As some may know I was in London for a week. Oh my God! It is amazing there! I had so much fun and cannot wait to go back in June.

If anyone is interested here is the link.

A very special friend helped me with it and I appreciate all of his help very much!

London Photos


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Agnes (JTJ)

Lovely JJ! It almost made me homesick, especially the rain.!Glad you had fun.

Oh god! I had a fantastic time! The best part was the company!


Actually, the weather was pretty good. It only rained for a bit on the Wednesday night that I was there and for a bit on Thursday morning, before I left. Other than that it was clear and cool. I loved the weather.


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Agnes (JTJ)

I can understand why you can't wait to go back!


I live quite far away from London (well...200 miles!) but lately I haven't been able to keep away. We (friends, family, whoever is willing) seem to visit about once a month now. Highlights of the trips are usually:

-Seeing a musical in the West End (if you like musical theatre I definitely recommend this for future visits).
-the British Library (something else I recommend: there's always atleast one interesting exhibition taking place...last time I went some friends and I were persuaded into trying out some Chinese calligraphy!) and it's an impressive building.
-London buses! Did you ever travel by bus while you were visiting?
-Photo opportunites. As you've proved, they are endless.

It's usually the same- as I read your post I was thinking those that actually live in a place tend to mainly circulate around the residential areas, do the tourist sites once or twice, and then return to the suburbs. And now with the congestion charge to drive into Central London, we're almost forced to whether we like it or not! It actually costs more now during weekdays to drive into London from just outside the centre and then park there for a couple of hours than it would to take a taxi. And the novelty wears off the public transport after about 16 years of waiting for buses, and I'm just glad no one referred to our Victorian underground train system...

I feel I'd far rather have grown up in a proper community outside London, and then been able to go in, enjoy what it has to offer and return to the provinces, than live here all my life and like most suburbanites hide in the greener parts for most of the year. You appreciate London so much more as a visitor than a resident from what I find of many people I know here. Oh dear, I hope I haven't poured cold water on the London experience, but this is just the insider view. And it reminds me of what I heard every time I was telling people where I was going when I first went to America- "Cleveland- what do you want to go there for??" "Toledo, what do you want to see there??" - I think it just shows people like exploring, and the grass tends to be greener anywhere you don't live!