London

Tuesday 19 Oct 2010

 
Our last day in London was a bus tour. We sat at the top of a double-decker bus.
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The sight lines are very strange from up here. It looks like we're running over people and cars.
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That spire left of center, which should look very familiar to DC residents, is St. Paul's Cathedral.
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The central city of London used to be surrounded by a wall. The wall was taken down and replaced by statues of dragons, which mark the boundary between the central city and the outer boroughs.
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Approaching St. Paul's Cathedral
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This is right around the spot where the Great Fire of London started on Pudding Lane in 1666.
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Driving across the Tower Bridge.
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The Tower of London.
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The moat used to be here.
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This pub takes its name from the usual punishment for Tower prisoners.
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Another dragon statue.
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As we drove past the side of Buckingham Palace, a royal procession started.
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The procession included several horse-drawn carriages...
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...and the royal limousine.
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The Marble Arch. The same procession comes through the arch.
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A few years ago, the telephone numbers in London increased in length by a digit, adding a 7 or an 8. Apparantly, the decision to place the new digit at the end of the "area code"...
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...or at the beginning of the phone number is a matter of personal preference.
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This was our tour bus. Jim and Jeff are in the top front left.
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Michelle was disappointed to find that she could not afford any souvenirs from Harrod's.
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Kensington Palace. Home of Princess Diana after her separation from Prince Charles.
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Unlike Buckingham Palace, between construction and security considerations, this was as close as we could get.
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There was a small garden to walk through.
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Our hotel building lit up at night.
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