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My pictorial story on London
January 24, 2008, 2:58 pm
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Day one: Stone Henge & Hampton Court Palace

Driving in the mini to stone henge and Hampton Court Palace mmeee Mini

Sir Henry the 8th In Hampton court Palcae grounds It started like this…. Very sudden hail wind and rain! look what the stupid south blowing wind and rain did! one side of me was thoroughly saturated and frozen

then something shifted in the heavens…. oooo! much better Turning on us to bring direct strond beams of sunlight and clear skys opened above us !

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Day Two: The Natural Histroy Museum & The Science Museum

The Natural History Museum! A familar face The Science Museum! cool old technologies

The Natural History Museum! This dude was incredible! The Natural History Museum!

Golden eagle Dinosaurs! the mini disected

Cool old invented technologies Plastics exhibition piece Chales Babbage the first computer inventor… and heres his brain….

Day Three: London Central, River Thames, Big Ben, Parliment Square, Horse Gaurds, Trafalgar Square & National Gallery

The london eye River thames and mee Golden Jubilee bridge

River thames with paliment square behind me.. and Big Ben Parliment buildings

Big Ben Stall Horse Guards court. Ohhh sooooo stunning.. The horse that is! getting in there like a tourist! haha

Horse and guards doing their thing one of the cheeky Squirrels in of the Mall leadingdown from Buckingham

Trafalga square Fountains at Trafalagar square and infornt of the national gallery Trafalgar square and me

Streets Street performer in Garden court

Day Four: The Tower of London

The Tower of London Me and the section of the castel for the Crown Jewels behind me The Tower of london

Me at the tower of London with Tower Bridge behind me Engravings from the castle walls of the Tower of London Knights room of regalia with in the Tower. Ornamentalism that projected wealth and riches of the king

some of the weaponary Original horse and knight armour Original Knights stick

Knight and horse in armour ) Westminster Abby

Day Five: Westminter Abby, St Pauls Cathedral and The Green & Hyde Gardens of London

Westminster Abby cathedral St Pauls Cathedral St Pauls Catherdral

Green park Green park “the lungs of London” Hyde Park getting closer to Buckingham palace

Diana princess of Whales memorial fountain/water spring Me and the lake in Hyde Park Ves Bar where alot of kiwis hang out.

London underground Streets Well well well what have we here!!

Thames river with St Pauls in background Millenium bridge (walking bridge) Stpauls/millenium bridge

Day Six: Windsor Castle & Buckingham palace

Train Station Graffiti A Windsor Antique shop Part of Windsor Castle

Guards Marching past in Windsor The Cathedral of Windsor Castle looking glass in the river township below windsor Castle

) Buckingham Palace Gates “Gift of New Zealand”

Looking down “The mall” from Buckingham horse guards in bragade

A guard at Buckingham looking through the gardens in front of Buckingham

Day Seven: Home time

Bye London! Bye Kay! Bye mini!!


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Well as you can see there is quite a collection of photos. Hoever this is only the tip of the ice berg really.
Alot of the Cathedrals and most of the interior splendor in the palaces were not to be photographed.And these were some of the most spectacular sights to see. Hampton court had a room embalished with tapestries that were embossed with silver and gold and were worth two fully armed battle ships and the knights and men to drive them. This however is exactly th impact it wishes to have, sporting your wealth in the form of treasury and slendor to the visitors of your palace.

The Scince and Natural history museums were incredible, Especially the Science museum. It had Technologies from inventors dating back to the 1500’s. Computers that are the size of a roon, instrument and gadgets gallore…

Westminster Abby was incredible, just getting you head around the history and the shrines in there that hold the physical remains of kings and queens dating back to the 1500’s! Such a special place. I wen to a service in St pauls cathedral.. that was beautifull 1.5 hours there with the choir singing and ministers talking. For a spiritual person but not `religious` it was a gratifying service to witness.

So yes i saw alot of history in my time in London, however i also saw that history also has its down sides.. with all these stone clad paths and historic brick road ways and castle grounds i saw three people trip and face plant into the ground… this made me very wary of my footing.

Comment by nina January 24, 2008 @ 3:44 pm



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