Photo of the week: Appreciating street art in London

Somewhere in East London..

Words of wisdom, eh?!

Enough said!

London: The Monument

I think of ‘The Monument‘ as one of the best forgotten tourist spots of London. It was built to commemorate the Great Fire of London, 1666. Not only it’s a beautiful column, but it also provides one of the more offbeat (and inexpensive) vantage points for looking at the city’s beautiful skyline. Have a look for yourself!

The Monument

The Monument

The Monument

London business district skyline from The Monument

The Shard from The Monument

Tower Bridge from The Monument

p.s. They even give away certificates which certify that you have just climbed this majestic 61m tall stone Roman Doric column. So, a great outing for the kids too!

Directions: The Monument is located at the junction of Monument Street and Fish Street Hill, 61 metres from where the Great Fire of London started in 1666. To reach The Monument by tube, use Monument tube station on the District and Circle lines or London Bridge station on the Northern and Jubilee lines.

Wednesday Wanderings: London eye

A photo taken from my mobile phone, from a beautiful memorable evening in London..

A lovely evening in London! 🙂

Wednesday Wanderings: London

Wednesday Wanderings is a series I am continuing over from my old blog, a series that would feature interesting photos from my trips. I will also be inviting guest posts from other travellers to showcase their photos and adventures..

A couple of weeks back, I was in London and was walking down from Embankment underground station towards the Westminster Abbey when I came across this memorial..

Fleet Air Arm Memorial, North Bank London

It looked very interesting, and I googled about it later to find this:

Quoting from here,

“This Fleet Air Arm memorial with angels wings looks like it can be taken either as a tribute to those who gave their lives for freedom – or on a cold wet winters day – a bringer of death and destruction.

Whatever, it’s an unusual and fitting memorial.”

Do you have any photos you’d like to contribute to this series? Please contact me on abhijit.gupta[at]gmail.com!

This Fleet Air Arm memorial with angels wings looks like it can be taken either as a tribute to those who gave their lives for freedom – or on a cold wet winters day – a bringer of death and destruction.

Whatever, it’s an unusual and fitting memorial

A stroll down Bridge St

We had talked about faint recollections from the novel about Newton’s grave being there. But when we reached the place, the Abbey was already closed for tourists. Anyway, if you have a new camera, you never miss a chance to take a lot of pics. From every possible angle. Thinking that this might come out to be that wonderful photograph that would one day find a place in some famous magazine. When the truth is that, what we really want to capture is the mood of the moment – the touristy hustle-bustle, the evening cacophony of birds and the general sense of admiration with the Big Ben right in front of you.

We moved closer to the giant clock. Eager to take more pics. However, it’s not an easy task to capture the complete monument along with an obstruction in front (you). Its just too tall and there is too less space to bring it all in a single frame. And don’t forget the fact that you’ll be almost swept away with the tide of crowds moving towards the banks.

(Oh, by the way, did I mention that 10 Downing Street was just down the road. But didn’t look like they were interested in inviting tourists over for a jolly walk)

After completing the photo-shoot in front of Big Ben, we moved on down the street. And that’s when we got a view of the river Thames. Calm and smooth in its flow, the magnificient river was lined with a string of bridges, a horde of cruise boats, and even an untrained eye would not miss the giant ferris wheel adorning the beautiful London skyline.