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…
May 30th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
No photos inside Cathedral! Badboy!
May 30th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
You are allowed to take photos inside the cathedral? @_@ When I was there last year, photography is not allowed.
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:49 am
wow. you took a photo of the tube map.
June 3rd, 2009 at 4:37 pm
We didn’t get a map when we first arrived… so I thought I’d better take a photo in case we need to look at it on the train or something :-P
June 5th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
=O u stayed at the generator as well??
wow u got so many interesting angles, i love it!
haha i’ll probably never get around to uploading my eurotrip pictures =p
June 7th, 2009 at 1:35 am
Yes! You’re the second person I heard who also stayed at the Generator! I think it’s a popular one…
You should! Take some time this summer to organize and start uploading :-)
October 31st, 2009 at 8:45 am
i like all ur photos. i m doing an assignemnt regarding St. Paul’s Cathedral and ur photos comes in very handy. thank you so much.
November 4th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Thanks Albert, please credit the photos and hope to see you on my blog another time!