The Millennium Dome At Sunset
The Millennium Dome is a supposed to be a showcase for technology. Inside The Dome are 14 exhibit areas. In the center is a huge stage where several times a day, aerial acrobats perform. The show itself, is by far the best thing going on in The Dome. I found the rest of the exhibits, although massive, were apparently targeted at young school-age children and not adults. According to the residents of London, The Dome has been a massive failure.
Also, among the top draws were the London Tower (actually 4 towers and where the Crown Jewels are kept) and Tower Bridge.
I was able to see
the Tower Bridge in operation as a sailboat was allowed to pass through the
raised roadways. The bridge is only
opened about 200 times a year now. Down
from 2-3 thousand times in the 1920-1960 era.
From across the Thames on the Jubilee Walk, this awesome picture of the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament and the World-Famous Big Ben. Big Ben is not really the clock face or clock tower, as many assume, but it's really the huge bell that chimes the hour.
You often hear of areas of London being called "Circus", such as Piccadilly shown above. "Circus" is French for circle. Piccadilly Circus is what those in New England would call a round-about. It's where several roads meet like a hub of a spoke wheel.
Clothing and other
personal traits are a bit "different" in London. First, if you are under 30, you need
body piercing in every conceivable place and many, many earrings. It seems, the more the better. A cigarette in one hand and cell phone
in the other, are required fashion accessories.
Platform sneakers, CAT boots in black or brown and, if you have a scooter or motorcycle, then black leather and boots are
necessary as well as the ability to ignore traffic signs and using the dividing
line between traffic lanes. The
double-white line, separating oncoming traffic, is acceptable for two-way,
two-wheel traffic as well.
