The Moon over Birmingham

We're spending the weekend in Birmingham with my brother's family and my mom, and today we visited the giant statue of Vulcan, a tribute to Birmingham's formerly thriving iron mining industry. Here are Josh and Molly with their cousins Abbey and Elizabeth, who nearly slept through our visit.
This is a replica of Vulcan's foot, which is in the museum at the base of the statue.
Here we are at the overlook just under the statue, which gives you a great view of Birmingham. It was kind of like being in Monmarte and overlooking Paris, but not quite.
The big attraction was Vulcan itself, which is perched on a tower overlooking the city. We certainly enjoyed learning about the history of Birmingham's ore industry, but it's just hard to get past the fact that the statue has a naked butt and is mooning part of Birmingham.