We have spent a LOT of time at Schiphol airport. The best pictures I took were on our way to Prague - we were there at the magic hour, where the light is really just perfect.
3.21.2013
A week in...London (continued)
The rest of the week in London, we visited some must-see spots - the Tate Britain, Westminster Abbey.
Below is the courtyard of Westminster Abbey - as expected, we didn't have a single bit of sun the whole time we were there.
Unfortunately most of these places didn't allow pictures inside...Westminister Abbey had amazing memorials for all of the individuals buried there, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin - the list goes on and on. it was a great history lesson and a reminder of how much Britain has contributed to the world.
This was the memorial for Edmond Haley, most were creative like this.
Outside of the Churchill Bunker - our history museum for the week -
The next day was the Tower of London and St. Paul's.
The Tower was really interesting and we didn't even take the proper tour - next time.
No pictures from inside St. Paul's but the view from the dome was awesome.
Final stop for the day was the British Museum, but we didn't last too long - just saw the highlights because we were really tired.
We also visited Notting Hill, where Wes found some tools - can't imagine why there's not pictures, I guess I got tired of carrying the camera. =) We had a nice New Year's Dinner and then chased some Sunday roast at an out of the way place that Wes found - totally worth it!
Thanks again to Lindsey & Justin for letting us use their place!
Next up - is the Czech adventure...
Below is the courtyard of Westminster Abbey - as expected, we didn't have a single bit of sun the whole time we were there.
Unfortunately most of these places didn't allow pictures inside...Westminister Abbey had amazing memorials for all of the individuals buried there, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin - the list goes on and on. it was a great history lesson and a reminder of how much Britain has contributed to the world.
This was the memorial for Edmond Haley, most were creative like this.
Outside of the Churchill Bunker - our history museum for the week -
The next day was the Tower of London and St. Paul's.
In addition to the ravens and the crown jewels, the tower is a history museum both because of what is kept there and how it was used through out time.
No pictures from inside St. Paul's but the view from the dome was awesome.
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| you can just see the Occupy Protest tents in the middle of the picture... |
Final stop for the day was the British Museum, but we didn't last too long - just saw the highlights because we were really tired.
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| no tripods allowed here but you still get the idea |
We also visited Notting Hill, where Wes found some tools - can't imagine why there's not pictures, I guess I got tired of carrying the camera. =) We had a nice New Year's Dinner and then chased some Sunday roast at an out of the way place that Wes found - totally worth it!
Thanks again to Lindsey & Justin for letting us use their place!
Next up - is the Czech adventure...
A week in...London (continued)
This part of England is green and full of sheep. And since we were there in December, it was also overcast and grey. Poor sheep.
Stonehenge hadn't changed much since I saw it in 2004...
We also visited Old Sarum, which is the site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury. Archaeologists suggest (through study of the remains of rough stone tools) that people have occupied this hilltop area of Old Sarum since Neolithic times (around 3000 BC).
We stopped by the Salisbury Cathedral as well, which has a copy of the Magna Carta.
3.19.2013
A week in...London
So our first trip longer than 1 week was in December. Since we had a place to stay in London (we got keys to Lindsey and Justin's flat in Edinburgh) we decided that a longer trip made sense. And since my cousin, Anita was going to be there as well, so it made a lot of sense.
We were over the wing, so I had to try to get a shot of the logo:
We flew in late the day after Christmas, mostly to avoid the busiest time at the airport. And a nice surprise, we flew over the city to get to Heathrow, which was pretty cool:
Unfortunately,we should have done a bit more research, oops:
It ended up being OK since they had just stopped running to one stop, rather than service to the whole of Heathrow. So we made it to Lindsey & Justin's just fine.
The next we just wandered around, past the palace and down the Thames, getting our bearings. London, of course, is a lot bigger than Amsterdam. We walked along Hyde Park to Buckingham Palace. We passed the Albert Memorial:
I really liked the sycamores against the grey of the sky:
It started to get really crowded as we got closer to the palace, and we were pretty surprised when these guys went by:
Turns out that there was a military band playing in front of the palace - my attempt to take a picture as the police hurried us along:
Of course no trip to London is complete without the following picture:
Wes really wanted to try some "local" beer, and got his wish at lunch time :
We continued to wander for a while longer, making our way accros to Parliament and Big Ben:
Look at his hair! =)
Millennium Bridge, with St Paul's on the other bank.
We ended the night at Tower Bridge
We were over the wing, so I had to try to get a shot of the logo:
We flew in late the day after Christmas, mostly to avoid the busiest time at the airport. And a nice surprise, we flew over the city to get to Heathrow, which was pretty cool:
The next we just wandered around, past the palace and down the Thames, getting our bearings. London, of course, is a lot bigger than Amsterdam. We walked along Hyde Park to Buckingham Palace. We passed the Albert Memorial:
I really liked the sycamores against the grey of the sky:
It started to get really crowded as we got closer to the palace, and we were pretty surprised when these guys went by:
Turns out that there was a military band playing in front of the palace - my attempt to take a picture as the police hurried us along:
Of course no trip to London is complete without the following picture:
Wes really wanted to try some "local" beer, and got his wish at lunch time :
We continued to wander for a while longer, making our way accros to Parliament and Big Ben:
Look at his hair! =)
Millennium Bridge, with St Paul's on the other bank.
Stay tuned for Day 2 in the UK, we visited Salisbury and Stonehenge.
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