

What are you doing in London?

We were there with our friend John, also from Canada, and we were traveling together to Morocco. The guard started telling us that he had been stationed in Canada with the army at one point. When John told him he was part of the army for many years, they had a few stories to share. One thing led to the other, and the man signed us up for a free entry when the gates would open to visitors.

Getting our names on the list. Photo Credit: Author

He wrote our names on a list, then told us to come back at 9:00 when it opened. If he wasn’t there, we simply had to tell the guard on duty that we were this man's guests, and that our names were on the list.

We went and found breakfast in a really cool pub on a corner, then made our way back to the Tower of London’s back gate. As promised, the new guard looked up our names, and let us in. I think we saved thirty pounds each! Plus of course, we wouldn’t have bothered in the first place, because of the reasons that I laid out earlier.

Wandering around inside the courtyard. Photo Credits: Author

Full knight regalia and the passageways to get around the outside perimeter of the upper floor of the castle. Photo Credits: Author

All in all, it was a really cool experience and we even got to see the Crown Jewels which are stored there! Too bad we couldn’t take photos of those!

Heading out the main gate at the end of our free tour! Photo Credit: Author

Thank you to Jason Edmunds for his weekend prompt “Tower on a Castle Wall” which reminded me of this experience. Check out the link below in his publication A Taste For Life, if you want to get involved.

Weekend Challenge: #7

A Taste for Life Prompts — 22nd to 24th April 2022.

medium.com

A Taste For Life's Writing Prompt Responses

These are responses that I have written for the A Taste For Life publication.

artisticvoyages.medium.com

Hi there, we are 2 Canadians, Jill and Chris from Artistic Voyages. We have been nomadic since 2017 living in numerous different countries, and experiencing the life and diversity of our planet on the ground and firsthand. We have now been on the African continent for over 2 years! Join our adventure by hitting the links below! Subscribe to Medium through my referral link to get full access to my writing plus thousands of others!