View from my cheap London hotel room of Norfolk Square, conveniently located just a couple of minutes from Paddington (Rail/Tube) Station
England 2005/6
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View from my cheap London hotel room of Norfolk Square, conveniently located just a couple of minutes from Paddington (Rail/Tube) Station |
Hyde Park
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Hyde Park Speakers Corner |
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You, I, anyone, can get on a box and start a conversation. There'll be immediately hecklers and supporters on hand. |
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Talk about anything, really, anything at all |
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Although sometimes words fail and the opinions get expressed this way |
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Lots of immigrants love this place, and get to tell the English how much they want England to change. People laughing, rarely laugh with you. |
Around Victoria's Embankment
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It's June, and tourist season, and it shows. I was just passing through on my way to Egypt and beyond |
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Feet tired? Tour London by WW2 Duck, The URL is on the Duck |
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A popular corner by the Boudiccan Rebellion Monument |
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You can wander along the Embankment, as I did, or you can cross the Themse on the Westminster Bridge, which will take you to the London Eye |
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This is a new monument to memorialize the Battle of Britain and the WW2 RAF |
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Went as far as the Tattershall where the Friday-after-work party was in full swing |
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Then took Whitehall inland. This is known as the Clive Steps, next to the British Foreign Office |
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Went to Trafalgar Square and took the Tube from there to the London Tower |
