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Großbritannien: London

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Veröffentlicht am 13:53 16.10.2007 von manasi



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Being in London is like playing Monopoly for a living. We travelled all over the board, starting from Regent Street and coming back to Regent Street. Only, Monopoly has cheated us a little bit. Most places seem a little far off in Monopoly. The heart of London is, in fact, rather small, and everything is fairly close by. It's utterly brilliant. I walked down Regent Street and suddenly found myself at Piccadilly Circus. I walked down a little more and suddenly found myself in Leicester Square. A little further down - Fleet Street, Baker's Street etc. There's even this pub called the Sherlock Holmes pub - done up like you would do it up in your imagination after reading the collected short stories.

All pubs in London have pretty strange names like "The Crooked Surgeon" or "The Porcupine's Head". It's strange, but weirdly gratifying. I looked about for a proper tavern a la Shakespeare and Marlowe, complete with brawls and everything, but there was none to be found. Apparently there's one near the Globe Theatre.

Piccadilly is beautiful. It's like the Times Square of London - neon lights and everything. I also went to Soho - the red light area. It was filled with hidden strip clubs, sex shops and places that look like harems. I only walked about the area. I hope to explore it more carefully in the future - mainly because it was once a literary hub, hosting several intellectual greats. I think I could spend the rest of my life just walking around London and doing little else. It really is a walker's paradise.

Moving on, we went on a boatride on the Thames. The Thames is surrounded by such stunning sights - including the all-male school that Daniel Radcliffe studied in, amongst other things.

We rode past Buckingham Palace on the bus several times. It isn't really all that impressive - although the stables did look pretty nice. If there is a fault at all that I can find with London's architecture and beauty, it is that it's fairly dismal - no brightness, no flamboyance; quite dreary, really.

Later, we went to St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, St. Pauls and the Big Ben for later. The Big Ben - which is actually the bell and not the clock, as every single person that I have talked about it to has been certain to inform me - is a fairly nice-looking fellow from the outside.

We saw all the bridges too; when we saw the London bridge, The tower bridge is the truly breathtaking one. The London bridge is a mediocre sight at best.

At King's Cross Station, I hunted about for Platform Nine and Three Quarters of the Harry Potter fame and - get this! - I actually found it. They have this wall between platforms nine and ten with half a trolley sticking out. There's a board above it saying "Platform Nine and Three Quarters".

London can be very expensive, but if you're used to walking about and can survive on sandwiches, it's a really great place to go!

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