London 1

To be honest very little about my first visit to London stands out in my memory and is conflated with another visit two years later. I passed through London a few times this trip so there will be multiple posts.

I visited all the usual tourist sites. This is St Paul's Cathedral of course.

The Barbican Centre with fountains. It seems it had only been inaugurated a few months before.

No, I did not attend a posh afternoon tea. This is inside Madame Tussauds. The people in the foreground are real spectators.

The royal wedding was the year before so of course there was an exhibit for it.

Piccadilly Circus. A shot of these neon signs at night has been used in countless cinematic works as shorthand for London after dark.

Nelson's Column, not far from the Circus. I didn't bend it; it's hard to stand far away enough to get an undistorted picture.

My best guess for this location is further west on Oxford Street and that building with the flags on the roof is Selfridges. Evidently I was doing a walking tour. Must have felt it was time for a photo.

Buckingham Palace with the Victoria Memorial.

Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, with Waterloo Station to the east across Westminster Bridge.

Thus endeth my walking day tour of London from east to west.