My Month in Norway
London Trip - Days 16-19
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| I had a wonderful time visiting Scott and Dina
in Guilford, and seeing London for the first time. Dina went with me
on Friday to sight-see in London. We did a boat trip on the Thames
and one of the famous red double-decker bus tours. We saw everything
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| This is the living room at Scott
& Dina's - very pleasant |
I spent a lot of time out
here. The flowers were beautiful and the weather was perfect!
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The Phillips office in Woking
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A hotel viewed from the Thames. |
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Big Ben (inside the tower)
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The houses of Parliament
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The London Eye and the Aquarium
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The Aquarium |
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A reconstruction of
Shakespeare's Globe Theater
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The Tower of London
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The Tower Bridge
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Close-up of part of the Tower
Bridge
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Used to be a fish market, now
used for
offices
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The Queen's Obelisk "relocated"' from
Egypt
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Who knew London had so many leaning structures?? (OK, so I won't win
'Photographer of
the Year' with these shots!)
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At the British Museum
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A typical London street
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Shots of Dina & myself on
the tour bus |
Saturday, June 30 |
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| Scott, Dina, and I had a
wonderful breakfast of strawberry crepes and then we headed out to spend
the day at Kew Gardens. It was very nice! |
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| Nice shot of the happy couple in
front of the Pagoda
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A strange coconut-like thing
which had a cluster of small bananas on top. Very different!
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Me under a giant cedar tree
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Me at the same tree with a
strange man creeping up behind me!
(And I do mean strange!!) |
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| Yes, we're still at the same
tree. This time Dina is under it.
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The largest lily pads you can
imagine. Scott is across the way reading all about them.
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More views of Kew Gardens
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This was the Criterion Theatre,
where I went to see a play on Saturday night. I saw "The
Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged)" by the Reduced Shakespeare
Company. The play was very funny and I also purchased a very
tasteful t-shirt - it has a picture of Shakespeare and the caption,
"I Love My Willy".
I then toured several pubs near the Leister Square / Picadilly Circus
area, and even wandered into a dance club for awhile to see what the night
life is like in London.
I wandered around too long, however, as I missed the last train back to
Guilford. I had to spend 45 minutes waiting on a train to Woking,
where I then managed to share a cab back to Guilford with some nice
people. I finally made
it back at about 2:30 am - quite exhausted!
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| Sunday we sat on the patio and
enjoyed the sun, then went to a nearby pub for a very nice lunch.
Then I headed back to Norway. |
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