National Gallery London

After all this hype, I am finally here! As a matter of fact I have been for nearly a week now. What can I say, its absolutely beautiful. So far I have traveled to a few different little towns; Kingston, Richmond, oh and some obscure place you may have heard of...London? Does the last one sound familiar? I went to London yesterday, and it was …

London was my first international travel experience so it holds special meaning to me. Much can be said about its hotels, attractions, history and culture which makes it a great city for first time explorers (of course there is no language barrier so that helps immensely). I will break down a fairly simplified itinerary for the city and its …

Last day of the London 2012 Paralympics, last day of 2012 Thames Festival and by the looks of things last day of London's summer as it's going to be 28 today. Sun we wished for but sun and high 20s was more than we ever expected. Brilliant.

The Marylebone Farmers Market is held in the public carpark off the street behind the flats every …

Here ye, here ye... Today shall hereby be named... Ultimate Tourist day!

It's currently 3am London time and the incessant jet lag is leading us to believe writing this to Billy Joel's "We didn't start the fire" is the best idea in the world. Don't worry folks, after 15 minutes of attempting... Failure is imminent.

After smashing …

I planned to attend the Solemn Mass at Westminster Cathedral today. It was sunny and crisp when I set out but clouded up as the day wore on, however it didn't rain. I arrived at the Cathedral at 10am and was glad I did, as the place shortly became packed. Considering that it is a very big church (built, I later read, from several million red …

After wales I was planning on hitting up London again to simply see a lot more drum and bass. I spent both Friday And sat out till 7 in the morning before I caught my night train on Sunday night to edinbrough for a coue of days. I was really excited that I was planning on meeting up w a couple of buddies I had met in Denver that were from London. …

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This weekend I went to London for a magical event called the booze cruise. This event is a gathering of ND study abroad folks from Dublin, London, and Spain, to party on a boat on the River Thames. I got in to London on Thursday night but it took us too long to get to our hostel to actually do anything that night. I experienced the tube, thought, …

This morning we had a pleasant walk through St James Park. We were astounded at the abundance of wildlife here in such cold conditions. There were huge numbers of ducks, birds and squirrels. We were on our way to Buckingham Palace to see the changing of the guard. It was sooo crowded there but the police were doing a good job with the crowd control …

With lots to see and do, we were up bright and early this morning. Our first stop for the day was the Tower Of London – home to monarchs and place of execution for many. We were lucky to get to the Tower just as it was opening so there weren't a whole lot of people. We noticed that we had missed the first tour of the morning but decided to …

... everyone hasn't given up on the blog but not much to report again. Our last few days in London went quite quickly. We visited the National Gallery a few times for the free tours they offer.  There was a great selection of paintings including alter ...

... , the bridge that gets twisted and destroyed in one of the Harry Potter movies, Westminster, Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square, the National Gallery (to get out of the rain for a couple of hours) and Buckingham Palace and once again we can't believe ...

... cobblestone streets and the avant-garde and quaint little shops and cafés.     We continued walking past the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, past Big Ben and Westminster Abbey, past Buckingham Palace and St James's Park.  ...

... Our next objective was to reach Ryan's favorite coffee and cakes place in Covent Garden. On our way we passed the National Gallery guarded by two immense lions and an even bigger army of tourists. Apparently there was a candlelight Mozart concert ...

... just been meandering. I made it to a couple of the big attractions that I'd missed on previous visits, including the National Gallery and the British Museum. I did some shopping. I wandered around various neighbourhoods, each with their own unique ...

... 're playing? It's an Animated Classic ;). We then went down Park Place to Trafalgar Square where everyone else saw the National Gallery. The Russian Winter Festival was going on and the police wouldn't let any glass containers or alcohol through. No ...

... that one's kinda lame. The news stories are emphasized with a Big Ben "bong!" of the bell. I forgot to mention I visited the National Gallery and saw the mediocre works of various so-called "artists" - Da Vinci, Renoir, Monet, Raphael, etc... I decided ...

... how to get to the Hungerford Food Bridge where we crossed the Thames and then walked up to Trafalger Square and visited the National Gallery. We then walked over to Covent Gardens where we had lunch on a bench listening to street performers. After ...

... of Buckingham Palace which is quite pretty, especially the golden-laced gates. I have not yet seen the changing of the guard; 3) National Gallery--I went there twice. I loved that it was free and had such wonderful treats for the eye; 4) Tower of ...

... the noble St. Paul Cathedral and took a day trip to Brighton, a coastal town along the English Channel. Roaming through the National Gallery Museum, I stumbled upon my all-time favorite oil-on-canvas painting, Renoir's The Seine at Asnieres; my trip to ...