My trip to Europe-part 1-London

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Got back a few weeks ago. I am still recovering from exhaustion and sore feet. The ground in Europe just somehow seems harder to me.

Started out in London... Day 1



We were only there for 24 hours and it was my friends' first trip to Europe so I had to show her as many sights as I could in a day...



Big Ben and the photo opportunity...



View from and Self portrait on the top of St Paul's Cathedral, very cold and windy up there.



Lunch at the Grenadier Pub (harder to find than you could ever imagine). Famous for being old and Haunted.



Guard at Buckingham Palace



My friend didn't Mind the Gap and she lost her shoe. I never laughed so hard in my life; Notting Hill tube station



This man had the squirrel on his lap but I just missed it!



Big Ben and Parliment at night



Michelle and I, Self Portrait in Piccadilly Circus



Famouse Harrods department store at night

For more London photos visit http://www.shawnaseto.com/gallery/681042/1/36231835

Please feel free to add your London photos in this thread. I would love to see them!

Dee

Mind the gap
OMG, I remember that!

So what did your friend do when she lost her shoe? Did she hop around London with only one shoe? :-)

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Dee wrote:

OMG, I remember that!

So what did your friend do when she lost her shoe? Did she hop around London with only one shoe? :-)

We thought that what was going to happen but when I stopped laughing and making a scene, I asked someone who worked there and he got a hook thingy and fished it out for her!

Dee

Omg

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We thought that what was going to happen but when I stopped laughing and making a scene, I asked someone who worked there and he got a hook thingy and fished it out for her!

Well I guess they are used to retrieving things that fall in the gap!

nwilkins

Wonderful shots, Shawna.

I just got back myself from Liverpool and London. I particularly liked the Look Right/Look Left notations painted on the streets for us Yanks no doubt!

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nwilkins wrote:

Wonderful shots, Shawna.

I just got back myself from Liverpool and London. I particularly liked the Look Right/Look Left notations painted on the streets for us Yanks no doubt!

Yes I am fond of that too... check out my gallery, I have a photo of it that I quite like. It gets so confusing which way to look... guess that is why they told us as kids to always look both ways!

http://www.shawnaseto.com/gallery/681042/1/36231835

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New photos added
Slowly but surely I have been editing and adding photos... Enjoy!

AntoineD

wow ! the black & white photo with the cab is just like in spin city !

nice

Seeing your journey's pictures make me want to take the next flight !

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AntoineD wrote:

wow ! the black & white photo with the cab is just like in spin city !

nice

You mean Sin City right? Cool... I never saw the full movie but I knew what you meant right away. Good eye!

ppuga

Great pictures! The BW of Harrods and the London Cab is awsome!

Did you get some pictures from/of the London Eye?

let's take a look to your galleries

AntoineD

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You mean Sin City right? Cool... I never saw the full movie but I knew what you meant right away. Good eye!

Absolutely, indeed, Spin City has nothing to do with Sin City

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ppuga wrote:

Great pictures! The BW of Harrods and the London Cab is awsome!

Did you get some pictures from/of the London Eye?

let's take a look to your galleries

thanks...
it was pouring rain (go figure) when we were on the eye so my pictures kinda sucked

ppuga

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thanks...
it was pouring rain (go figure) when we were on the eye so my pictures kinda sucked

oh that's a shame, but I saw your galleries and you have great work.

I get a few from the London Eye by night a few months ago:








Wasn't raining, but couldn't get up in the day, sure it's a completly different view.

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ppuga wrote:

oh that's a shame, but I saw your galleries and you have great work.

I get a few from the London Eye by night a few months ago:








Wasn't raining, but couldn't get up in the day, sure it's a completly different view.

thanks! those are really great shots you took. we were there at sunset, would have been perfect but oh well. maybe next time.

ppuga

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thanks! those are really great shots you took. we were there at sunset, would have been perfect but oh well. maybe next time.

Always there's another chance.

Awais Yaqub

Great trip ! thanks for sharing these lovely photos

christulk

nwilkins wrote:

Wonderful shots, Shawna.

I just got back myself from Liverpool and London. I particularly liked the Look Right/Look Left notations painted on the streets for us Yanks no doubt!

Lovely shots - particularly the night stuff.

When traveling to the US we Aussies (Right hand drive like the poms) have a saying to keep us out of trouble when crossing the road. "Death from the left" i.e, look left FIRST!! (it's worked for me so far)

fire1035

Awesome pictures.


When my grandparents took me in 1994 I caught onto a saying my grandfather used everytime we got into the car and pulled onto a roadway. I liked it so much I used it as a friendly reminder when my wife and I went in 2004. Everytime we pulled out of a parking lot, petrol depot, etc. we would simply state "and we're driving left." It seemed to keep us out of trouble.

PaulBach

The best things are free
Spent a fair amout of time in London with the US Navy - used to give TubeTours to new arrivals.

Don't ever buy the rubbish that London has to be expensive since many of the best sites are free.

-The Horse Guards Parade
-The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace
-The British Museum
-People watching on Oxford Street and at Trafalgar.

One of the best kept secrets are

1. good beer and food at very reasonable at Witherspoon Pubs
2. Breakfast and lunch in the basement of St. Martins in the Field.

Take a few moments to speak to the senior citizens. They all have great stories of the blitz and WWII. The stories get better every time they are told.