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
One of the chain of good value JD Wetherspoon pubs
Britain has surveillance cameras and the London Eye
Statue of Gandhi in the beautiful Tavistock Square
The Caryatids of Parthenon fame on the St Pancras New Church
The Bree Louise pub opposite our hotel on Friday afternoon. The pub was so tiny that everyone had to spill onto the street.
The Royal College of Surgeons
London’s distinctive taxis and red double-decker buses
Cracking up
Trafalgar Square
Horse Guards Parade
Dry British humour at Camden Market
The Albert Memorial on the edge of Kensington Gardens
Sculpture representing Asia on the corner of the memorial
The Royal Albert Concert Hall
The Victoria and Albert Museum
The Ardabil carpet is the world’s oldest dated carpet and one of the largest, most beautiful and historically important in the world
Piccadilly Circus and the Eros Statue
Waiting for “The Mousetrap” by Agatha Christie to begin in the Upper Circle at St Martin’s Theatre
The stunning Victorian red brick facade of the St Pancras Railway Station
A memorial to William Wallace on the wall of the St Bartholomew’s Hospital opposite the London Central Market at Smithfield
The Strand
The first Twinings Tea Shop
The Gherkin and The Shard in the background of
The Shard at sunset
Tower Bridge
The Marble Arch entry to Hyde Park
Young lovers
Sherlock Holmes’ old residence at 221b Baker Street
St James Palace is one of London’s oldest palaces
The Spearmint Rhino
Outside Buckingham Palace
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