A Walk Through London - October 21st, 2008

Well here we are in my gloomy little London flat, the kitchen view is a little soul-crushing.

Quick, while the leaves still stand brave on the thinning elms... Let's off for a little stroll about town.

Out the door and the world looks just like you would imagine...

Happy! No no no, it's not so off, the fog will lift, as always, and give us a chance to dodge falling chestnuts and enjoy the Ye Olde streets.

Forgive the bright glare of flourescent safety apparel, but it's as universal here as in Australia. Somewhere buried in the Magna Carta is a blurb like: He That Weareth The Neon, Cupeth The Power, I'm sure of it. Right, most streets that were not blown to bits by the nazis look like this. So the city boasts some snazzy stone.

The photo above is of Regent Street, just curling off of Picadilly Circus, and it's one of the very Baron Von Munchausen structures around. This next one being the most so:

Finally, since the night is drawing dark and the post long, we see some turrets in the downtown, and let the lights come on outside the Waldorf.

That's not a big walk through London, no visiting the tower, or Big Ben, or the really crazy stuff, just an idea of what is always on your shoulder, when you stroll through this city.