PhotoBlog Experiment #1: London@Night
Seeing London at Night through the lens of my handy Point and Shoot IXUS II digicam was rather frustrating but let me show you a bit of this and that from my London walking tour on a cold winter Friday evening....
London Tower Bridge - one of London's most popular landmarks, the bridge splits into two to allow ships that have high vertical clearance to pass through. It was also on this site where David Blaine, the magician, took his endurance test, by suspending in a plexiglass box for 44 days living only on water fed through a tube.
The Big Ben - Also known as the popular Clock Tower of Westminster, the clock is known for its reliability. It is a common image that represents the United Kingdom, specifically London.
The clock was masterfully designed and created, thus having only one major breakdown since its existence. Check this site for a live view of the Big Ben.
Chinatown
Scores of Cantonese and Szechuan restaurants abound in London's Chinatown. There are also supermarkets selling oriental cooking ingredients. Dinner in Chinatown is my favorite part of my London trips - especially the Friday night set meals at Yeung Chou! Yuuuummmyy!!! :-)
............ and some day shots on my next post!
posted by `teardrop at 8:09 AM
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London: fascinating facts
The world's first traffic light was erected outside the House of Commons in 1868. It blew up the following year, injuring the policeman who was operating it.
Arsenal is the only football club to have its own, eponymous Tube station, even though London's arsenal was based in Woolwich.
Signs on Albert Bridge order troops to break step while marching over it, to avoid damaging the structure with resonating vibrations.
The number of Limousine London vehicles is higher than in any country in the world.
The exact centre of London is marked by a plaque in the Church of St Martin's-in-the-Fields overlooking Trafalgar Square.
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