Wednesday, July 7, 2010

England - Day 1

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity at work to take a training class....in the United Kingdom!!  I was nervous at first (considering I had never traveled outside the country before...Canada when I was little didn't really count), but after I got to London I actually enjoyed myself.  Since the trip was for work, I didn't have a lot of time for sight-seeing.  I was traveling with 3 other people from work, so at least that made it a little easier.

We arrived in London (after a WAY TOO LONG flight) Monday morning at 11am their time.  I didn't get a lot of sleep on the plane, but I was able to get a few hours of sleep.  We stored our luggage for the afternoon and did about 4 hours of sight-seeing before we had to catch a train north to Durham.  The course we were taking was held at Durham University.  Durham is only about a 30 minute train ride from Glasgow, Scotland, so we were pretty far north.

Here are some pictures from Day 1 of the trip:

Everywhere you went on a train or a subway (the Underground) the announcement said "Mind the gap".  Most times they really meant it as there could be a 12" or 18" gap between the train and the platforms!

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Paddington Station
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Clock Tower outside St. Pancreas/King's Cross
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Tower of London - yes, its not just a tower, but a full castle
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Trebuchet! ;-)
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London Tower Bridge
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This was some modern building right next to all the old castles.  It was weird to see something so new next to buildings that were made in the 12th century.
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The Belfast - one of the British Navy ships
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Hey, kids!  Its Big Ben!....
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Parliament!!
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And Big Ben!....
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And Parliament!... ;-)
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And Big Ben again!
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Westminster Abbey
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Couldn't leave England without a photo of a red telephone booth!  And to add to it, I have Big Ben in the background.
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And of course...the Sherlock Holmes Restaurant. 





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We didn't really go into any of the places we saw...not enough time, but we did get to see some pretty neat things.

More to come on what we saw in Durham.

1 comment:

YarnKettle said...

Ooooo, more, yes please more. I loved all your photos. they turned out so great. Your photo journey is even more impressive when you consider how little time you had. I may have to beg for a copy of your Mind the Gap photo as I missed taking one while we were there. I look forward to your future posts.