First of all, no pictures in this Day 01 blog. Hopefully we'll get some uploaded tomorrow (if this computer lets us do it).
Today we went to see the Tower of London and the Tower Bridge. The Tower of London was very neat and interesting. Unfortunately, as I've said in a previous post, we were half asleep, so we didn't enjoy it as much as we would have otherwise. We do have some nice pictures though. After that we went to eat at a little Italian restaurant in the Chelsea area, and walked around Chelsea/Kensington after. It's a very rich neighbourhood with BMWs and Mercedes all over the place. Also saw a nice Maserati and two different Bugatti Veyrons drove past 2 minutes apart.
London is though extremely busy, confusing, and BIG!. Here it is, a Thursday night, and there are loads of people out at clubs, restaurants, theatre shows. It's crazy! Then there's the confusing intersections. They're not really traffic circles, but there are always about 4 streets interecting at each intersection. Plus, the cars of course drive on the left side of the road, but we're always looking on the right hand side first (because in Canada we drive on the correct side of the road.) So we're always in danger of getting run over ;-) The subway is also confusing. The trains come very often, but we're constantly walking great distances underground lost in a maze, or traversing giant escalators.
But overall, I'm a fan of London and its culture and am looking forward to the next 2 days spent here. Hopefully Tyler and I will be more awake tomorrow when we go to the British Museum and the Westminster/Whitehall area.
And in case you're wondering, the weather today was 8 degrees Celsius (pretty cold) but sunny. Tomorrow is supposed to be 11 degrees and sunny, and on Saturday it's supposed to rain but be warmer.
1 comment:
Just to add to what Jimmy said. London is very busy. The Tower was interesting, having a comedian of a tour guide helped a lot. Lots of history.
Prices for things look good till you realize that you need to double it to put it in canadian dollars.
Our hostel is decent. Its in a nice part of town and the staff are friendly.
Overall lots of interesting things to see: history, shopping, eating, relaxing. London seems to have it all, but I have not been able to pin point any particular flavor the city has. Maybe I will have figured that out by the time we are leaving.
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