The River Thames was once so polluted with raw sewage that
they could no longer convene Parliament at Westminster. I don’t think they dump
their sewer in it anymore, but it is a bit brown and clearly not for swimming.
Now that we’re in London, today was a self-guided walk
crossing some of the major bridges (including Waterloo, the wobbly Millennium Bridge, BlackFriars) with a few sights along the way:
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| Big Ben and Parliament. Note the time - that means it makes big noises |
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| "What is that guy doing!?" Daniel after a walk through street performers that really looked more
like Joker’s goons running loose outside Arkham Asylum
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| Honeycomb and caramel ice cream sold out of a truck |
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| My favorite, the largest solar bridge in the world powering 50% of the neighboring train station's power needs |
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| The
College of Arms, where James Bond meets Sir Hillary in On Her Majesty’s Secret
Service. Note, the car is different, otherwise unchanged from the movie |
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| St. Paul's Cathedral - different from Sir Paul's Cathedral, we'll see that one later |
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| Another bridge, can't remember the name of this one |
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| What
it looks like after climbing 528 steps at St. Paul's in August heat carrying a backpack and a toddler. For the record, I tried to carry both but I recall getting a similar face in response - there's no pic of that |
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