Westminster Library
Victoria Rail Station -- clash of centuries, like in Leeds
Double-deckers - for Chris
First stop: Buckingham Palace
Queen Victoria Statue
Buckingham Palace
Hello, guards
Guilded gates
Buckingham Palace Road
Second stop: Westminster Cathedral. Wow, some Cathedral.
Impressive. 100 different varieties of marble from 24 different countries. The artwork was complex, highly symbolic and stylized. It was really dark, though.
Jus' passin' by...
Took the Underground (seven pounds?!) three stops (I only had an hour before I needed to get back to the terminal to get my bags and hop on the bus) to The Embankment. To go right, to the River Thames or to go left, to Trafalgar Square?? Must have both!
Third stop: Thames
River Thames - you can see St. Paul's Cathedral on the other side
Park on The Strand
Fourth stop: Trafalgar Square -- only enough time to take a walk around the Square!
National Gallery - no time to go in
The Canadian Embassy!
To admit, I was a little disappointed. I thought it would be bigger...or more busy...more of a hub.
This one is for my amusement. Well, hello, fine feathered friend...
Thus concludes my three hours in London.
Trafalgar Square USED to be just crawling with pigeons. People were allowed to feed them (Mary Poppins!)
ReplyDeleteThat's illegal now, and the square is a lot calmer than I remember from years ago.
you got me all excited on this post, I thought you were back in London until I got to the last sentence.
ReplyDelete- vickie