Travel Log: London-Paris 2010 Travel Notes
Some pictures of my Spring 2010 trip to Brighton, London and Paris. Text to come one of these days.
Daytrip: Brighton
One look at the famous Brighton Beach.
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Reverse angle on the Brighton Beach. Note the haunting remnants of the second pier off in the distance.
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One picture tells a thousand words or, in this case, a single ice-cold morning shower.
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The oldest movie theater in England: The Brighton Duke of Yorks cinema.
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The Lanes offer a charming (if crowded) shopping experience near the middle of the city.
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This is it: The Brighton pier.
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The Palace where Royalty used to spend summers.
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Some impressions of England
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In bookstores, biographies are separated in famous and not-so-famous shelves. Brighton’s W.H. Smith has a bookcase of “Tragic Life Stories”, whereas Picadilly Square’s Waterstones has a “Painful Lives” section (insert).
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Helpful instructions for tourists.
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London
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From the London Eye, a look at Big Ben, Parliament, Westminster Abbey and much of the surrounding area.
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Changing of the guard. You won’t be alone watching this.
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Grocery store fast-food is so good (without sarcasm!) that the shelves are picked clean by 19:00.
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That’s right: a down-low look at the photogenic “Pickle” (aka Swiss Re, aka Gherkin) office tower.
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The London Eye, as seen from across the Thames on a typically rainy day.
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The Millennium Bridge leading to St.Paul’s Cathedral at night.
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Some of the unbelievable Saturday Afternoon crowds in the Oxford Shopping District.
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A busy look at Piccadilly Circus on a Saturday afternoon.
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Take the train at St. Pancras and zoom from London to Paris in 3:30 hours! (See next section)
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Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley is based on fact! Take a turn off Oxford, and you too can see this.
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Everyone recognizes it: The Tower bridge!
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Inside the historic Tower of London.
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St.Paul cathedral’s at night. The welcome sign is not photoshopped.
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A look at the facade of Westminster Abbey.
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Paris
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L’arc de Triomphe, bien sûr.
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You know what this is.
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The Eiffel Tower in pretty sundown light.
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La Défense, probably Paris’ most contemporary neighborhood.
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The Pyramid at Le Louvre.
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The payoff for terribly wet, cold and windy weather: A rainbow on Paris, as seen from the second floor of the Eiffel Tower.
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A typical Paris Corner… but sacrebleu, that’s a MacDonalds!
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From above, Paris has unbeatable sightlines: Here is the Palais de Chaillot, Bois de Boulogne and (at the back) the majestic La Défense business district.
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Les Champs Élysés, as seen from the Eiffel Tower.