24/12/2001: London
Return rail tickets would have cost us 36 pounds - around $110 Australian.
On a Sunday in Sydney it would cost less than $15 to do a similar trip!
First stop, Buck' House
That's the Queen Victoria monument in the foreground
A set of gates like this would set off our house nicely
We then walked across St James park, to hear Big Ben strike twelve
Then up the road to Trafalgar Square
Puss, puss... Whiskas!!
Followed up with a bi' o' cultcha at the Art Gallery
The tree is an annual gift from Norway to say thanks for Britain's help during the war.
They've been giving a tree since 1947
Pigeon Pie anyone?
(I felt like an extra in an Alfred Hitchcock movie - being swooped by 10,000 pigeons is unnerving)
A short Tube ride to the other end of the city, as Patrick wanted to see the Tower Bridge
Coming out of the station, we came upon the Tower of London
As you walk around to the front of the Tower, you come upon Tower Bridge
Sheila and Hannah decided that they wanted to see the Tower, but Pat decided
he wanted to do the tour of the bridge. (ie. No more photos of the Tower)
The Bridge tour takes you up and down both towers, and through the walkways between the two
You then head down to see the original engine rooms
Tower Bridge
The view from near the top of the South Tower
The view from the walkway
(Check the weird building to the left - The new 'Thames River Authority' building from recollection)
