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Monthly Archives: November 2013
London 2013: The Views from Greenwich Park
Greenwich Park is London’s oldest enclosed park (established in 1443) and most 0f the places that collectively are called Maritime Greenwich are within its boundaries. After visiting the National Maritime Museum we walked past Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle and … Continue reading
Posted in London, Travel
Tagged 2012 Olympics Games, 2012 Paralympics games, Blackheath Ave, chestnut tree, Greenwich, Greenwich Park, Greenwich Power Station, James Wolfe Monument, Maritime Greenwich, Olympics equestrian events, Park Row, Park Vista, photography, Plume of Feathers, Queen's House, Royal Observatory, the O2, Trafalgar Tavern, travel, travel photography
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London 2013: Our West End Walk
After visiting Covent Garden on our only Sunday in London we continued on our West End Walk, faithfully following the tour suggested by Rick Steves in his Pocket London Guide. The West End of London is really central London. Our … Continue reading
Posted in London, Travel
Tagged 84 Charing Cross Road, Beak Street, Brewer Street, Cambridge Circus, Camden, Carnaby Street, Charing Cross Road, Charles Dickens, City of London, City of Westminster, Covent Garden, Dean Street, Denman Street, Denmark Street, Earlham Street, Foyle's bookstore, Frith Street, Golden Square, Great Marlborough Street, Great Windmill Street, Greek Street, Kingly Street, Leon de Bruxelles, Liberty department store, London West End, Lower James Street, Manette Street, Mercer Street, Neal Street, Old Compton Street, Oxford Street, photography, Piccadilly Circus, Regent Street, Rick Steves, Seven Dials, Shelton Street, Soho Square, St James Tavern, Tisbury Court, travel, travel photography
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London 2013: Covent Garden
On Sunday, September 29th, we took the Tube to Leicester Square, the starting point for Rick Steves’ West End Walk. Leicester Square is famous for its movie theatres and film premieres. One of the three theatres on the square, The … Continue reading
Posted in London, Travel
Tagged Adelphi theatre, Apple Market, buskers, Catherine Street, Chandos Place, Covent Garden, Covent Garden history, Covent Garden Market, Covent Garden Piazza, Covent Garden Station, Covent Garden theatres, Cranbourn Street, Drury Lane, Earl of Bedford, Earlham Street, Eliza Doolittle, Floral Street, Garrick Street, Inigo Jones, James Street, Jubilee Hall, Leicester Square, London Transport Museum, Maiden Lane, My Fair Lady, photography, Piccadilly line, Portugal Street, Punch and Judy, Pygmalion, Rick Steves, Royal Opera House, Rules restaurant, Russell Street, Samuel Pepys, St Paul's Church, the Cambridge theatre, the Fortune, The Harp, the Lyceum, the New London theatre, the Odeon, the Peacock theatre, the Vue theatre, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, travel, travel photography, Trip Advisor, Wellington Street, West End Walk
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London 2013: More photos of Brick Lane
Here are some more photos from the stroll I took down Brick Lane in September: On our next day in London we visited Covent Garden at the beginning of our West End Walk. That will be the subject of my … Continue reading
Posted in Art, London, Travel
Tagged Brick Lane, East End, graffiti, photo walk, photography, Spitalfields, street art, street photography, travel, travel photography
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London 2013: Brick Lane
A couple of weeks ago in my posting on Ian McEwan’s Neighborhood I mentioned Emily Luxton’s blog. Emily is a British travel writer who travels all over but is stationed in London’s East End. I visited her blog a few … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, London, Travel
Tagged Backyard Market, Bangladesh, Bangladeshi, Beigel Bake, Bengali, Brick Lane, Christ Church, Emily Luxton, graffiti, Huguenots, I Goat, London mosque, London synagogue, photography, Spitalfields, street art, street photography, travel, travel photography, Truman Brewery
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London 2013: Spitalfields
Spitalfields is a popular East End neighborhood located near the old Bishopsgate entrance to the City of London and just southeast of Shoreditch, southwest of Bethnal Green, north of Aldgate and northwest of Whitechapel. It got its name from an … Continue reading
Posted in London, Travel
Tagged Bishop Square, Bishopsgate, Brick Lane, City of London, Commercial Street, Crispin Street, East End, Fournier Street, I Goat, Jack the Ripper, Liverpool Street Station, Meantime beer, Petticoat Lane, photography, Spitalfields, Spitalfields Market, Ten Bells, the Gherkin, Traffic People, travel, travel photography, Whitechapel
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London 2013: The British Museum (Part Four) — Photographing the Elgin Marbles
I brought three lenses with me to London along with my Canon 60D DSLR. The Canon 24-105mm zoom lens is the one that’s usually on my camera and the one that I most often use during my travels. The 50mm … Continue reading
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