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It has been over twenty years since I visited London. It has changed much, especially in the Docklands--an area in east and southeast London. It's not just its physical appearance that has become in some parts ultra modern. We saw many Europeans working in the city. Food has improved vastly as well! The British have embraced the 21th century wholeheartedly and I am happy for them.
Of course, the iconic Tower Bridge didn't need any improvement. I wanted to see the bridge at night. On last Saturday of our English trip, we walked along the Victoria Embankment, crossed the new Millennium Bridge, which, if you are a Harry Potter fan, you would remember well, and went all the way to the Tower Bridge. And we saw it in its full glory. There was sort of a sunset with pale pink clouds against a gray sky. The bridge glowed like a big jewel.
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| The egg-shaped, glass structure is the new London City Hall! |
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| A fantastic view from the Millennium Bridge; from this vantage point, all the buildings on the South Bank of the Thames River seem brand new! |
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| The ultra-chic "Shard", which you can see in the above photo, is here juxtaposed with the medieval Southwark Cathedral. I love London! |
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| We ate two breakfasts at this small cafe in South Kensington. The young woman server on the far left was French; the woman in the center was from Spain. |
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| We ate a nice lunch at the Cafe in the Crypt of the famous St. Martin in the Fields at Trafalgar Square. Yes, it is a real crypt with burial plaques! |
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For the last dinner in the UK, at a pub at Covent Garden, I ate the traditional British meal of roast beef with Yorkshire pudding and vegetables. It was delicious! |
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