a House Guard gets backup
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey, west entrance
the Shard dominates the sky-line
the Tower of London
Travalgar Square
the Diana Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park
the Lido in Hyde Park on a sunny afternoon
the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens from 1865
guards marching to their quarters
the Tower Bridge
London, the capital of both England and the UK, is a major global city.
One in every five Brits lives
in the London Metropolitan Area, that generates 30% of the UK's total GDP.
The City is one of the world's largest financial
centers, and its reckless bankers were co-responsible the global financial crisis. Seems these guys learned little
from that disaster.
Presently it is unclear what Brexit will do to the city, but especially a hard Brexit may have a major negative
influence.
London was founded as Londonium in 43 AD by the Romans after their conquest of Britania.
Under Viking rule
it became the largest town of England, a nice catch for William the Conqueror after he defeated
Harold II at
Hastings in
1066.
The Great Plague and the Great Fire of 1666 devastated the city and its citizens.
London was an early adopter
of urban railsystems, the first
underground line opened in 1863, a world first.
During both World Wars the city was heavily bombed
by the German Luftwaffe.
Each year more than 15 million tourists visit London, the last time we joined the massive crowds was
in May 2015.
Eros at Piccadilly Circus can choose, there are targets enough
the Tower of London is dwarfed by the new high-rises
Winston Churchill keeps an eye on Big Ben, he needs no watch
we are in time for the Mark Knopfler concert in the Royal Albert Hall
the Victoria Memorial opposite Buckingham Palace was unveiled in 1911