Eurotrip Day 2 – London
Saturday, May 30th, 2009 :: 2:26 am
First stop, London! This is the first of three days we spent in London. Major stops include St. Paul Cathedral, Bank Museum, Hyde Park, and Harrods Department Store.
Arriving bright and early in the airport, we took the Tube (what they call the metro) from Heathrow Airport right to the city centre, King’s Cross.
Gentleman checking up cell phone
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Good to see that SAP is big here! :-D
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Their metro system is 50x more complex than Vancouver’s
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This is what I get for putting in a £20 for a £4 fare… lots of heavy coins!
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Ticket that takes us there!
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The police actually carry REAL guns here. SMGs for the win!
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King’s Cross is certainly a busy station
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This is the symbol we look for when we want the metro!
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This is where the camera comes out and stays out! Everything looks so different here!
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Old vs New
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Finally reaching our first destination, Generator Hostel. Heavy bags dropoff time!
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Russell Square Station – our connection point for the next few days
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This will teach us never to follow signs and take the stairs again…
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Bottom of the few hundred steps!
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First of many cathedrals on our trip, St. Paul Cathedral
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Bus stop with my initials! Haha
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Public washrooms on the sidewalk!
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Golden statue outside
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Entrance to the Cathedral
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The infamous double decker buses!
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St. Paul Cathedral square
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Going in costs an arm and leg… well not quite. £6.80 with coupon! Well, might as well.. since we’re already here…
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Tomb in the basement
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Very beautiful roof
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Looking down after climbing LOTS of stairs…
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View from the top!
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This one is a panorama. Click for larger view!
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Looking south, we can see the Millennium Bridge and Tate Modern
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Glimpse of the London Eye beyond the Thames River!
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Busy streets of London
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More double decker buses!
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Big giant clock – starving at this point
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Walking down those small small stair steps…
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Milk Shaken Up?
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HSBC building has an interesting design
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Ordered numbers!
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Next stop, Bank of England Museum!
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Finally! Lunch after 3pm! A bunch of growling stomachs.
New York Sandwich for £3.90 will have to do
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Waiting for the bus that goes towards Hyde Park.
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Nice station name! Poultry!
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Top of Wellington Arch
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Me and the Arch!
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Finally arriving at some green space! This is Hyde Park, one of the largest parks in central London.
Lots of people taking enjoying the park
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Why of course, photo ops!
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Calling it a day – heading towards department store and dinner!
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Many big name-brands here
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Harrods – very famous and large department store
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What can I say, London isn’t known for its food, so we randomly went into a Japanese restaurant.
Vancouver still has the best Japanese food anywhere.
£6.50 Teriyaki Chicken Don
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Harrods by night
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To be continued…
Eurotrip Day 1 – Flight
Thursday, May 28th, 2009 :: 5:36 pm
As you probably know I’ve been back for about a week from my highly anticipated 24 day Eurotrip! So far I’ve gone through about half the photos on the trip, deleting duplicates, blurry images, etc. I will have to delete as I go along later on this month.
How was it? Summing it up in one word: Great! It’s probably what I imagined it to be – and maybe even a bit more. Ate escargot, pizza, gelato, conversed with locals, jumped in front of the Eiffel Tower, and a whole load of other things.
I’m not much of a writer myself, but hopefully you can follow the small captions that I have above the photos.
Critique and comments very much welcome! I’d be glad to answer any questions about the trip! :-D
A little photo stat:
Shutter clicks (going by image number): 11109
Images kept (so far): 9921 (about 90% rate)
Average photos/day: 463
Storage used: 114GB (excluding videos)
Images shot with RAW and JPG
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Just before heading out the door. Crumpler photo bag + 12kg backpack
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At YVR check-in counters
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Goodbye Vancouver!
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Agricultural farms of Richmond
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In-flight drinks provided, home-baked cookies so good~ Thanks :-)
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Transferring flights at Chicago airport
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Departure Gate C21 – Destination: London Heathrow!!!
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Cheery travelmates munching on fast food snack
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It’s hard to see, but we’re going at almost 1000km/h with a strong tailwind!
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The meal that took forever to come because they had to warm more up =.=
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Fun with plane lights!
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We’re here, 1h10m ahead of schedule!
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Thames River with the famous Tower Bridge!
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Certainly a different arrangement of communities
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Heavily corporate sponsored airport – it’s all HSBC!
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To be continued…
We did it!
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 :: 1:06 am
On the way to Convocation 2009
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Alumni gift and diploma
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Pink Dress Girl
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 :: 4:31 pm
Through the streets of Rome
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Lady in the Window
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 :: 2:39 pm
Piazza della Rotonda, Rome, Italy
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