Hello Again! 5 of my friends and I just spent the day in London and I wanted to share a bit of our experience with you. Here's the first post about places. My next post will be about people.
I absolutely loved this teeny building, smooshed between two huge ones.
This is a shot of the parliament building, which is very beautiful. Even their security measures (fences, car stops, security huts, etc) are pretty!
Ah, Big Ben! We hung around on a bridge over the Thames to hear it chime at 12pm. There were about 5 dozen people taking pictures and/or filming it while we were watching. Sometimes it is fun to be one of the tourists!
This is the Parliament building from the middle of the Thames, where we welcomed 12 noon with Big Ben.
One of many boat docks on the Thames. This one was at the parliament building, which I thought was funny and wise to make sure the boat dock was super-secure as well.
Looking the other way on that same bridge is the London Eye. Even though tickets are
£15, it was very busy and crowded. 
Looking down the river from the London Eye, just some new buildings among really old ones...and a double-decker bus.
Some snazzy architecture at the St. Pancras/Kings Cross Station. We love to joke about St. Pancras, because people pronounce it "pancreas," which we joke that he's the patron saint of endocrine secretions. We've discovered there's a patron saint for just about everything (from jobs to hobbies to cities, etc) so it seems to make sense.
Moving on, after lunch we took the underground to Camden and wandered around for the afternoon. This picture is of the remains of a
huge fire that people are still talking about, especially the vendors we talked to who say it has really affected business.
If you read the article on the above link you'll notice the words "Camden Lock" on the train bridge in one of the photos. Here they are, the locks. Very cool area. Yes, that's a Holiday Inn on the left and the building in front of it is a Starbucks.
Wellies come in some pretty cool prints and patterns here. I love the red ones with white and black terriers, personally.
Lastly, this is a pretty cool skate park right on the promenade of the Thames. It seemed to be pretty out of place because the area around it is very family- and tourist-friendly. But that's what made it cool.
I absolutely loved this teeny building, smooshed between two huge ones.
This is a shot of the parliament building, which is very beautiful. Even their security measures (fences, car stops, security huts, etc) are pretty!
Ah, Big Ben! We hung around on a bridge over the Thames to hear it chime at 12pm. There were about 5 dozen people taking pictures and/or filming it while we were watching. Sometimes it is fun to be one of the tourists!
This is the Parliament building from the middle of the Thames, where we welcomed 12 noon with Big Ben.
One of many boat docks on the Thames. This one was at the parliament building, which I thought was funny and wise to make sure the boat dock was super-secure as well.
Looking the other way on that same bridge is the London Eye. Even though tickets are £15, it was very busy and crowded. 
Looking down the river from the London Eye, just some new buildings among really old ones...and a double-decker bus.
Some snazzy architecture at the St. Pancras/Kings Cross Station. We love to joke about St. Pancras, because people pronounce it "pancreas," which we joke that he's the patron saint of endocrine secretions. We've discovered there's a patron saint for just about everything (from jobs to hobbies to cities, etc) so it seems to make sense.
Moving on, after lunch we took the underground to Camden and wandered around for the afternoon. This picture is of the remains of a huge fire that people are still talking about, especially the vendors we talked to who say it has really affected business.
If you read the article on the above link you'll notice the words "Camden Lock" on the train bridge in one of the photos. Here they are, the locks. Very cool area. Yes, that's a Holiday Inn on the left and the building in front of it is a Starbucks.
Wellies come in some pretty cool prints and patterns here. I love the red ones with white and black terriers, personally.
Lastly, this is a pretty cool skate park right on the promenade of the Thames. It seemed to be pretty out of place because the area around it is very family- and tourist-friendly. But that's what made it cool.
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