Where is the Real London Bridge ? Not in the UK!!!

As a child I had learned and memorized from an early age the song; London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down. London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady. I had played with my friends upteen times the London Bridge falling down game. Therefore, it has always been my dream to visit London n see for myself this famous Bridge I have known so well since childhood.

Years later, currently in my retirement, I finally was able to visit London and to see the Bridge. While in London, we went looking for the London Bridge. After a few minutes's walk from our central London hotel, we saw a beautiful majestic bridge appearing in front of our eyes. I was very excited! At last, I could have some pictures taken in front of London's famous bridge! We took a long good look at this fabulous bridge admiring the structure and the design.

I posed in front of it asking my hubby to take numerous pictures of me with the Bridge as the background. Desiring to learn more about the city of London and its world famous Bridge, we looked to join a local tour. Imagine my surprise when we were told that the fabulous bridge standing in front of us was not the London Bridge!

It is called the Tower Bridge as it is right next to the Tower of London. "Where is the London Bridge?" I asked with great anticipation. "Over there!" We looked to where we were directed.

A plain looking modern bridge came into view. I was shocked! " Where is the old London Bridge then? What happened to it?" I was very curious. " By 1962, the 1831 London Bridge was not sturdy enough to carry the increased load of traffic. It was sold by the City of London in 1968 to Robert McCulloch, an American entrepreneur and real estate developer. McCulloch installed the Bridge in Lake Havasu City to attract tourists and retirement home buyers to his properties. The old London Bridge is now in Arizona and is a tourist attraction there!"

Wow, what an interesting story about the London Bridge! All this time while we were in London, we mistook the Tower Brige as the London Bridge.

We have learned a bit more about the London Bridge. It appears that Americans seem to have a penchant for buying everything famous in other countries, including the London Bridge! RT,London, UK 022025