Today I saw several stands with yummy cheese including this type of mozzarella made from buffalo milk. Really yum! Was very tempted to get some plus some Italian bread but I’m lactose intolerant so I was a bit cautious. As soon as we left the market I regretted not getting any so I’ll definitely go back to get some next time.
Today we also went to London Bridge. The history of the London Bridge is amazing. I haven’t really read about it until I visited the London Bridge Experience today. It’s history goes back to the roman times when the Roman’s first built the very first bridge. It’s been said that if it weren’t for the Romans, there probably wouldn’t be a London today. Well…maybe there will still be one but slightly different, aye!
The second London Bridge had houses on it including gates to protect the city of London. On top of these gates are wooden stakes where traitor’s heads including William Wallace’s head (have you seen Braveheart?) are displayed for everyone to see.
In the 1600’s, a new bridge was designed and it took 33 yrs to build. The designer and builder was Sir John Rennie. Actually his father started the work but died before finishing the bridge and John took over and was knighted after the bridge was completed. This bridge didn’t have the houses anymore and lasted 600 yrs.
It was in the mid-1900s when London decided to get a new bridge (since the old one was no longer stable) so a new one was designed. The old London Bridge was purchased by an American guy named McCullough for $2.5 million. His company then took apart the bridge, numbered each brick one by one, then moved and rebuilt this bridge in Arizona where it is still standing today over a river christened “Little Thames”
The new bridge was opened in 1973 by the queen.Here’s a view of the River Thames. Looks very dirty and brown like the Waikato river.
And to the east is the Tower Bridge which a lot of people today mistake it as the London Bridge.
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