London
So in my last post I just wrote about some of the experiences we had so far in London, but didn't really get into much detail. We haven't had too much time to explore this amazing city, mostly because we have been focusing on our research but meeting with people from the headquarters of the Transport for London line we're researching most of this week has helped us get a better perspective of how the line back home can improve and what has been successful. This week we went on a Harry Potter themed London walk (the guide showed us where the famous London shots were!), ventured out to Abbey Road's zebra crossing, where the famous Beatles album cover was shot, strolled through a street called Portobello Road which was really picturesque, explored more of Picadilly Circus (it's impossible to do that area one time) and watched the unbelievable World Cup games that no one could have predicted.
In our tour of iconic Harry Potter London areas, our guide explained how J.K. Rowling could have been inspired by some areas in City of London proper and showed us through some alleys that made us feel as if we could be transported into the wizarding world. We started off in front of the Bank of England which looked a lot like the one in Harry Potter, walked to one of the oldest pubs through an alleyway, and then off to a market where one of the first scenes is filmed with Harry and Hagrid. The tour was so interesting and I could understand how J.K. Rowling was inspired by the city to create the amazing story of Harry and Hogwarts.
Where Daniel Radcliffe went to high school is right next to the Thames River and really close to the St. Paul's Cathedral, I would say it's a pretty good location, right?
My first picture with a guard!
Abbey Road was unreal and since cars were driving through it was really difficult to take good pictures, but after spending an hour or two we got a couple.
It was so weird to find this post on the wall, it says "The Malvinas are Argentinian." Argentina went into a war with the U.K. over these islands (which are off the southern coast of Argentina) in 1982 and the U.K. won by a long shot! Soldiers from the Argentinian army died of being cold, the islands are extremely close to Antarctica, and it was an embarrasment.. This put a smile on my face though because it's a weird placement for this public service announcement.
Some other parts of the wall where people write their messages:
Portobello Road, in which we spent an afternoon:
After meetings with many heads in the Docklands Light Railway and taking a tour out to the control center this whole week we decided that we should take one break day, since we had not even gone to Buckingham Palace or the London Eye yet. So today we took the whole day off to actually be TOURISTS! It was honestly a perfect day (besides not figuring out if it should be cold or hot). We saw the changing of the guard in front of the Palace in the morning, had a picnic in front of Big Ben and Westminster Abbey, went to Convent Garden (an outdoor market with shops and lots of brick everywhere) and walked around the area, saw the Costa Rica vs. Italy game in an outdoor screening, went on the London Eye as the sun was setting (at 9 pm) and then decided it was time to come back. We had seen many individual iconic parts of London separately, and this day made them all come together and we realized how close all of the tourist attractions are.
Some pictures from that amazing day:
Picnic in front of the Big Ben
Covent Garden
Argentinian ice cream in London!!
The London Eye
So in my last post I just wrote about some of the experiences we had so far in London, but didn't really get into much detail. We haven't had too much time to explore this amazing city, mostly because we have been focusing on our research but meeting with people from the headquarters of the Transport for London line we're researching most of this week has helped us get a better perspective of how the line back home can improve and what has been successful. This week we went on a Harry Potter themed London walk (the guide showed us where the famous London shots were!), ventured out to Abbey Road's zebra crossing, where the famous Beatles album cover was shot, strolled through a street called Portobello Road which was really picturesque, explored more of Picadilly Circus (it's impossible to do that area one time) and watched the unbelievable World Cup games that no one could have predicted.
In our tour of iconic Harry Potter London areas, our guide explained how J.K. Rowling could have been inspired by some areas in City of London proper and showed us through some alleys that made us feel as if we could be transported into the wizarding world. We started off in front of the Bank of England which looked a lot like the one in Harry Potter, walked to one of the oldest pubs through an alleyway, and then off to a market where one of the first scenes is filmed with Harry and Hagrid. The tour was so interesting and I could understand how J.K. Rowling was inspired by the city to create the amazing story of Harry and Hogwarts.
Where Daniel Radcliffe went to high school is right next to the Thames River and really close to the St. Paul's Cathedral, I would say it's a pretty good location, right?
My first picture with a guard!
Abbey Road was unreal and since cars were driving through it was really difficult to take good pictures, but after spending an hour or two we got a couple.
Portobello Road, in which we spent an afternoon:
After meetings with many heads in the Docklands Light Railway and taking a tour out to the control center this whole week we decided that we should take one break day, since we had not even gone to Buckingham Palace or the London Eye yet. So today we took the whole day off to actually be TOURISTS! It was honestly a perfect day (besides not figuring out if it should be cold or hot). We saw the changing of the guard in front of the Palace in the morning, had a picnic in front of Big Ben and Westminster Abbey, went to Convent Garden (an outdoor market with shops and lots of brick everywhere) and walked around the area, saw the Costa Rica vs. Italy game in an outdoor screening, went on the London Eye as the sun was setting (at 9 pm) and then decided it was time to come back. We had seen many individual iconic parts of London separately, and this day made them all come together and we realized how close all of the tourist attractions are.
Some pictures from that amazing day:
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