World Traveller: 7 Continents, 90 Countries, 871 Days Overseas
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Friday 3 July 2009
Highlights: Lords – The Home of Cricket
After listening to my team Essendon lose badly on the ABC via the internet I headed off to the world famous Lord’s Cricket Ground for a tour. As there was a match on (Middlesex vs Surrey) we didn’t have access to the pavilion or Long Room today, same price of £14 however!
Thursday 2 July 2009
Highlights: Buckingham Palace, Duke of York Column
Today has a crazy busy day in the heat of London (I’m not joking about the heat, air conditioning doesn’t exist here!). I started the day at the British Museum, I mostly skipped the Egyptian section since I had been there recently but the Roman and Greek displays were excellent. They had reconstructed a ‘Nereid Temple’ and the coins sections (which included current currency) was very interesting especially for the rulers who put themselves on the coins. Leaving the museum I decided to walk to Buckingham Palace, this meant I got to walk via Regent Street full of high price shops and Piccadilly Circus.
Wednesday 1 July 2009
Highlights: Imperial War Museum
Today has supposed to be an easy day, starting with me just posting the rest of my Egypt photos online and booking the Perth leg accommodation. However in the afternoon I visited the Imperial War Museum. The ground level is in its own way very fun, old planes, tanks and submarines on display. The next level has information and photos about the secret side of war like the British SAS, MI5 and MI6 and the code breakers. Fascinating stuff which asked hard questions about terrorist in particular and keeping secrets from the public.
Tuesday 30 June 2009
Highlights: Greenwich Old Royal Naval College, Jack the Ripper London Walk
Today I had an enjoyable trip up the Thames in a cruise boat, starting at Tower Hill we went right under the London Tower Bridge, past the HMS Belfast and past a pub made out of the Mayflower (the famous ship that went to the USA). If that wasn’t enough Greenwich was fantastic. The Old Royal Naval College buildings are first rate, design by Christopher Wren I suppose it had to be.
Monday 29 June 2009
Highlights: London Walking Tours – “London’s Secret Village” and “Gaslight Tour”
Today was my London Walks day. First I started with “London’s Secret Village” which is a visit around an area called Clerkenwell the highlight being visiting the place that William Wallace was killed. However the Bartholomew Church (the oldest one) in London and St John’s Gate was worth the visit as well. The greatest walk of my entire trip was in the evening on the Old Westminster by Gaslight walk.
Sunday 28 June 2009
Highlights: Trafalgar Square, National Gallery
The plan was to go to an outlining suburb or village so I decided to head out to Hampstead for the Old Hampstead Walk which was scheduled at 10 am however I failed to get there in time 😦 This was not a great start so after a quick walk again Hampstead I came up with plan B. This meant a trip to both Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square but more importantly the National Gallery.
Saturday 27 June 2009
Highlights: Tate Modern, Millennium Bridge, The Thames, Singstar on the PS3
Today I visited Tate Modern, an art gallery displaying modern art, which at times can get very weird. The surrealists in particular seem to know nothing but naked women bodies, or at least pieces of them very distorted. Tate Modern is an old power station and they make the most of the building, it doesn’t look good on the outside but has heaps of interesting displays. The views from the building of the Thames are very nice.
Friday 26 June 2009
Highlights: Charles Dickens London Tour
Today I set off to the Borough Market, recommended by Jeanne I took the bus (no. 133) instead of the Tube and did manage to find it (went one stop too far however). The Borough Market is an organic and fresh food market which I’m sure my friends Adrian and Natalie would love.
Thursday 25 June 2009
Highlights: The Wimbledon Tennis Championship
Today was the big day. I have wanted to go to Wimbledon since I was 12. Today was a chance to correct that but without a ticket it was always going to be interesting. So I got up at 7 am and headed out via the Tube. I got to the car park around 8 am and the Steward gave me a queue pass saying I was number 7,725, and telling me I should get in today.
Wednesday 24 June 2009
Highlights: Walking Tour “Legal Inns of Courts”, St Pauls Cathedral, 20/20 Cricket Match at The Oval (Surrey Vs Kent)
My first full day in London and I have to say I was feeling great. The air mattress provided a good night’s sleep. After all the workers left for the morning I got busy washing my clothes, the first real clean since I started (obviously underwear had been cleaned!).
