Wednesday, 2 July 2014

30 May 2014 – 2 June 2014 – London, England

We spent a few days in London enjoying the museums, iconic sights, lush green spaces, markets, department stores, West End Theatre and the lively pubs,

The beautiful Hotel Russell in Bloomsbury

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One of the chain of good value JD Wetherspoon pubs

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Britain has surveillance cameras and the London Eye

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Statue of Gandhi in the beautiful Tavistock Square

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The Caryatids of Parthenon fame on the St Pancras New Church

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The Bree Louise pub opposite our hotel on Friday afternoon.  The pub was so tiny that everyone had to spill onto the street.

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The Royal College of Surgeons

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London’s distinctive taxis and red double-decker buses

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Cracking up

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Trafalgar Square

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Horse Guards Parade

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Dry British humour at Camden Market

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The Albert Memorial on the edge of Kensington Gardens

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Sculpture representing Asia on the corner of the memorial

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The Royal Albert Concert Hall

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The Victoria and Albert Museum

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The Ardabil carpet is the world’s oldest dated carpet and one of the largest, most beautiful and historically important in the world

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Piccadilly Circus and the Eros Statue

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Waiting for “The Mousetrap” by Agatha Christie to begin in the Upper Circle at St Martin’s Theatre

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The stunning Victorian red brick facade of the St Pancras Railway Station

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A memorial to William Wallace on the wall of the St Bartholomew’s Hospital opposite the London Central Market at Smithfield

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The Strand

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The first Twinings Tea Shop

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The Gherkin and The Shard in the background of

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The Shard at sunset

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Tower Bridge

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The Marble Arch entry to Hyde Park

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Young lovers

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Sherlock Holmes’ old residence at 221b Baker Street

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St James Palace is one of London’s oldest palaces

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The Spearmint Rhino

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Outside Buckingham Palace

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