Our second day in London. We had already paid for London passes from the VFS-UK centre in Delhi, but they had to be collected from the British Visitor centre at 1 Regent Street. In our previous trip also we had taken London passes but I think this time, with children, it may not have been such a good idea. Anyway we started from Trafalgar square towards Piccadilly Circus and the centre is just walking distance from the circus.
Piccadilly circus
The Criterion theatre is south of Piccadilly circus
British Visitor Centre
After getting our London Passes from the British visitor centre we also purchased tickets for a musical "WICKED",I had really wanted to see a play this time in London. We went straight for Tower of London, using the tube. The London Pass helped us to just walk through without standing in line for tickets. We went to see the Kohinoor and as this time it was not so crowded we could go round and see it again. We came out from the Tower of London towards the Tower Bridge and there was an exhibition of Bridges which we decided to see, but the elevator was out of order and it was not such a good idea with a stroller. The exhibition was good and going up the Tower bridge was a unique experience but we got exhausted going up the stairs. The entry fee was included in our passes.
After crossing over from the Tower bridge and walking towards HMS Belfast
Photogragh taken from HMS Belfast as the Bridge is being lifted
After coming down from the bridge we went to see the HMS Belfast a world war II warship which has been converted into a museum. The children enjoyed themselves thoroughly. We even met a sailor on the ship who showed us how things had been during the war times.
As we were walking towards an underground station we came across Borough Market London's oldest food market. We bought some fruits and vegetables from here and decided to call it a day as we had to go for a play as well in the night.
Borough Market
4 Comments:
Lovely pictures and what a blue sky you got at hte Piccadilly Circus.
For some reason the comments box would not load the whole day and I came back to visit your page a few times! Now it is working. Great pictures again and you have captured the essence of London. By the way, what did your London pass cost? You mentioned that you paid at VFS in India. I guess this is for Indian residents only? I have never tried that, I have been everywhere in London on ad hoc trips, that usually costs a bucket and for some places my great friends in London took care of it!
Thanx Mridula, except for the first day we had good weather on all other days.
Capt. neither my husband nor I can right now recall the cost of the London passes, I'll have to look up my bundle of saved souvenirs to see the cost. But it was cheaper than that being offered on the net. London pass is bought in the country of your origin as it is only for tourists. You can check out the site http://www.londonpass.com its actually for heavy duty tourism.
Thanks Namita, I'll check online too, don't worry about digging through your files!
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