Tuesday, April 30, 2024

OF CASTLES, LOCHS, GLENS & BENS AND CERTAIN OR UNCERTAIN WEATHER - SCOTLAND ROAD TRIP

From Mar 25 to 5 Apr, together with my wife and daughter, I was in the UK for a road trip in Scotland. Flying directly to and from London, it became the transit stop for our trip. Piccadilly Circus with a statue of Eros atop it in the West End of London is a popular tourist attraction.  

The London Bus - an icon of England

The Crown and London Pub, established in 1904, is one "drinking hole" where like the "salaried man of Japan", many who finish work will have a pint or two before heading home.
   
Two English icons juxtaposed in the image

Cherry Blossoms in Central London

Shooting the breeze over a cup of coffee

London Theatre district with the Coliseum in the foreground and The Church of St Martin's in the Field in the background 

Trafalgar Square with the Column of Lord Horatio Nelson. Where are the pigeons?

This drink, called Negroni, didn't appeal to me possibly cos I was sick

Pastas at one of the leading pasta joints - Bancon - in Central London. We went there as it's recognised that their food is reasonably priced.

The King's Cross and St Pancras Stations with the London Underground below. St Pancras runs all the trains to Europe while King's Cross is both a train and London Underground station

The train station with its never ending flow of passengers

The Azuma train run by LNER (London North Eastern Railway) took us safely to and from Edinburgh. The train is made by Hitachi Japan 

 

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