June 27th, 2008
Weather : Warm
Start : 9.30am
End : 6.30pm
As usual, we went out at 9.30am, because before 9.30am is considered as peak time, where the tube fare is higher.
Our 1st stop was at ‘Sun Clock’, still remember the sun clock we made when we were young? Now I saw the bigger one and more accurate one.
This is the sun clock
Can you see how accurate it is?
After the sun clock, we visited the Tower Hill Medieval Postern, which is just next to the ‘Sun Clock’. There is no more the real building stand there, because it was destroyed. The one we can see is the only remnants.
This is the remnant.
Next, it is visit to Tower of London. It is actually a castle, which was built near to riverbank. The castle was burned down in 1974, for more information you can visit here.
View of Tower of London from the opposite side of the riverbank
Ticketing counters, so many people queue to get ticket, Entrance is 16.80pounds.
People queuing to enter the Tower of London
one of the hydraulic station found near the Tower of London
Information about the Tower of London
Tower Bridge, it was our next visit after the Tower of London. This is actually the Tower Bridge, not the London Bridge, many people confused that it is London Bridge? Why? This is because this bridge used more often to represent London.
After that, we walked along the riverbank to London Bridge. On the way we saw the exhibition of HMS Belfast, also a shopping center called Hay’s Gallery, and several stone balls on the street.
Hay’s Gallery
Balls
Belfast
This is the real New London Bridge, the old London Bridge was fallen down, therefore the new one is built to replace the old one. Still remember the song called, “London Bridge is falling down”
London Bridge
During the walk on the London Bridge, there were several police cars, emergency ambulances, fire fighters trucks pass by. I thought there was something happen in central or somewhere else, so I don’t care about it and continue my walks. Who knows, they were stopping in front of the underground station several meters from me. I saw the paramedics brought out the oxygen tanks, stretchers, while the fire fighters took out their equipment toward the underground. Anyway, I thought it was only fire drills.
Don’t care about them; continue my walks to top-up my mobile phone. Then, I walked back to the same station to take a train to other places. Once I entered the station, the underground officers blocked me (only only me, lots of people too). We were instructed to use other station, at the same time, fire fighters, paramedics and doctors running toward the underground. The road traffics at that time, was completely mess! We walked to the station instructed by them, and at the same time, the station was closed too, maybe due to the same reason! I was thinking, is there something bad happen under?
We used the bus services, instead of underground and it took us almost 2 hours to reach the destination.
We bought our tickets to visit Windsor, Stonehenge and Oxford. And continue our journey to Science museum. The science museum is nice and very informative!
Science Muzeum
After the visit to the science museum, we went to China Town and had our dinner there.
That’s all about our 3rd day in London.
Posted in Diary | No Comments »
My dad bought a set of Pizzas from Pizza Hut and we had as our supper. That’s simple and meaningful. Maybe will have bigger one at 25th anniversary? Haha..
