Firstly I can't get two songs out of my head as I walk around, London's Calling not sure by who, and You're Fit But You Know It, by The Streets. Its a real geezer song.
Walking the city, a lot of walking, did nearly 12 hours of walking. Jet lagged, what is that? My plan worked perfectly! Today was for me to have a feel around London, walk around, get a feel, well i gotta get a feel somehow!! Ha! It all started at 10am a good breakfast of vegemite on toast, and tea! I had my cameras packed and i was ready to hit the pavements and cobblestones of London. First up was big ben, parliament house, such an amazing structure, caught a glimpse of one of the spires with the sun in the background, it look eery, and i think my photo did it justice, took a few shots, underexposed it deliberately to get the real silhouette effect.
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Kinda wish i had a fisheye lens, so many of the buildings are massive and there is not enough space to get a full shot of it all! But i managed with some inventive angles. Beautiful weather again, I'm very fortunate with my timing, glimpses of the sun, and every time it came out i heard a massive hiss from londoners, bit like the are vampires. The women are beautiful, but never smile, and i wasn't doing anything creepy! But as Pete and i have talked about before, they are beautiful until they open their mouths. And I've noticed that everyone has red cheeks? Are they burst capillaries from being an alcoholic? No the kids have them too, and i don't think it's embedded in their culture that much. There is so much to see and do and i have hardly touched the surface of all that is London. I have managed to find my favourite choc bar here so that's a plus. So let's see where i went, Big Ben, Parliament House, Westmisnster Abbey, Westminster Cathederal, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, had a lovely lunch at a place called Little Frankies (hawaiian pizza, delicious) St Paul's Cathederal, London Tower, Tower Bridge, London Eye. I think that's it. As i was trotting about, I saw a sign that said Buckingham Palace, so i went in that direction, and my god there were people everywhere, 5-10 deep on the fence, people across the street! For those of you who have been there you'll know what i bumped into....... The changing of the guard, completely unplanned but I have now witnessed it, what great luck. Got some cool photos between peoples arms and just over their shoulders of the guards.
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I was planning to see it at some point, tonight I'd have to be a bit planned for it to happen, which is what today is for, but ticked it off the list. The park, or should I say Green Park was ( in my gayest voice) gorgeous, grounds so green and being autumn, tree leaves everywhere giving it a great feel to the park. I took my low to the ground shots, then I noticed everyone around me was watching and copying. I hope theirs turned out well.
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From there i kind of just walked in circles, until i ended up at Admiralty Arch, very impressive monument, walked around a few corners to see the horse guards just sitting there, guarding...... Again this was just a walking around day to see things really didn't plot it out like i first intended, but another cool thing i bumped into. From there i just kept walking along The Thames, walked over London Bridge, meh.... Tower Bridge was impressive, got one of the black cabs in the shot whilst on it. Had no idea what the tower of London was, i was looking for signs, checked my map, it somewhere here, looking skywards......... Oh rrrrright there it is, se i thought it was going to be a tower...... But it's kind of like a fort. So today i will go inside things like St Paul's Cathedral, The Fort Of London, then head into the city bit deeper, away from The Thames.
I'm very impressed by everything that is here, i can't wait to learn, experience and live a bit more London life today. Just a quick note, at St Paul's Cathedral there was about 5 or 6 squirrels running around, so hard to get shot since it was about 5pm and little to no light, but they were so cute bouncing around in the the gardens, even one say next to me, sorry little fella, dairy milk won't help you grow up big and strong!
I was reading in my lonely planet guide that not to leave pubs in an unlicensed taxi, for fear of robbery or sexual attack.......ah so that's how you do it, so are you a unlicensed cabby, fancy a robbery or something more? Haha. Sorry this post is a quick one, more stuff to do today and I'll let you all know how it goes!
"Thanks for stopping by, but mainly stay classy" Anchorman
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