LONDON CALLING!

So FINALLY after about 2 years of passing through Heathrow on my way home and back to Iraq I got to spend a week in London. The trip was poorly planned but it was a sort of last minute venture. My main goal of the week was to get out to Stonehenge, however, a number of influences put the kaboshes to that.

#1- There is so much to see in London proper, travelling 2.5 hours is a lot of effort when your time can be spent better in the city.

#2- The locals actually say that Stonehenge is the least attractive of the formations in The UK, I will still visit it next time but I want to batch it in with other formations outside the city.

#3- My fuckin feet HURT!!! All week long so I had no motivation, LOL!!

You get the idea, definitly in the future, I very much enjoyed London and I hope you will enjoy it in my eyes! I will post as many pictures as I can, I took about 800 so I may have to break up the posts so they are not too long. So for right now lets start with some of the more popular tourist attractions......CHEERS!!!

THE UNDERGROUND

Also known as "The Tube"

A symbol known worldwide.

Please mind the gap! The Underground trains sit high on the rails, hence the "mind the gap", the trains themselves are very short and narrow, I felt like a giant riding around in them.

......Cause thats where the fun's is!

THE TELEPHONE BOOTHS

Aside from smelling like piss and being littered with empty alcohol bottles and plastered with flyers for local prostitutes, these are very classic symbols of the UK.

THE PUBS!!!

The pubs are many and crowded! Apparently many people leave work and go out to socialize until the pubs close at 11pm during the week. Many are classic looking and have beautiful flower boxes adorning the exterior of the buildings. You are also allowed to drink outside and the sidewalks are lined to show where to stand. At night they have people that act as parking attendants, making sure you drink within the lines! LOL!!

SOME OF THE MORE POPULAR TOURIST SIGHTS...........

TRAFALGAR SQUARE

Positioned in the heart of London, this tourist attraction is the most popular square in the United Kingdom and the world. Nelson's column stands in the center and is guarded by four enormous lion statues at it's base. It is a site of political demonstrations which was named after the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805, a British Naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars. Nelson's column is named after Horatio Nelson, a British Admiral who lost his life in the Battle of Trafalgar.

The Fountain

NELSON'S COLUMN

THE LION GUARD

THE FOUNTAIN

ALWAYS PEOPLE THRUMMING AROUND

THAY POOR MERMAN IS THROWING UP!