Blogs from Balham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2

Day 10: A Mixed day Today I took the river cruise to Greenwich. I should mention before I begin that before coming to England one of the first "day trips" I had planned was Greenwich. I had been looking forward to seeing the Maritime Museum, the Prime Meridian and Greenwich. Unfortunately, I found Greenwich to be disappointing. The National Maritime Museum is being renovated, so much of their displays on the 2nd and 3rd floors are closed to the public. The Cutty Sark is still being repaired since the devastating fire in 2007, but that I knew prior to going to England. I had been so looking forward to seeing the Sark and was disappointed to read that they'd pushed the re-launch date to spring 2012. After leaving the National Maritime Museum (mainly because the fire ... read more

Today was a day of walking around the city. I had a few errands to run, so it gave me the chance to explore and just see things. It was nice walking along Whitehall and past the houses of Parliament. I walked across Westminster Bridge, which for those who don't know the city, is right beside Big Ben (houses of Parliament). It's the way that I get into the city every day. More fun to travel via busses I find then the tube, I can see the sites via bus, although tube is faster. I found 10 Downing Street by pure luck, it did help that I was walking instead of travelling in a bus. There was a large gathering at the gates to the street and a motor cade was setting up. It would appear, ... read more

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Today was my first full day in London, and it was pretty amazing. I took a bus into the city, it was about a hours drive, but well worth it. I saw Big Ben, the Thames, the Eye, the Houses of Parliament, Whitehall, the Hourse Guard and Trafalgar Square. It was amazing just seeing the places I've thought about and dreamed about for years. I went to the National Gallery. Now there's something I never thought I'd say lol. But it was quite the experience. I didn't recognize the names of all the painters I saw, but for some it didn't matter. Just seeing a painting that I know was painted centuries ago was, well for a lack of a better word, amazing. I saw paintings by Di Vinci, Rembrant, Michaelangelo, Bonitello, Monet and Rubeuns, just ... read more

Me and my mum decided that the best way to start our Journey would be to take the sleeper train to London from Kingussie. London is where we had to get the aeroplane and mum said there would be lots of exciting things to do in London. I really liked the sleeper train. The room was very small and it had bunk beds. Mum said that I had to get into my pyjamas and go to bed on the top bunk. All night I kept waking up when the train kept stopping. I thought I was going to fall out onto the floor. Eventually we arrived at Euston Station in London. London is the capital city of England and home to things like The Queen, Big Ben, The Houses of Parliament (that Guy Faulkes tried to ... read more