London III

03/07/09 Goodwood Festival of Speed

I had heard of it from Top Gear and other auto mags but had forgotten about the Goodwood Festival of Speed until upon chancing a billboard advertisement in London.
Persuaded Tony to join me and so we had an early start catching the train out to Chichester which is about 1.45 hr on the train out of London. Boarding the special chartered buses to take us out to the estate to view the cars on show and the practice laps on the circuit on what was the first day of the festival and this avoiding the weekend crowds. The highlight of the day was the Red Arrows display which actually lasted a good 30 mins and which commentary was provided through particular FM radio channel too. All in all, a long day on another blazing summers day.

Goodwood Festival of Speed

Last week in London and Sig had already left to go back to Canada for summer, so here goes...


15/07/09 Imperial War Museum

A guy from London staying in my Dublin hostel recommended this museum which is not near the other main museums in London so I decided to check it out with Tony.
The Imperial War Museum is wholly dedicated to the perils of war and therefore promoting peace, it’s a small but effective museum with tanks, planes, arms and a special trench experience with authentic smells!

Imperial War Museum

16/07/09 British Museum

Decided to finish viewing the British Museum during my last few days in London, we actually went there to visit a section on my second or third day in London many weeks ago.

British Museum

18/07/09 Greenwich

My last weekend in London and we decided to visit Greenwich which none of us had been to before. Greenwich is site of the Royal Observatory and the National Maritime Museum. Greenwich is also famous for the Greenwich Meridian Line, where the longitude is 0 and where all time is measured from. This line separates the western and eastern hemispheres. Before that we had time to wander the Greenwich markets where we had lunch.

After the observatory we visited the nearby National Maritime Museum where various exhibits of the empires glorious maritime past were on show.

Greenwich

Thanks to Tony and Lauren again for their hospitality, don't know when I will be back in Europe...