Down Under Walkabout

The adventures of life and travel in Australia & New Zealand. And now Europe.

Thursday, July 20, 2006

More of London



Yesterday we took a stroll through Notting Hill. It's real quite and peaceful there- upscale neighborhood. We went down Portobello Street and saw the market, then over by Paddington Station on the way to Abbey Road where the Beatles recorded back in the day. One of the ablum covers shows them walking across the street at a crosswalk in front of their studio, so we checked that out. The recording studio is still going and many people have written comments on the wall outside.
Later that day we were able to check out the Tower of London. The castle area first began with the White Tower (built with William the Conqueror circa 1066) before the rest of the buildings were built. It is here that the Crown Jewels are kep and have been since the beginning of the 14th century and is still used by the queen and her family today. The Tower Walk provided some great views of the Tower Bridge (see pic) which crosses to Thames River.
After leaving the tower we headed down to London Bridge (nothing special) and then St. Paul's which is pretty awesome (see pic above).

4 Comments:

  • At 7/22/2006 11:11 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Chad...hey it's Lyndi here...looks like you are having so much fun - alot of things to see and do in such a short time...enjoy every minute of it. I've been twice and loved every second...especially when we went out into the country side and visited some of the smaller villages...I expected gnomes to jump out from behind all the trees. Have fun, fun, fun

     
  • At 8/01/2006 12:43 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    hey chad! i just found out that you were traveling in europe -- you keep emailing me at my old email address silly boy! the one i use is sydney@sydneyberry.com -- anyway, i'm in the middle of reading about your time in london. i stayed in notting hill - london was one of my favorite places in europe for sure. congrats on the job and maybe i'll get to see you when you get back THIS time! :D

     
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