Some more London photos

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Some more London Photos--
London was wonderful, so I want to show you more of the pictures.

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Photos

Buses and phone booths
Yes, all the buses were red, double deckers, and they drove on the left. Eerie. Reminded me of Hong Kong, but there all the taxicabs were red. Notice the red phone booth in this shot. Yes, most were red, maybe all of the booths.

National Gallery
The National Gallery is beautiful on the outside and on the inside. We took a short tour and the history of the rooms was described, as well as the paintings and statues.

spider
"Maman" a famous spider in front of Tate Modern. Does this remind you of your mother? Now read the explanations.

explanation of spider
Here's the description of the spider

easier to read
Here's a description of the spider, and of maman.

Half price ticket line
If you go to the TKTS booth you can get half price tickets for plays, etc. for the same day.

Leicester Sq
the theatre district and address for the TKTS booth.

London Bridge
We could look down the Thames at this famous London Bridge. Do you want to buy it? (An old con game.)

the pedestrian bridge
We could walk from St. Paul's cathedral to Tate Modern on this bridge.

Salvation Army Headquarters
This building took me by surprise, even though I knew the Salvation Army was international.

Shakespeare Theater
We could see this Shakespeare Theatre from the pedestrian bridge.

St Francis
This statue of St. Francis was the only one I saw in gold.

me on bridge
I had to prove I was there and that these weren't post card photos!

Tate Modern Museum
Yes, it's an old factory converted to an amazing museum. I loved it.

theatre section
Here's an example of the streets in the theatre district.

theatre set for Rent
I got this shot just before the usher said, "No photos." It was the musical "Rent", but the British version. It was fantastic.

the three travelers
Here we are, Dai, Linell, and Susie. We got along great and had a wonderful time together. We laughed a lot, ate well, even slept well in the same room!

Harrods
The brown building in the background is Harrods, the famous department store. They were having their January sale. I bought coffee, cheese and marmelade. It's really a very expensive store.

sign for "Rent"
Here is the theatre street and the neon sign for Rent and others.

windows in neighborhood church
On Sunday I went around the block from our hotel, Royal Court Apartments, to the Anglican church. It's a small congregation, high church, lots of incense, much formality, beautiful acoustics for the choir. Overall a beautiful and friendly church. Their ad was at the underground station that we used, Lancaster Gate.

train station for Eurostar
The Eurostar train is high speet, 2 hours to Paris from London. It goes under the English Channel, in the chunnel. It's very modern and comfortable.

the Eurostar train
Here's a shot of the Eurostar train. Dai took this one and the station shot.

inside the Eurostar
See how modern and comfortable these new Eurostar trains are.

Comments

[HOWARD AND MARGARET]

London pictures
We LOVED every one of your London pictures. We were there, but it was in the late 60's, so it was good to visit there via your wonderful pictures.

[Gailey]

Photos bring back memories of various trips including one with you!