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London, England - Day 4
... at Westminster Abbey, I once again jumped on the tube to head toward Baker Street Station and the ZSL London Zoo. The tube was just on the other side of a royal park as the zoo, no problem right? Well, little did I know, Regent's Park is much bigger than I thought. It was about 40 degrees, but still very nice so I just took a stroll through the park. There are ducks, pelicans, squirrels, and all sorts of other small creatures that are quite aware humans have food. Had ...
London 2012
... five sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games, which I really got into & thoroughly enjoyed. Only the piste (the dueling surface) is lit up & there is dead silence so you can hear the clang of metal on metal as the fencers go at it. I was fortunate to have a ticket for Epee, which is known as the purest form of fencing as both players can score at the same time (hence you need not only to strike your opponent but twist & ...
London by Sunrise
... Ben and captured its silhouette (pictured above).
Continuing along North/Northeast along the path I saw more fantastic views of the London Eye, Waterloo, and Southwark. Some of them are pictured here below. In the next year I have plans to explore a lot more of the Thames. Whether it's at sunrise remains to be ...
Food, sport and entertainment - who wants more?
... the next night.
We stayed to watch the victory ceremonies of Farah and Ennis, which were very moving, and sang ‘God Save the Queen’ uproariously with everyone else, before heading home with all the crowds. Even then, despite the huge numbers exiting the stadium, we didn’t have to wait too long, and soon found ourselves home, watching the replays of Britain’s golden day on BBC1 before bed! ...
Now is the Winter of our Discontent
I'm lumping Monday and Tuesday together again, sorry. Monday all we did was discuss the perceptions of women in Oliver Twist and how Dickens viewed them. Then we watched a black and white, non-musical version of the novel. Some parts were EXTREMELY accurate and word for word from the book, but other parts were simplified or taken out completely for times sake. For instance, one of the most important characters in the novel, Rose, isn't mentioned in the ...