15th of July...
Took a tour of the London City.....the London Tower Bridge, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, St. Margaret's Church, Buckingham Palace ( a wee bit of a side angle), 10 Downing Street and all those streets that epitomizes the city...Regent Street, Oxford Street, Fleet St, Bond Street, the M16 and M15 ..... on one of the Hop On -Hop off buses( a double decker bus...the ticket of which u can buy for the entire trip and then hop on and hop off on any similar bus on the route). Also took a cruise on River Thames (which is included in the ticket of the tour of the city) and it was great fun!!! Took a walk along the south bank....and there were numerous street acts.... people dressed and posing as statues (really great...u know..so perfect they don't even move) and comic acts...as well as great music....jazz, rock, instrmental by young and old alike ...all for an extra buck....most of them are very qualified...probably students of music....practising during their summer vacations or tourists who earn while they holiday!!!! It was great fun....the street came alive with the youthful spirit and the sheer zest for life they possess...guess thats what the city of London truly reflects!!!
18th of July...
Visited the Victoria and Albert( V &A) Museum and the Museum of Natural History. The V&A housed relics from all over the world...but what i truly enjoyed was the gallery showcasing art from South Asia....relics dating the Mughal and pre-Mughal era.....exquisite jali work, meenakari, clothes and jewellery....and what magnificent artefacts made from copper, brass, shells and iron!!!!! Simply superb.....
The Museum of Natural History was fun....a whole lot of kids....summer picnics and with teachers...and one should have seen their expression when they came face to face with the mechanized animated T-Rex...they went crazy....all four and five year olds...screaming their hearts out!!! And the braver amongst them, choosing to tease it.....as it towered in all its magnificense over them ......
20th of July...
Visited Wimbledon....and it was packed with people....
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