Back from London
Hey everybody.
You're all probably wondering what's held me up for so long, but I was off in London for two weeks. I don't like to advertise where/when I'm going until after the fact. ^__^ But I had an absolutely fantastic time! And I understand London references and many other English things related so much better now, omg. It's kind of amazing how ignorant I was that I can't even put it all to words. Oh, and below is my slideshow of awesome.... with all the pictures backwards *sigh* Unfortunately there was so much I couldn't take a picture of because I wasn't allowed.
Don't be fooled by how bright and sunny everything is though. This is not showing the 70% of the time that it was raining. XD
http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/Miyanon/London%202012/?albumview=slideshow
I also want to thank everyone for all your awesome suggestions! It was great help. ^__^
Here's places worth noting:
City of Westminster
City of London - apparently the Mayor of London is higher in sovereignty to the monarchy and their symbol is a dragon
Southwark - southern bank of the Thames, where all the raunchy stuff happened, such as Shakespeare's plays. Pah, Puritans
Piccadilly Circus
Covent Garden
London Eye
Westminster Abbey
Houses of Parliament
Trafalgar Square
St. Paul (inside I saw the chapel for "To the American Dead of the Second World War from the People of Britain" - I literally had a meltdown, mainly because I wasn't expecting it)
The Globe (saw Henry V with Jamie Parker. I am now a Jamie Parker groupie)
Tate Modern
Science Museum
British Museum
The V&A
Harrod's
Fortnum & Mason - did tea
The Ritz - did tea
Athaneum Hotel - best Afternoon Tea I have ever had in my life
Porterhouse - mainly because I love how Steampunk it is
Salisbury Cathedral
Bath (Roman Baths)
Stonehenge - it was sunny out, it was amazing
Hyde Park
Ton of walking tours
Jack the Ripper trail
Tower of London - love the ravens - also did the Ceremony of the Keys. Fun.
Olympic Park
Buckingham Palace - saw changing of the guard. Argh, they played one song that I couldn't remember where it came from
Royal Mews
Queen's Gallery
Windsor
Churchill War Rooms
Horse Guard Parade
Banqueting House
Apsley House - kind of weird to know that the current Duke of Wellington is still living there
Camden Market - SO MUCH FUN
Spitalfield
Temple - where the Knights Templar were, apparently invented the banking system
Did a Pub Crawl in Soho... won't be repeating soon
You're all probably wondering what's held me up for so long, but I was off in London for two weeks. I don't like to advertise where/when I'm going until after the fact. ^__^ But I had an absolutely fantastic time! And I understand London references and many other English things related so much better now, omg. It's kind of amazing how ignorant I was that I can't even put it all to words. Oh, and below is my slideshow of awesome.... with all the pictures backwards *sigh* Unfortunately there was so much I couldn't take a picture of because I wasn't allowed.
Don't be fooled by how bright and sunny everything is though. This is not showing the 70% of the time that it was raining. XD
http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/Miyanon/London%202012/?albumview=slideshow
I also want to thank everyone for all your awesome suggestions! It was great help. ^__^
Here's places worth noting:
City of Westminster
City of London - apparently the Mayor of London is higher in sovereignty to the monarchy and their symbol is a dragon
Southwark - southern bank of the Thames, where all the raunchy stuff happened, such as Shakespeare's plays. Pah, Puritans
Piccadilly Circus
Covent Garden
London Eye
Westminster Abbey
Houses of Parliament
Trafalgar Square
St. Paul (inside I saw the chapel for "To the American Dead of the Second World War from the People of Britain" - I literally had a meltdown, mainly because I wasn't expecting it)
The Globe (saw Henry V with Jamie Parker. I am now a Jamie Parker groupie)
Tate Modern
Science Museum
British Museum
The V&A
Harrod's
Fortnum & Mason - did tea
The Ritz - did tea
Athaneum Hotel - best Afternoon Tea I have ever had in my life
Porterhouse - mainly because I love how Steampunk it is
Salisbury Cathedral
Bath (Roman Baths)
Stonehenge - it was sunny out, it was amazing
Hyde Park
Ton of walking tours
Jack the Ripper trail
Tower of London - love the ravens - also did the Ceremony of the Keys. Fun.
Olympic Park
Buckingham Palace - saw changing of the guard. Argh, they played one song that I couldn't remember where it came from
Royal Mews
Queen's Gallery
Windsor
Churchill War Rooms
Horse Guard Parade
Banqueting House
Apsley House - kind of weird to know that the current Duke of Wellington is still living there
Camden Market - SO MUCH FUN
Spitalfield
Temple - where the Knights Templar were, apparently invented the banking system
Did a Pub Crawl in Soho... won't be repeating soon