Sunday, November 18, 2012

A Sunny Day in London

This morning and afternoon an old mate of mine Suzy Murphy ans I went for a walk up to Covent Garden Market, with stops along the South Bank taking photos of the Christmas Village and also photos of areas around Covent Garden Market (the place of Liza Doolittle in My Fair Lady), we went across the Waterloo Bridge from the South Bank up to Covent Garden.





 Me mate Suzy
 London D.
 An old pub mate of mine. LOL
 We decided to go for a bevvy.

 Kayakers on the Thames




 Bubble Man





 Waterloo Bridge heading Notth


 St. Paul's Catherdral
 The Gherkin
 The New Shard Building, Tallest in the UK and EU ans second tallest in Europe; in Southeast London, in Southwark.

 London train on the Waterloo Bridge


 rental bikes are everywhere
 The amphibious duck boat
 Charring Cross Station, I will leave from there on Tuesday to train it down to Dover
to catch the ferry that goes across the English Channel to Calais, France
 A Covent Garden street entertainer, must be freezin' his cobblers awls off this morning.
See the video on Youtube:
http://youtu.be/hv9MjuOXuj4










 London's famous East End Cockney London Pearlies
See: http://www.thepearlies.com/


 Had tea here today





A Covent Garden Chinese musician playing a single string instrument
See youtube video:
http://youtu.be/KvoUxvvU5qw





 One of the many mimes in London






 A London street vendor selling hot chestnuts







 

Cheers from London,

David

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