Spring Break Trip 3/6 - London Travel & Sightseeing

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

London – Travel & Sights


Get to the sights!
Underground – King’s Cross
Underground – Paddington Station

See the Sights!
London Tower & Bloody Tower
London Eye
Big Ben / Parliament
Buckingham Palace
221 B Baker Street
Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
National Portrait Gallery
The Regents Park
British Museum
Little Venice
OOC

Or go visit London for hotel and shopping
Or go visit Stonehenge and Glastonbury

Comments

3/6 - Underground - King's Cross

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

It's really a subway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Cross_railway_station). Don't let them confuse you with quaint yet incorrect terms.

3/6 - Underground - Paddington Station

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Paddington Station (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddington_Station) really seems like it should be full of bears. Wearing wee rainhats!

3/6 - Tower of London - Bloody Tower

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Tour (http://www.toweroflondontour.com/) the tower (http://flickr.com/photos/tags/toweroflondon/clusters/london-england-uk/).

Re: 3/6 - Tower of London - Bloody Tower

[chasingangela]

Angela shivered inside her jacket as she joined the line for the Twoer.

Even early, it was a very, very long line.

She sipped at her coffee and tried to peer ahead to the entrance gate.

Re: 3/6 - Tower of London - Bloody Tower

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

"How long do you think we'll have to wait?" Marty asked as he flipped up the collar on his coat to protect his neck.

He was also regretting not getting a cup of coffee when he had the chance.

Re: 3/6 - Tower of London - Bloody Tower

[chasingangela]

"Not sure?" Angela said, hopping a little. "We're moving, anyhow. Maybe 15 minutes?"

Re: 3/6 - Tower of London - Bloody Tower

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

"You cold? Here. You should have worn a scarf," Marty said as he took off his scarf and began to tie it around Angela's neck.

[ooc: I'm a scarf-modder. omg]

Re: 3/6 - Tower of London - Bloody Tower

[chasingangela]

"I was just trying to see," Angela protested, but not very hard, because the scarf did feel good. "But thank you. Oh, look, they're letting in the whole big group in front of us at once."

Re: 3/6 - Tower of London - Bloody Tower

[chasingangela]

Angela nodded at what Marty said. "Yeah, I dunno either. They certainly seem more likely than vampires, right?"

A little shyly, she continues, "I had this ... thing last year, where I really thought I talked to a dead guy on Halloween. Not a seance, he was just there. I thought I was dreaming, but now I'm kind of less sure."

She tilted her head, listening to the singing. "It's pretty cool that they have period music."

Re: 3/6 - Tower of London - Bloody Tower

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

"What makes you think now that it wasn't a dream?" Marty asked with a slighty confused expression.

Music? What music?

Re: 3/6 - Tower of London - Bloody Tower

[chasingangela]

"I'm not sure. It just never really felt like one, and .... maybe Fandom's broadened my mind," Angela said, a puzzled look on her face.

She grinned as she looked at the jewels behind glass. "Oooh. Pretty."

Re: 3/6 - Tower of London - Bloody Tower

[oatmanspatient.livejournal.com]

Marty admired the view. Whether he was looking at the jewels or Angela? He's not telling.

"So what did you talk to the mystery guy about?" Marty asked.

Re: 3/6 - Tower of London - Bloody Tower

[chasingangela]

"I was trying to convince him not to do something," Angela said. "My old school there was this kid who was, like, mythical. He had died playing a prank on Halloween night in the 60's. I was trying to talk him out of the thing that killed him."

"He didn't listen," she added, shortly. "Like I said, it was probably just a random dream. It was a strange night anyhow, we kind of broke into the school and got stuck there." She leaned against a column, considering the story.

"The weirdest thing was that he gave me a rose, and I found a dried rose in my book the next day. So who knows?"

3/6 - London Eye

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Really big advertisement (http://www.londoneye.com/) for British Airways.

3/6 - Big Ben / Parliment

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Fun fact! Big Ben (http://flickr.com/photos/tags/bigben/clusters/london-england-parliament/) is actually the name of the prinicpal bell inside the tower. So the whole thing should be called Big Ben's crib.

3/6 - Buckingham Palace

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Hang with the Queen (http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page555.asp)!

3/6 - 221 B Baker Street

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Elementary, my dear Watson (http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/).

3/6 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Personally, this creeps me out. But whatever floats your boat. Or flaxes your wax (http://www.madame-tussauds.co.uk/), as the case may be.

3/6 - National Portrait Gallery

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Fun fact! The smallest portrait here (http://www.npg.org.uk/live/index.asp) is barely larger than a thumbnail. Wouldn't it be awesome if it was actually a picture of a thumbnail?!

3/6 - The Regents Park

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

You can play loads of sports here (http://www.royalparks.gov.uk/parks/regents_park/). All vastly inferior to a good game of basketball, but when in Rome...

3/6 - British Museum

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Be sure to visit their North America (http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/world/americas/north/north.html) exhibit if you're feeling homesick!

3/6 - Little Venice

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Is it full of little venetians (http://www.offtolondon.com/littlevenice.html)?

OOC: Anything missing?

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

This icon is a cartoon. Also makes me laugh.

Re: OOC: Anything missing?

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Icon used for the British Museum thread = teh hotness

Re: OOC: Anything missing?

[nadiathesaint]

Agreed!