230-London Memories

Last lunch in London and I've found my way to Covent Garden, home of market stalls and street performers.  Off behind the apartments you can see the top of the London eye, with a plane bound for Heathrow up near the top.  I can't believe that 10 days prior I was in one of those planes getting ready to land.  Magnificent.

229-Royal Garden

The Gardens at Hampton Court Palace just outside of London are absolutely amazing.  Recently they set up an exhibit showing how the gardens evolved to their present state.  Hampton Court also contains the largest grape vine measuring 3.8 meters in circumference.  At some distant point in my life, I would like to have something similar to this, just in my own back yard.

228-Bohemia

At the Champ de Mars opposite the Louvre in Paris I saw this man.  God bless this man, although he does drink better wine than I do.

227-Eiffel Tower

After a day north I took the Eurostar to Paris.  That train puts anything in the US to shame, topping out at 300 kph and running absolutely silent.  Crossing the channel in just under 20 minutes.  And apparently the tour spazzes on the hour, something I never knew.

226-Blink of an Eye

Took the train north in the early morning and as I was taking photos out the window an the landscape this power station popped into the frame, and then it was gone.  Average speed: 200 kph.

225-Statue of Queen Anne

Statue of Queen Anne outside of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.  I stopped off at St. Paul's after going to the Tate Modern and walking about in Southwark.

224-Palace Garden

The sunken garden at Kensington Palace.  Kensington is undergoing major renovation in preparation for 2012 so much of the palace is closed to the public.  The gardens are still kept up as well as the grounds around the orangery.