Monday, April 13, 2009

London Day 2

The second day I woke up in a cloudy morning. very soon after...drizzling. Plan for outdoor visits were once delayed=( where had my sunny day gone!!

And so we had our visit to...Paddington station.
the Paddington Stationthe origin place of Paddington Bear snap shot at the station..behind me is the poster of the exhibition of Le Corbusier's work.hoho...i went~~

Before that, we went back to the Buckingham Palace to watch the change of guard which was set in the 1130am. By the time we arrived, not so in time, the front door had already packed with spectators. We squeezed into the crowd although not so close, I was still abled to 'zoom in' from my camera to take a shot for that.
Attention!marching to each palace

After watching the formal spectacular, we went to Fortnum & Mason, an english departmental store...to observe the feminine side of the english culture.
skylight of the interior..cant stop to pay attention to these archi things><"let them eat cake" if u know the story...old watering can which costs 'a fortune'....200poundseaster biscuitsseldom nowaday ppl name toilet as 'powder room'..the lovely toilet

Then we walked into a nearby arcade...saw super duper cute bunnies in a window displayXD~~
cutesuper cute!
extremely cute!!

Next stop was King Cross station n the St Pancras station next to it. Despite of its structure, the Platform 9-3/4 is significant for the Harry Potter story series. didnt really know about it... Anyway, still wanted to capture some pics of myself with it;)

King Cross stationplatform to other world? i wish there is one...
romantic statues at the St Pancras station....

Due to the un-optimistic weather, we got to make the visit to the exhibition earlier than planned. I think it is pretty beneficial. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take pics inside the gallery...so...sorry no pics of the exhibition><
the Barbican art gallery for the exhibition of Le Corbusier worksthe surroundings behind the art gallery
No.1 London BridgeTower Bridge at night. nice.

To make full use of our time, we visited the two iconic architecture of London in the dark.
the Norman Foster's The Swiss Re tower (aka the Gherkin) at night
The Lloyd's building by Richard Roger at nightSomething seems funny but not really understand what is it about when I saw in the street...
'RED LORRY, YELLOW LORRY, RED LORRY, YELLOW LORRY...GREEN LORRY.' -McD

Here is the end of second day in London. Next day was a busy day as many places were waiting for my visit to end my journey in the city=P

1 Comments:

Blogger emmajeans said...

'red lorry yellow lorry' is a tongue twister. You have to say it 5 times, fast, without stumbling!
(I can't do it properly. I keep saying lellow lolly...)

May 3, 2009 at 7:58 AM  

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