london

i took the girls up to london a few days ago.

we went on the london eye

admired (and got drawn on) by street performers

then we got the tourist boat

which dropped us off a greenwich


then we walked under the thames before getting the driverless DLR and tube back to the train station.

much fun was had by all !

this little shop is still a little shop. less curious (if you’re curious) though. unless you find shoes curious

things didn’t quite go to plan with our family trip to london yesterday. we initially tried to go to kinetica (as recommended here) but it wasn’t open when we were there.

so we regrouped in Spitz for a while (and played snap/tetris) before going over to our main destination

unfortunately that was shut (although their website didn’t mention it when i checked the night before)

so instead we went to the museum of london which was fun.

then back to the train for our journey home. i think we had a good day, even though things didn’t quite go to plan.

of course you guessed it right again (although it was America which won the race to win-ness this time).

you did well at the last one (especially you australians who were awake when the post went live at 4am UK time!).
so, what is this ?

the first time i went to bethnal green was 8th june 2005. here’s a photo of the tube station

i often forget london has a really nice canal running through it. occasionally i stumble upon it when out on manoeuvres, such as this occasion when i’d just been to an art gallery preview

click for a big version and you can see BT Tower, the Gherkin and Canary Wharf on the horizon.

if you are up in london this weekend you should go and look at some gardens. there’s plenty open as it’s the open garden weekend

i walk past this place on the work in the morning and i was delighted to see that they’ve completely filled the square with a giant marquee. so, even though you’ll be allowed in the square, you won’t see much except a giant tent.

some of the places look interesting, but we’ve got a busy weekend so won’t be able to go unfortunately. maybe next year.

have you ever been to Holland Park ? it’s not too far from Olympia and is really lovely. i walked through it as a short cut to get to a meeting and was really pleased i did.
can you believe this is right in the centre of london ?

after weeks of not seeing the sky, it was finally back this afternoon. london looks so good in the sun.