So just to show you that sometimes I do keep my promises to upload pictures, here are the first half of my pics from the olympics trip. They're mostly taken on my phone so not great quality, but at least you can get the sense of it.
Packed and on our way to the airport!
The best husband in the world, on the way to the stadium for the athletics on 10 August:
Another one - terrible light, but it's the only picture I have of the actual stadium:
This gives you a sense of our seats. We were reasonably high up, and when you look at the pic the finish line for the athletics events is right at the top right of the photo. The amazing part was that the men's pole vault final, which was ongoing throughout the entire evening, was right in front of us. You can probably see the crossbar with the pink pit right behind the track in the front.
The olympic rings hanging in King's Cross / St Pancras station. They are HUGE!
Now for just a random collection of pictures, I don't even think they're chronological!
Ben & Jerry's ice cream. It's a good thing these aren't available in South Africa. I would be bankrupt and obese.
Lunch at the Eagle and Child pub in Oxford. Geek points - this is where CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien used to hang out; they called it the Bird and Baby at the time. Awesome food too!
These Manderville statues are distributed throughout London - this one is "Punk Manderville". We took a picture of me standing next to each one of these I could find, but the rest will follow in part 2 of this series.
Burrough Market. Seriously, this place tempted me to move to London full time. I could live like this.
Some standard touristy stuff:
Big Ben
The London Eye:
Winchester Abbey:
10 Downing Street:
Trafalgar Square:
More Trafalgar:
We had an AWESOME fish and chips lunch in Soho. Beautifully battered and fried cod with hand-cut chips.
And dinner that evening was at Meraz Cafe, just off Brick Lane. This little plate is a starter with tandoor lamb chops and tandoor chicken. The chicken was simply the best curry I have ever tasted. Unbelievable. And this was followed by naan bread, chicken tikka masala and a mango lassi. Yum.
A little bit of British humour on a sign outside an ice cream shop in Greenwich:
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The natural history museum. We spent a morning there and it was WAY too little time.
Super-cool animated T-Rex. I think there is some sort of motion sensor involved in his programming, because he tends to look at where people are standing. It's pretty intimidating, even when you know it's fake!
We met up with some old friends in Kensington, and the pic below is one of the private gardens a la Notting Hill. It's gorgeous.
Inside Hamley's. Another reason I would be broke if I lived in London.
On our way to the closing ceremony - Royal barge with the Queen's seal on the river.
Aah, here's a better pic of the stadium, from the evening of the closing ceremony.
That's all folks. More to follow soon!
How cool! I love the British humor sign you posted...it made me laugh :)
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