ShrodingersCat SG Just returned from UK, stayed a few days in London, and visited Wales. It's really just a drive-thru of Wales because the place is so big, and being winter, many of the attractions weren't open. Although the weather was mostly cold, dark, wet, misty and cloudy (yes, it occasionally got a little depressing), the scenery was still breathtakingly beautiful. You can't think of the country without its medieval and ancient connections - and those who grew up with tales of King Arthur and Shakespeare would find it hard not to feel transported back in time. Road signs in Wales are in both English and Welsh... but.. place names get really confusing when you can't FIND any familiar vowels!!!! Okie... here goess...... ah mebbe server likes Portobello Market better Here's Portobello Market in London! Look at the veggiessssss yummy! Not to forget the cheese... the olives...... *drool*
ShrodingersCat SG Pictures of Greenwich some of the pictures are very grainy because.. the lighting is really low at times.. The Royal Observatory this is COOL - this is an image from the Camera Obscura, which is a huge pinhole camera And this is what the camera is pointing at! Church tower from Greenwich market
ShrodingersCat SG Kensington Mark And the Natural History Museum It was nice taking a walk across Kensington Park, and we had a packed lunch by the lake. The natural history museum was.... FANTASTIC. It was really good... the exhibits were well labelled, clear, and interestingly written. Come to think of it, the museum next to the Royal Observatory was damn good too.
ShrodingersCat SG WALES Road trip! Drive thru.. can't remember where I took these.. just enroute from here to there ... the road is long... A picture of my dad taking a picture of the landscape... Beam me up Scottie! The mists make the sunlight look like a spotlight beam from afar!
ShrodingersCat SG Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Park. I forget which one. I remember we had packed hamburgers here though. Conwy - this is a walled town... with the existing town walls and castle still standing~ I thought this was funny - Ancient Monuments can be DANGEROUS! Don't let your kids play with them!!!
ShrodingersCat SG A pass through Snowdonia national park. Would love to visit again in better weather... RHYL - an old seaside town. Still pretty.. seasidey. Damn cold. it hailed when I was there. Check out the smooth polished hailstone against my rough cracked skin.
ShrodingersCat SG CARDIFF - Capital of Wales the dragon is the mascot of Wales.. this is on top of one of the buildings of Cardiff University No i did not visit the millenium centre. I got lost it was miserable being lost. This is the lion from the Cardiff Castle animal Wall... I loved it cos I think it really looks very realistic!
ShrodingersCat SG And for the foodies - Harry Ramsden's Fish and Chips! I got the GIANT portion 300 g of fish and the regular one 140 gms... look at the difference it's GOOD. And other myriad pictures i took here and there little birdie by the castle... looks so lonesome... Vegetation on town walls. Looks like if we put in a lego man, it would look like some... arctic terrain huh!!! But I didnt have a lego man handy...
ShrodingersCat SG yeah.. its nice.. but tiring cos i was the only driver mostly...and often drive 6-7 hours every day...
Kuali Baba SG Very interesting photos of Cymru. Did you catch anything at the Wales Rally Great Britain last weekend? Glad that you went to what must be one of the better Harry Ramsden franchises.
ShrodingersCat SG i went to British Museum too and it literally KILLED me. Didn't feel tired or whatever, until the end of the day at the British Museum. The sheer scale of it... completely exhausted me.... but it was good. Yes I took the tube.. gotta take it from my bro's apartment to get anywhere. Lots of works going on though... so plenty of delays and disruptions. feeling awfully jetlagged. *cottonwool brained*
