With my camera, map and a British play for class in hand, I set out to explore the city of London. My goal is to do some walking and find a place to read.
I take the tube and get off at the Piccadilly Circus station, touristy yet fun and lively. I check out a few souvenir shops and buy a few postcards. With a bounce in my step, I start walking observing the sites and sounds of London. Following the signs to Trafalgar Square, I come upon another lively area filled with tourists and Londoners on their lunch break. Whether taking pictures or sitting on the steps sipping a cup of coffee it seemed to be the place to be.
I continue to walk down Whitehall Street headed for Parliament Square. While en route, I stopped to get a picture with a London guard on his horse. I then come to Big Ben where there are detours and police officers directing traffic and telling onlookers the Pope will be coming through in a few hours. I walk a little ways ahead to snap a few pictures of the London Eye and Thames River. At this point I am greatly enjoying the views and beautiful weather in London that finding a place to read has completely escaped my mind, which leads me to where I am now. I am sitting in a dining room above a pub writing in my notebook and eating hot fish and chips and drinking a light lager. The reading can definitely wait until tomorrow!
