London in the Summer Time...
... love it! Where else can you stand on a bridge with bagpipes playing to one ear, Jamaican kettle drums playing to the other, looking down one side of the river then the other and taking in more tourists sights than anywhere else in the world!
Wandering around London during summer is one of those experiences a person should not miss... just about every conversation around you is in a different language, a huge variety of dress (and for the females that usually means not a lot) and expressions on faces (my gawd so many people, did you see that, how old is that building?!), as well as the occasional whiff of sewers, mMm. Plus all the buskers are out - from the weirdly painted to those weirdly dressed (and of course there are those doing both at the same time!), some you wonder what on earth and others just doing 'normal' singing.
Going around Covent Garden is pretty much like playing human dodge cars, and at times you wonder why on earth did you come this way and not the one street over that will virtually be empty of people! More than likely it is because at least half of London is meeting the other half at Covent Garden tube!
My favourite part would have to be the South Bank... from Waterloo to St Katherine Docks. There's always something going on - from the book stall, to free music & theatre, to people people watching and grabbing a free lunch at Borough Market, trying all the food at the stalls! And of course ending up at The Dickens Inn (dating from 1799 and used to be a spice warehouse!) for a well deserved beverage and some pub grub!
My only dislike about London in the summer time is that for some reason men who look like they're about 7 months pregnant, and have paler skin than fresh snow, insist on taking their shirts off and walking around... please don't!
Wandering around London during summer is one of those experiences a person should not miss... just about every conversation around you is in a different language, a huge variety of dress (and for the females that usually means not a lot) and expressions on faces (my gawd so many people, did you see that, how old is that building?!), as well as the occasional whiff of sewers, mMm. Plus all the buskers are out - from the weirdly painted to those weirdly dressed (and of course there are those doing both at the same time!), some you wonder what on earth and others just doing 'normal' singing.
Going around Covent Garden is pretty much like playing human dodge cars, and at times you wonder why on earth did you come this way and not the one street over that will virtually be empty of people! More than likely it is because at least half of London is meeting the other half at Covent Garden tube!
My favourite part would have to be the South Bank... from Waterloo to St Katherine Docks. There's always something going on - from the book stall, to free music & theatre, to people people watching and grabbing a free lunch at Borough Market, trying all the food at the stalls! And of course ending up at The Dickens Inn (dating from 1799 and used to be a spice warehouse!) for a well deserved beverage and some pub grub!
My only dislike about London in the summer time is that for some reason men who look like they're about 7 months pregnant, and have paler skin than fresh snow, insist on taking their shirts off and walking around... please don't!
posted by Tresi at 4:31 pm
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Really amazing! Useful information. All the best.
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