Spring Break Trip 3/8 - 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
Buckingham Palace
221 B Baker Street
Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
National Portrait Gallery
The Regents Park
British Museum
Little Venice

Or Choose your own Adventure!

OOC

Visit the hotel and shopping
Take the bus home
Or choose your own adventure!

Comments

3/8 - Underground - King's Cross

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

I have nothing clever to say about this thread.

3/8 - Underground - Paddington Station

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

I would say something clever here, but then the King's Cross thread would feel left out.

3/8 - London Tower & Bloody Tower

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Did you know that they say chocolate milk was invented so that they could sell milk that had blood in it? I'm almost positive it's an urban legend, but I still call it 'bloody milk'. And I say it with an English accent.

3/8 - London Eye

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Hee. I just got really tickled thinking about poking one of the cars and saying that I poked London in the eye.

3/8 - Big Ben

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

He's the biggest ben there is. Great big ben.

Re: 3/8 - Big Ben

[fh_extras]

A very tall man in a sharp looking suit comes down the sidewalk in the most extraordinary fashion.

It looks like he's doing some kind of riverdance on crack. His torso stays bolt upright and he looks ahead. He travels in a strait line, but his long legs dance out in all directions.

He's obviously on his way to work, but where could such a fellow work?

He passes a lone man standing on a corner across from Parlement, the lone man has an animated conversation with a London Bobby, and is then joind by a midget butler. They run across the street together and get on a bus which drives away.

Re: 3/8 - Big Ben

[anole-x.livejournal.com]

Victor stood at the base of Big Ben and looked up, absently wondering what London looked like from the top of the giant clock.

3/8 - Buckingham Palace

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

All the pictures of kids visiting the castle show them in school uniforms. Do you think we need Fandom High uniforms?

Re: 3/8 - Buckingham Palace

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker grins as she walks up the the palace guards.

Eyes front.

Smirking, she gets reeeeally close to one and says, "Hey, soldier. Got a light?"

Re: 3/8 - Buckingham Palace

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter lead Victor on the short walk from Big Ben to the palace and up to the gates.

"That was easy."

3/8 - 221b Baker Street

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

You can buy a tiny Watson bear in the gift shop. And if you do, you must buy a Holmes too. Otherwise they would be lonely.

3/8 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

I'm always afraid they're going to blink or say something to me. Seriously.

3/8 - National Portrait Gallery

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Pictures of English people. Personally I'd save the money and look at all the people on the street.

3/8 - Regents Park

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Like Central Park, only with less murders and hobos. I would hope.

3/8 - British Museum

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

I kept misspelling museum as muesli. Maybe I'm hungry?

Re: 3/8 - British Museum

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac is busy checking out a display of creepy looking mummies, and at the same time considering what souvenirs she'll pick up for people in the gift shop. Part of her can't believe she's left it this late.

3/8 - Little Venice

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Go! Visit! Embrace Diversity!

Choose your own Adventure

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Go where you want to go! Do what you want to do!

Within reason of course. Or you know, not.

Re: Choose your own Adventure

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia spent much of her last day in London wandering around, and found her way to the Tate Modern.

There was something pleasing about the collections of non-representational art, though the surrealism was a tad disturbing.

And she had no clue why someone would decide massive piles of white box shapes was considered "art".

Re: Choose your own Adventure

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Having checked it's new location before she set off, Elizabeth made her way to the Portland Gallery (http://www.portlandgallery.com/index.php?page=location). She spent most of her time there in the Vettriano Room (http://www.portlandgallery.com/index.php?page=jackvettriano), noting that there was to be an exhibition of his work April/May time and pouting slightly at it.

Re: Choose your own Adventure

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth and Parker headed up north from Buckingham Palace (http://community.livejournal.com/fh_trips/7754.html?thread=766026#t766026), looking for food.

"Ooh. I've got it," Elizabeth announced, pulling Parker down Old Park Lane towards the original Hard Rock Cafe (http://www.hardrock.com/locations/cafes/Cafes.aspx?Lc=LOND).

Re: Choose your own Adventure - Stonehenge

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Fortunately, the Knight Bus goes here, too, and damn fast at that.

Stonehenge (http://www.christiaan.com/stonehenge/index.php) was impressive, from the outside. Parker was a bit put out about the fence around it, though. A lot of the info was familiar from Dr. Pierson's class.

"Hmm. Think we can get closer?"

Re: Choose your own Adventure - St. James's Park

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter led a now shaky Victor to St. James's Park (http://www.royalparks.gov.uk/parks/st_james_park/) and settled him on a bench.

"Why did that take so much out of you? You usually seem fine."

OOC

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

I'm using my freak icon. Because I really don't have a reason to use it otherwise.

Re: OOC

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Entrance to the National Portrait Gallery is free *grins*

Re: Choose your own Adventure - Stonehenge

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Oh, no! Look around, we have to find her before she wanders in front of a bus!" Parker turned and started stalking toward the rocks, keeping an eye out for Security types.