What the deuce did I happen to stumble upon now?!

Oh no, I was stationed in London (good guess), it's pretty to be honest but I don't like the castle I expected something a bit more fairytale like.

Did you take a picture with the guards and try to get them to move (you'd get arrested). I've been all over Europe, and when I was in England Cambridge was a very pleasant place to reside in. Yes, both the palace and the tower of london weren't that great, but think how old they are I also went when I was thirteen, and guessing from what you have said so far, you're about 16 or 17. That's my prediction!

Ha brava, I won't tell you if your right or wrong I'll just nod my head and smile.

I took a lot of pictures but the stupidity of it all is that the young man that had swooned me over was in all of them and when he broke my heart they all went in flames, I do believe my father still has a few he salvaged. I could scan them and get them up here in the near future.

I did not try to harass the guards, though I did touch the fuzzy hat with permission of course. I hope to god it was faux fur, I can not stand touching dead animals.

Real Canadian Bear fur - humanely culled, though. They don't kill the bears specifically for the fur.

There's a name for them that has something to do with "bear", but I just can't remember it.

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You know, Buckingham Palace is relatively young - the main facade that is seen was built in 1850 (the East Side with the massive statue outside), and redesigned in 1913. The main core building dates to 1703, which was then called Buckingham House.

As for the Tower, it was originally a simple square keep (the White Tower) built by William the Conqueror in 1078, with fortifications and a moat built by Richard the Lionheart in the 12th Century and Henry III in the 13th, and further fortifications between 1275 and 1285 by Edward I. It was actually a royal residence (Henry III's work) until Oliver Cromwell demolished the palatial buildings in his time in power (1653 to 1658).

Now if you want old, you need only look at the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament) - earliest records suggest that it was a royal residence in 1016 of Canute the Great. William I moved there from the Tower during his reign. Sadly, the buildings were demolished by William II, and those which stand today are the ones he had built. Indeed, every Parliament has met in the Palace since 1295. So although the buildings might not be old as the Tower, the site itself is far older.

Too old, I can't compute that far...

Brits are very nice people, thanks to my spanish accent, fare skin, and black hair most assumed I was from Spain so if the rumor is true; (They treat Americans badly)

Lenny, does this describe your treatment of Americans? Do you, in fact, hate the hell out of all of us?

Do you still call us the "colonies" as I've seen many-a-time on t.v.? :P

Damn straight. You wouldn't believe how often we discuss the colonies over our afternoon tea. We find your leadership contests worthy of a chuckle every once in a while. Good show, chaps.

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Lenny, does this describe your treatment of Americans? Do you, in fact, hate the hell out of all of us?

You know, I personally haven't met any Americans in real life. To me you're all mythical beasts. For all I know, Zelaron could be part of a four year high. However, there isn't much good feeling towards Bush and his bloody-minded "war on terror" in the country, and you wouldn't believe how much we more upper class citizens ridicule the bible bashing peoples in the American bible belt.

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Actually, tell a lie. I nearly bumped into a fat American couple in Wales once. Gods, they were obnoxious. We were visiting a nice castle and we could hear them drawling away in an ear-destroying accent from across the turrets. Heeyyy hun-ney, look at the tow-er. Isn't it amayyy-zing?

Yea. The English are portrayed in American media as poor lovers who are pompous and with bad oral hygiene.

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Ya. That pretty much sums up 90% of America. Spot on.

Real Canadian Bear fur - humanely culled, though. They don't kill the bears specifically for the fur.

I did not know that, goodness I would have fainted had I known at the time that it was a dead animal, no matter how humane it was.

You know, Buckingham Palace is relatively young...

I actually do know that, when I was reasearching the architecture on it, I noticed that most of the features are pretty moddern when compared to some of the older castles both in ireland and other places. I also figured it out when I was researching it, I remember the date it was made.

As for the Tower, it was originally a simple square keep (the White Tower) built by William the Conqueror in 1078....

I actually know most of that Lenny I did extensive research on it all, very fascinating history. Thanks for refreshing my memory.

You know, I personally haven't met any Americans in real life. To me you're all mythical beasts....

Ha, good show, the american life is like one never ending sit com and life time story packed into one show that's lasted years, it will be cancelled sooner or later though. No comment on the religion part of your statement.

Edited by Lenny, Brit   Actually, tell a lie. I nearly bumped into a fat American couple in Wales once. Gods, they were obnoxious. We were visiting a nice castle and we could hear them drawling away in an ear-destroying accent from across the turrets. Heeyyy hun-ney, look at the tow-er. Isn't it amayyy-zing?

You could not have made Americans more dreadful than that, brava.

Poor Lenny, you have no clue. Try living in a town full of those 'accents'. We call them rednecks.