Saturday, April 28, 2007

London - Day 4

Today was a day of more exploring by foot. After a late start due to updating this blog and doing some research on Simon's computer we headed to Covent garden. The markets are a busy place filled with shops, stalls, street performers and lots of good smelling food. Lunch today was traditional Cornish Pasties which were delicious!

We then explored the streets nearby, ending up at Leicester Square where we bought some tickets for next Thursday to the Monty Python musical 'Spamalot'. There are a bunch of booths in Leicester Square where you can get discounted tickets for many of the shows especially for that night's performance. The queues are not long but it takes ages to get through each person so can be a long wait. Unfortunately there are no discounts for Spamalot as it is generally sold out on the night but our tickets were still much cheaper than seeing a major show in NZ at £25 ($67NZD) per person.

We continued walking to Picadilly Circus which was packed with people and then to Trafalgar Square. The buildings are all so incredibly beautiful and ornate it's hard not to take a photo of every one! Everything is also on such a grand scale with the buildings towering over you and the roads crowded with people.

6 comments:

Unknown said...

Check your spelling of EUROPE!!

Just got my visa today, will try and catch up when I hit London!!

Tim said...

Nice pictures, but where is Meils? All I see is Jon! (and random strangers)

rabidgremlin said...

Meils has the still camera (she is the better photographer) so she doesn't appear in too many of the shots :)

gabznz said...

That's probably all part of her cunning plan....
Hi guys, looks like you are having a blast! SOOOOOOO Jealous!
Have fun and say Hi to toby 4 me!

johan said...
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johan said...

you guys are the best travellers ever with all the news - nice to experience everything with you - keep it up - wish we were there!