The
city and the Thames
|
East End, the Gherkin in the background
|
We flew over clouds
|
On the sea, wind power station
|
Arriving to the delta of the Thames
|
|
|
|
|
We arrived to London City airport
and the hotel was in the Docklands area
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A remaining small warehouse |
O2
Arena at night
and day
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Docklands
museum
In an old warehouse on the side of a channel a museum shows the history
of the Docklands area which was the transport hub of London
|
|
Monument to the builders of care facilities
for the veterans of the West-Indies
|
Helmsman
|
Shops
|
|
From the museum through
East end to the City
|
|
A mission for poor people |
|
|
Walk
in the Notting Hill area and Portobello Market
|
The Ukrainian representation with the statue
of Saint Wladimir on the
corner
|
As the area was rich in clay, there were a lot of such kilns, producing
mainly tiles
|
|
|
|
The
house of Emily Plankhurst, the founder of the
movement for allowing
women to vote
|
|
Notting Hill community church |
|
|
Notting
Hill bookshop, featuring in the film "Notting Hill"
|
|
|
Portobello
Market
|
|
|
|
|
|
London city itself
From the Docklands, the Docklands Light Railway takes us to Tower Hill
|
while the bus goes through the East End |
|
|
and suddenly you see the City of
London office buildings
|
|
On a bus
Along Oxford street |
|
The gate of Africa House
|
|
On the Thames
|
Bush house
|
|
|
|
The house where Mr Poirot
lived (according to the BBC tv series) |
|
In the Barbican quarter among nice old houses,
|
Near Smithfield Market
|
and the Queen Elisabeth Infirmary
|
|
Liverpool street station
With the monument of the "children's transport in front |
|
|
The royal Cort of Justice |
|
Twinings tea shop
|
|
Essex street Brewery
|
St Mary le Strand
|
|
Essex street
|
|
|
|