London. This global city. The capital of the English empire. The place where I've read and seen on TV so much about. I'm finally here.
> Trafalgar Square
> The Big Ben
> St. Paul's Cathedral
There's also this cool ship in a bottle thing at the square.
London bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down! Well, it might as well fall down since there is nothing spectacular about it. In case you didn't know, London bridge is just the normal bridge. The famous one is actually Tower bridge.
> London Bridge
> Tower Bridge
Inside London, there is a giant green belt with 2 garden/park. It's the Hyde park and the Kensington Gardens. It is huge, with a big river flowing through it. It seems to be a popular muslim gathering place though, most of the people there are muslims. Kinda a bit like East Coast Park during the weekends. Hmmm...
This is a monument built by Queen Victoria for her husband, Prince Albert. It's really just spending money like no one's business, because it doesn't really serve any purpose at all. And she also appeared inside the monument many times, such as the four corner statues:
Well, at least she built an opera house in memory of Prince Albert, something that is at least useful:
But did you know that the British actually adore Queen Victoria? They named a state after her in Australia and Canada, a waterfall in South Africa (Victoria Falls), and I bet VS and VJC is also named after her.
As the summer is drawing to a close, the whether is getting a little chilly. Nothing a jacket won't solve. Actually, I quite like the weather, just like being in an air-con room all the time. Perfect.
The city is littered with monuments. From WWI to WWII to ancient monuments dating far far before the modern times. Here are some major sights:
> Trafalgar Square
> The Big Ben
> St. Paul's CathedralAt Trafalgar Square, there was an anti-Israel protest going on. I'm not really sure what they are protesting about, but it's the first protest I've witness.
There's also this cool ship in a bottle thing at the square.
London bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down! Well, it might as well fall down since there is nothing spectacular about it. In case you didn't know, London bridge is just the normal bridge. The famous one is actually Tower bridge.
> London Bridge
> Tower BridgeInside London, there is a giant green belt with 2 garden/park. It's the Hyde park and the Kensington Gardens. It is huge, with a big river flowing through it. It seems to be a popular muslim gathering place though, most of the people there are muslims. Kinda a bit like East Coast Park during the weekends. Hmmm...
This is a monument built by Queen Victoria for her husband, Prince Albert. It's really just spending money like no one's business, because it doesn't really serve any purpose at all. And she also appeared inside the monument many times, such as the four corner statues:
Well, at least she built an opera house in memory of Prince Albert, something that is at least useful:
But did you know that the British actually adore Queen Victoria? They named a state after her in Australia and Canada, a waterfall in South Africa (Victoria Falls), and I bet VS and VJC is also named after her.
Lastly, I want to mention their subway system, called the London Underground, or Tube. It's so complicated and extensive. The infrastructure itself is very old, I think they have it some of it even before WWI. They constantly have maintenance and upgrade works to sections of the system, thus closing down lines and stations while maintenance is conducted.
At least the trains are newer and not crowded all the time, unlike our MRT, argh...
It is expensive to travel on the tube though, GBP1.90 per ride in zone 1. And the entire system often have errors and problems, causing severe delay on the entire line. At every station, they have a screen telling passengers which lines are having delays etc, because it happens so often. To make matters worse, some of the lines share the same platform(i.e. imagine circle line, NE line and NS line trains all stopping at the same platform), therefore a malfunction on one line will affect many other lines too!
Our MRT may be crowded, but at least they are efficient and timely most of the time, and does not cost a bomb to take. That's something to be content about...
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