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Things To Do In London
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- The London Eye is a must.
- I always take people to have Pornstar Martinis at the Academy.
- Go to the theatre!
- Drink some cider in a pub
- Go to the museums. I love the National Portrait Gallery.
- Visiting Abbey Road is always a favourite among my friends.
- Have real Fish and Chips
What else do you suggest? Add to the list.
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The Oxford Union Library, Oxford, United Kingdom
On the walls are Pre-Raphaelites murals, painted by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones. It also has a unique clerestory (Wikipedia will tell you all about it here). Suggested by Pretty Mind Clutter, who not only has excellent tastes in library, but a good knowledge of them!
wow!
Another place to add to my list of things to see when I plan my England trip round 2. Additionally my ginger love is from Oxford so maybe I’ll ‘accidentally’ run into him while there.
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Coming back from Eel Pie Island, we accidentally stumbled upon these huge statues frolicking in a pond filled with water lillies.
This photo of Kevin shows the scale (and not even of the whole thing):
York House is “statley home” of a courtier to King Charles the 1st, currently used as council offices and home to this ridiculous garden. It is next door to the Orleans House, the home to one of King Charles the 2nd’s lady friends. History!
The home also featured this sunken garden:
I’d love to live in Twickenham and go to that park everyday.
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London Transport Museum’s Cycling Illustration Competition
The London Transport Museum, which hosts one of the world’s most important collections of graphic art, asked illustrators to draw the links between cycling in the capital, environment issues, health and fun.
Here are some of my favorites:
Bicycle Belle by David Hughes
London Loves Cycling by Matthew Oxborrow
A to B and All the Sights in Between by Jessie Ford
London Cloud Ride by Julien Decaudin
Life Cycles by Kevin Ward
Look After Your Jam Tart and Jump on Your Dick Van Dyke by Ross Crawford
I especially love that last one! I would love to have a print of it to hang in my room! Oh London, I miss you so!
See more on The Guardian’s website.
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My tattoo of Great Britain. Done in Surrey, England at Eternal Tattoos my Steve. This is my memory of the first time I ever visited my favourite place in the world. I’m working towards a History Major and an English Minor at University. British History is the one class that I look forward to everyday. I hope to one day teach high school history and inspire kids as much as Great Britain has inspired me to continue studying history.
©2010. Postage by Greg Cooper. Icons by P.J. Onori. Thanks to Jamie Cassidy & Panic.
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