London Rocks!
Trip Start
Jun 13, 2008
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Trip End
Nov 20, 2008
London,
United Kingdom
Saturday, August 2, 2008
So far this is what I have seen and done in London.
-Visited the British Museum-bloody awesome. So many artefacts and many of them from the places in Greece and Turkey etc that I had been to.
-Went to the Museum of London. Very small but excellent collection and very well set out.
-Visited St Pauls. Was awesome-right up there with the Vatican. Was very beautiful. Climbed up the dome to the Whispering Gallery (you really can hear people on the other side!!) and then up to the next two levels. Was a really good workout-and worth it! The views from the stone gallery and golden gallery were amazing. Was up in the whispering gallery when the choir and organist started practice-the acoustics were amazing. Stayed for 'Sung Evensong'/ Great sermon and beautiful choir-is so worth checking out-is at 5pm every day and free entry. Missed out on going to the crypt but everything else was worth it.
-Walked over Millinium Bridge to the Tate Modern.
-Visited Westminster Abbey. Really beautiful. As good as St Pauls. Saw the tombs of Chaucer, Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. Nice how every hour they pray.
-Went to the Tower of London-really really awesome. So much history-am in history heaven. had an awesomely funny Yeoman guide.
-Visited Hampton Court Palace. Was worth the train journey out there (a good 40 mins). Interesting Palace and the Gardens are AMAZING. Would be a great place for a picnic lunch. Would allow a full day though as I ran out of time to see all the gardens.
-Checked out the Cabinet War Rooms and Churchill Museum. Really really interesting. The war rooms are still as they were during the war-haven't been touched which is cool to see (they were sealed up after the war). The Churchill Museum is great in itself-very hands-on and cool displays.
-Checked out the Globe Theatre. Amazingly how they replicated it. Really well done and so worth a visit. Really want to check out a play when I get back from my next tour.
-Buckingham Palace-very cool. Got to see the Banquet Rooms all set up for the Queen's Yearly Banquet which has never been seen by visitors before. Kinda impressed-though am sure a couple of chairs and knives weren't lined up completely straight.......the Queen might want to talk to the steward of the cutlery or whatever he is called. Also got to visit Kensington Palace. Was actually better than I thought it would be. Had some interesting historic rooms from era of Queen Victoria etc.
Pretty much it so far. Have a ticket for the London Eye which will use when back in London at end of tour. Tomorrow another tour, another group I'll be living with for the next 20 days.
Wish me luck!
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