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

Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge built between 1886 and 1894. The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London. The bridge consists of two bridge towers tied together at the upper level by two horizontal walkways, designed to withstand the horizontal tensionforces exerted by the suspended sections of the bridge on the landward sides of the towers. The vertical components of the forces in the suspended sections and the vertical reactions of the two walkways are carried by the two robust towers. The bas... read more

I am a friendly person. I like being friendly! I smile at strangers, make conservation with the checkout girl, and genuinely want to share everything. This attitude lends itself perfectly to my small village life, but when I bring it back to a big city, I'm always amused at it's uniqueness. Not that people in cities aren't friendly; I just think they are genuinely overwhelmed with action and activities and stress and appointments and advertising and pressure and well, just too wrapped up to unwind. And usually on their way to work while I'm casually strolling the streets. Either way, I'm the same me no matter where my feet tread, so I brought my sunshine and smiles to the Peckham Rye neighborhood to visit B's artist's studio in the famous revamped Bussey Building. Her directions were ... read more

Had a splendid day out in London town on Monday where I managed to glimpse the Eye (enormous!) and take a tour of Shakespeare's Globe. My original plan was to fit in the Tate Modern as well, but time seemed to escape me and it was a choice between that and the Globe. A choice between art and literature? For me literature wins. The Globe was fascinating, even though the reconstruction has some obvious changes that make it suitable to a modern day performance (lighting so performances can be done at night for one thing). I stopped for a while on the Southbank to take in the sites and sounds, and also enjoyed being a spectator to one or two quality street performers. Tuesday I spent the day with my cousins at their house in Egham ... read more

I forgot to add our trip to the Imperial War Museum. Milo couldn't move in till 6 pm, we had some time to kill and took the tube over to super big guns, and air planes, submarines, and even trenches!! We both agreed our 30 minute trip could of been extended for a couple hours. Miles then also said that. "Now that is the way to do a museum." ...we are a little different.... read more

2/27/11- Today I was to excited to sleep, knowing I was attending my first football match in Europe. However after waking up at 630 and not being able to get back to sleep till 730 I woke up at 10. I showered and went in to the kitchen for breakfast. I made 2 eggs, 2 hash browns, 4 strips of bacon, a piece of toast, and baked beans. (customary for English breakfasts) It was a great breakfast, but I was off to the stadium. I rode the tube there taking the jubilee line but had to switch to hit upton park. As soon as I switched trains I noticed a different atmosphere. Everyone was wearing West Ham United colors and seemed excited about the upcoming event. I marched to the stadium side by side with ... read more