Waterloo Bridge London

No almoço fomos até Russel Street para almoçar no Pasta Brown com Alvim e Tony. Após a aula, fomos com Maurice para o Dinner by the River Tour. O plano era jantarmos na Oxo Tower, mas o restaurante estava fechado para uma comemoração particular. Tiramos algumas fotos do alto e fomos procurar um rstaurante para jantarmos. Maurice escolheu o EV, um …

We got into Heathrow at 5.00am. Both of us were a bit groggy, and bumbled through the usual UK Border Security and then got our bags. We then looked around for customs expecting someone to ask to check our bags - and then we somehow found ourselves on the other side. Neither of us spotted anyone vaguely interested in doing the bag-check bit. I …

Early rise today because we're still on Aussie time so got down for brekkie and scoffed more croissants (we needed the energy!) then set out for a Big Bus Tour Of London.. Open top bus in the freezing cold. Great!! Waited an hour for a bus with other disgruntled foreigners!!! And thick tour guide operators but we got there eventually and set off.< …

After a long flight across the Atlantic, I have finally made it to London!

The Flight & Getting Settled
On the flight, I was seated next to a very interesting Italian doctor. He had moved from Italy to London in order to continue working as a medical researcher. His visit to the US had been to South Carolina, so we had a nice long …

... . Returning to earth, we went for lunch at Wagamama's, emerging to clear skies. Ah, the fickle English weather. Cross Waterloo Bridge, through the city to the British Museum. We visited an exhibition on the Egyptians, and wandered round the Asia ...

... of finding a job, but I have accommodation, so its not desperate and so far I haven't needed that cardboard box under Waterloo bridge. Its brilliant to be back with friends who I missed terribly whilst travelling, but I am missing the excitement of ...

... Londoners a range of activities designed to help them relax. Organisers will host leisurely strolls across the city's famous Waterloo Bridge, hold letter writing workshops and issue "speeding tickets" to pedestrians deemed to be in too much of a ...

... where we saw a matinee of the Producers. The show was hilarious...very well done. After the theater, we walked over the Waterloo Bridge and back to the train station. We washed up at home and then had fantastic Spanish Tapas at this local ...

... and Trafalgar's Square to take some pictures of the fountains. From there, we cruised along the water and crossed Waterloo Bridge to check out the London Eye. It was massively expensive to ride, so we just took pictures of it from the bridge. Then we ...

... sheets and dampened the towels.  I have a room that faces the river and from it I can see from the Waterloo Bridge to Big Ben, with The London Eye rotating slowly and incongruously in between. I have a pink gin in the American Bar, where there is ...

... , Trafalgar Square, the National Gallery, Big Ben, Parliament, 10 Downing St, Westminster Abbey, the River Thames, the London Eye, Waterloo Bridge, and took some photos in the red phone booths.  Just your typical London tourist day. Regardless, on ...

... , and so in the morning morning I took off to explore that area. The campus is only about a ten-minute walk over the Waterloo Bridge and around a corner. I went up and down the main hall; it’s mostly classrooms, but there’s a beautiful chapel ...

... the warf and took more pictures of interesting buildings and sites. I continued walking and passed over the Thames River using the Waterloo Bridge. I walked down Strand Avenue and then took some great pictures of this part of town. There are many old ...

... up right from where I left off last time (continuity is this week’s theme): shortly after I stopped writing, I was walking across Waterloo Bridge watching the sun come up (and taking the photos you’ll see here). I’ve seen my share of ...