Tuesday, 17 December 2013

England at Night

Wedding on Sat , aftermath on Sunday.
Monday Night Lights  , was a bus tour of the downtown of London.
Name dropping here : City of London : the square mile of business in London
Threadneedle Street : traditionally , the fashion area
 Bond St :
 Fleet St: home of the print industry but now everything
 the Strand : where you went to see and be seen
 The Eye : the big wheel in town $ 38 for a 1/2 h swing through the London sky
 Big Ben: not the American bear , the clock that keeps Londoners on time
 Yepper , saw them all.
As well , Covent Garden : market area of london
 the Thames : river highway to London and all points north
 the Circuses Oxford , Picadilly and Trafalgar Square. 
The great stores , Selfridges , Harrods , Fortnum and Mason
The names jumped out of history. Times Square but loaded w/ history - back to 52 AD when Julius Caesar crossed the Thames

Weather : rainy all night ( even during the tour ) gusty wind.
The day was patchy sunlight and brisk winds. Definitely , late fall weather at home , not quite winter but Jack Frost is coming. Probably , 40 C.

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