More scenes from just walking around, sometimes to a destination of note, sometimes to a place we've visited before, sometimes just walking around...
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Across from Parliament Square: people line up to take pix in front of the red telephone box...without realizing the red boxes are everywhere, all across the city, mostly empty... |
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Dock for the Uber hop-on/hop-off river cruise; we believe it may have been the inspiration for the Cyber Truck |
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The colors of London--click to enlarge--the whole city is color-coded |
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Probably taken on Portobello Road; probably taken by Vicki |
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At Borough Market...something you'd definitely not see in Paris |
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The Shard...tallest building in the UK |
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In Borough Market...it has lost any pretense of being a market, IMHO, and now is merely one of the world's largest and most diverse food courts |
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The line to buy an oyster for 3 pounds |
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No line to get a Dorset pigeon |
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19th century house rules |
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Sic transit, Gloria |
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Southwark Cathedral, former parish church |
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Great Fire monument |
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Leadenhall Market |
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Iconic view |
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In Primark, an Oxford Street discount department store, at the other end of the scale from Harrod's or Selfridge's; the caption is: don't bother to pack any clothes, just buy a whole wardrobe at Primark when you get here and look like a native |
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Said to be on the site of the first YMCA |
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Phineas Fogg; fine gin and silk hats |
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Stimulating the local economy at Liberty of London |
1 comment:
Oh, the Liberty Store is a favorite!
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