(part of Cris's places)

Parliament at night Speaker's Corner, red horns Cris at Argentina Embassy Selfridges at night
Parliament Tower and double-deckers; Speaker's Corner; Embassy row; Selfridges' on Oxford St.

London

For many foreigners, England is full of déjà vu; visiting after India, the defunct Empire haunts the visitor more than usual. Place names are tribute to the faraway riches that fueled the explosive growth of this otherwise peripheral island, and London gathers the shine of the former colonies, official or otherwise, in red brick, buses and mailboxes, trains and tube, and in the genteel buildings, where commerce has its temples. Here, the West begins, and not just with the zero coordinate of Greenwich.


London icons: phonebox, double decker bus, classic cab.

Green in the middle of the city The Griffin Julia & Tico, Trafalgar Sq. Dungeon
Parks everywhere; The Griffin; Tico & Julia under sign; ``Enter at your peril''.

Big Rabbit, near Oxford St. Bikes in the fall Girl crying into cellphone
Big Rabbit near Oxford St.; Autumn bikes; Girl crying on mobile phone.

Trafalgar Square

London at night English pride Pigeons not scared in Trafalgar Square
From Trafalgar Square to Parliament; Nelson's Column, pigeons.

National Gallery National Gallery at night Bus with Chicago musical ad
National Gallery with artist; with phoneboxes; ``Chicago'' double decker.

Man sleeps inside St. Martin's in the Fields Crypt Cafe, under St. Martin's in the Fields
Man sleeping inside St. Martin's-in-the-fields; Crypt underneath St-M's.

Buckingham Palace

Gate at Buckingham Palace Sausages, Buckingham Palace
Gate, wrought iron extravaganza; Sausages (this is not NYC); Local limo.

Victoria Statue and bird Cris and Victoria, Buckingham Palace Toni, Buckingham Palace
Victoria and bird; Cris dwarfed by Victoria; Toni and Tourists in front of Buckingham Palace.

St. James, Green and Hyde Parks

Gate at Buckingham to Green Park Commemorative Bench, Hyde Park
Buckingham Palace from Green Park side; India Golden Jubilee Bench; Green Park.

Cris and runner in Green Park Learning to bike, Hyde Park Land Rover in Hyde Park
Cris and jogger; learning to bike; Land Rover.

Christian at Speaker's Corner Speaker's Corner (Red Horns), Hyde Park Speaker's Corner, red horns
Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park
Sunday noon at Speaker's corner (notice headgear), complete with American speaker.

Signs

Warning at Heathrow Warning, Hyde Park Venereal diseases warning, Hyde Park
Heathrow: Refugees' instructions; Hyde Park: Thieves warning, Veneral diseases.

Signs at Green Park Look Right
Green Park: What's where; Tower of London: Look Right.

Trains, Buses, The Tube

A train at Victoria Station Local buses outside Victoria Station
Victoria Station: Trains and Buses.

Mural on the Tube Tube station

Inside a car, tube Inside a car, tube
Tube stations; On train, propriety reigns; Some cars are indeed tube-shaped.

Long Escalators, tube Escalators in the tube Mind the Gap, tube
Long escalators, as the tube runs deep underground; A small gap merits constant reminder.

Construction signs in Belgravia

Shopping: Oxford St and environs

Selfridges', Oxford St Selfridges at night Formal and comfortable wear, Harvie & Hudson
Shopping capital: Selfridges, like a temple; H & H: relaxed and formal attire for men.

Arranging display with mobile phone
Cellphoned and arranging display; Cris shopping for a suit.

MG, Oxford St
Parked on Oxford St.: the sixties' British roadster, revisited.

East London: The Docklands

Canary Wharf from the DLR Canary Wharf DLR from above
Canary Wharf from above Canary Wharf Tower Millenium Dome
Canary Wharf (Docklands): Docklands Light Rail tracks; docks; shiny corporate offices; Millenium Dome.

Canary Wharf from the DLR Toni at the Island Gardens DLR station
DLR stations: Canary Wharf buildings; Island Garden; Millenium dome (East India).

Millenium Dome from the DLR
From Blackwall station: Canary Wharf; No driver but conductor on DLR; Millenium dome.

Pony at Collier Close Toni and Pony at Collier Close
Rural life in Eastern London, near Koen & Toni's, Beckton.

Cris inside K & T's apartment
At home with Koen: cheese and wine from the Continent....

Greenwich

24 hour clock, Greenwich Observatory Unusual clock
Clocks in Greenwich: at Royal Observatory; at a shop (what's wrong?).

Dusk, streetcorner Park
Greenwich and its parks shine in the Autumn dusk.

Cutty Sark
The Cutty Sark, forever docked in Greenwich.

Royal Naval Academy, sundown Royal Naval Academy Queen's house framed by RNA
Royal Navy School: Inside courtyard (looking E); from across Thames (looking S); Framing Queen's House (S).

Chapel, Naval Academy Chapel, Naval Academy
Inside the Navy Chapel: anchor and altar; old glass.

Royal Naval Academy and Queen's house Courtyard, Royal Observatory
Greenwich Observatory: View of Queen's House and RNS; Courtyard; Planetary.

Sign for Gentlemen's public bathroom Gentlemen's public bathroom
Red, white, and blue mark excellent public restrooms.

Tax the Fat Cats!
Covered market; Gamblers (horse races on TV?); Tax the Fat Cats.

Greenwich tunnel Hardware details, Greenwich tunnel Lift, Greenwich tunnel
To Greenwich: Tunnel beneath the Thames; detail of its hardware; view from the lift.

The Thames

Trees on the Thames
Trees and people enjoy the river.

Tower Bridge at night Tower of London
Tower Bridge and Tower of London from Tower Bridge.

Parliament across Thames, at night St. Paul's at night, across Thames
Parliament; St. Paul's.

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© Cris 1998-1999
updated 1999/07/22