Tuesday, September 13, 2011

London and Bath, England pictures

These are pictures I took of London and Bath.

The traditional English "roast", with Yorkshire pudding.  Yorkshire pudding is just eggy bread, and tasty.  The meat was tough.

This picture and the next 4 are of St. Paul's.Early each day to the steps of Saint Paul's
The little old bird woman comes
In her own special way to the people she call,
"Come, buy my bags full of crumbs;
Come feed the little birds,
Show them you care
And you'll be glad if you do
Their young ones are hungry
Their nests are so bare
All it takes is tuppence from you
Feed the birds, tuppence a bag
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag
Feed the birds," that's what she cries
While overhead, her birds fill the skies






This and the next 10 pictures are of the outside of the Tower of London and the Tower Bridge











An example of really old brick with stuff growing on it

The street my hotel was on

A somewhat typical church

The "full English"

This and the next 2 are of a canal I came across



This and the next 2 are of a church I came across



Entrance to Regent's Park.  The next 5 are also of Regent's Park






A mail box for "franked mail"

The eye of London

Houses of Parliament

Big Ben






I think this is the Houses of Parliament

This and the next 6 pictures are of Westminster Abbey.  Pictures weren't allowed inside.






I thought this was a cool pinkish looking building


This and the next are of Piccadilly Circus.  Me with statue of Eros



The tube station closest to my hotel

This and the next 7 are of Buckingham Palace and the changing of the guard








I forget the name of this arch



This and the next 7 pictures were taken at Hyde park.  This is a cool-looking tree that seemed upside down to me.



Princess Diana memorial


Peter Pan statue

A groundskeeper's house


This and the next 3 are of the Price Albert Memorial




Victoria and Albert museum


This and the next 4 are of the British Museum

Rosetta Stone


Elgin marbles

Easter Island dude

Little Ben, on his side (oops)

This and the next 2 are of Westminster Cathedral



This and the next several pictures were taken in the town Bath, EXACTLY a 90  minute train ride from London



This and the next are the outside of Bath Abbey

A cool sign

This and the next 3 are of the Roman Baths





This and the next are the inside of Bath Abbey



This and the next are the Jane Austen Centre


Bath Crescent

From here on, we are back in London.  This and the next 6 are of the inside of the Tower of London


The White Tower, built by William the Conqueror around about 1066 AD.  I read a book all about him.

Henry VIII's bodacious armour

Potty


No, you couldn't go up to him and try to make him smile.  This was outside the Jewel House, where the crown jewels are kept.  No pictures allowed inside, but the jewels were a highlight of my trip

The skyline view from the top of Primrose Hill, near my hotel
More view from the top of Primrose hill

Changing of the Guard

I went to London and Bath, England.  It was delightful in every way, and I want to go back.  Here is a video I took of the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace.