London Calling, part 5
3 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 2/15/2009 09:37:00 AM.![](https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif)
No more snow? Can I come outside and play?
![210](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3469/3280256753_5ac31c4756.jpg)
I can't hear you dear
![207](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3327/3281078818_435e4fb2cd.jpg)
She said WHAT?
![208](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/3280257265_923a0ea449.jpg)
On our way to St Paul's
![228](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3300/3281080918_babfd53264.jpg)
![221](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3201/3280259271_b5e97e0db1.jpg)
![223](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3028/3281080250_541e54006b.jpg)
Queen Victoria waiting for a red bus that won't drive today.
![230](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3063/3280261157_60c05c5a87.jpg)
The inner Temple Gardens
![235](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3411/3281083444_bfbc252903.jpg)
![233](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3545/3281082542_d2fcd7b17d.jpg)
A lonely fountain still working in this icy landscape
![237](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3507/3281084518_bcaa438d4e.jpg)
![238](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3418/3281085416_faf9206c1d.jpg)
Someone left his polar bear fur coat on the bench
![240](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3601/3280266337_78bc730486.jpg)
Oh just snow
![241](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3354/3280266733_f7f5e95760.jpg)
A frozen family on the bench. British lawyers do know how to make a decent snowman after all.
![242](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3550/3281087560_d22df6e4d9.jpg)
![244](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3494/3280267889_370888f08c.jpg)
overlooking the Thames
![245](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/3281088710_28e55a7058.jpg)
we are closing in now
![250](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3001/3281089592_8940e13fdb.jpg)
![DSC02145](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/3280269991_c937051417.jpg)
finally we spot something beginning in "ye olde..."
![251](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3625/3281090674_1e795c9d08.jpg)
ye olde clocketh
![254](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3641/3280271717_4aa9cc176c.jpg)
ye olde bus stoppeth
![255](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3276/3281092534_39589a8137.jpg)
ye olde sandwich chain storeth
![258](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3509/3280272919_63d9112d42.jpg)
ye olde modernism
![260](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3577/3280273655_7630d6ef24.jpg)
and ye olde curtains might need a washing pretty soon
![266](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3371/3280274743_f956c3cbfd.jpg)
'tis where you empale ye olde heads on
![DSC02148](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3410/3280275089_e2efdd5532.jpg)
ye olde zooming in
![DSC02153](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3336/3280275979_0323ce25d3.jpg)
![DSC02149](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3447/3281095542_9067e71970.jpg)
ye olde churchtower
![DSC02161](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3379/3280277389_c8cdba03fb.jpg)
![DSC02160](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3622/3280277753_50f2073c73.jpg)
![DSC02158](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/3280277089_125f47fbe5.jpg)
ye olde St Paul's
![DSC02167](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3302/3281098914_8e970c71ff.jpg)
![273](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3505/3281099546_9205e06322.jpg)
yet another frozen queen Victoria statue, hailing a cab
![276](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3174/3280279905_7d4135c03f.jpg)
ye olde snow flakes
![DSC02165](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3606/3281098548_306397e1fc.jpg)
![DSC02163](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3540/3281098282_08419e4661.jpg)
ye olde victorian Victoria
![DSC02172](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3342/3281100786_74406f1d62.jpg)
ye olde way to pray
![DSC02174](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3500/3280280915_67d162591b.jpg)
ye olde snowman
![DSC02176](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3553/3280281259_7d3efa2fe2.jpg)
![DSC02179](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3127/3280282089_359fc72ace.jpg)
![DSC02185](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3238/3280283495_5b109986c0.jpg)
aehm...ye olde traffic lightests
![287](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3327/3280284335_ed3bdcf07d.jpg)
ye olde cranes
![289](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3538/3280284867_06eeaa7da4.jpg)
ye not quite so olde tourist information house
![DSC02189](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3638/3281105610_e3d9d1c404.jpg)
someone's waving at me over there. Is it Jesus?
![DSC02197](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/3281107372_7ee412a29b.jpg)
ye olde spiritualism
![DSC02198](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3620/3281107712_dd9cf32e04.jpg)
![DSC02191](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3443/3280286027_4754120714.jpg)
and now we leaveth for ye olde tate modern
![DSC02194](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3350/3281106910_e59366ef1b.jpg)
snowman
![DSC02193](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3432/3280286359_910ff62e64.jpg)
ye Erik
![DSC02200](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3416/3281108072_9b5be84363.jpg)
![DSC02202](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3602/3281108420_8115e9f265.jpg)
ye wobbly bridge
![DSC02203](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/3281108790_00d7410220.jpg)
![DSC02207](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3630/3281109680_5455b136aa.jpg)
ye Thameth river
![DSC02205](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3183/3281109408_bd6b94b804.jpg)
![DSC02210](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3415/3280289861_8439a3e363.jpg)
ye olde trash eater
![DSC02206](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3486/3280288869_3a02ae57d6.jpg)
![DSC02214](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3373/3281110182_87fd84db73.jpg)
![DSC02218](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3573/3280290789_75784ae721.jpg)
ye olde Shakespeareth Globe Theatereth
![DSC02216](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3445/3280290493_b82ac7f207.jpg)
Tate Modern: the tower
![DSC02221](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3581/3281111262_81db27e0b8.jpg)
Tate Modern: the sidewings
![DSC02223](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/3281111688_7faba20cc8.jpg)
Tate Modern: ye olde snowhouse building competition
![DSC02227](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3127/3280292091_c3812ac0e6.jpg)
ye olde Modern
![DSC02232](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/3281113554_bc8db582dd.jpg)
![DSC02228](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3481/3281112952_96b1de4650.jpg)
I have a good one for this: The Iceman cometh
![DSC02231](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3342/3281113264_426a6fc174.jpg)
Inside the belly of the Tate
![DSC02242](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/3281114932_6397d4205a.jpg)
![DSC02237](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3444/3280294159_e5f65c950e.jpg)
ye olde new addition wing
![DSC02240](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/3281114754_8e77edd65c.jpg)
![DSC02246](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3236/3281115654_a022302ff7.jpg)
I like all this green in winter
![DSC02247](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3482/3280295167_d779fe27b1.jpg)
a modern exhibition: beds, a big Bourgeois spider and some Calder oversized sculpture...
![DSC02233](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3277/3280293799_7a90b20809.jpg)
![DSC02261](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/3280296921_8580781207.jpg)
and an oversized kittycat skeleton
![297](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3657/3280298117_c16af57ca0.jpg)
![298](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3449/3281118998_80e4bc5974.jpg)
oh and some giant piece of rotting apple
![299](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3236/3281119690_6f2513bed1.jpg)
my own art on a postcart
![DSC02262](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3176/3281120584_4498943b6b.jpg)
world of museum
![DSC02263](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3546/3280300691_8428269538.jpg)
The view from the Tate Modern restaurant (closed)
![302](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3585/3281120346_fe3db1a879.jpg)
![DSC02268](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/3281121976_a879be5977.jpg)
the Gherkin in the back
![DSC02266](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3662/3280301377_e7dbdb8f21.jpg)
![DSC02264](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3524/3281121214_0dd7e1e6cf.jpg)
A snowlady
![305](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/3280302133_a658f06953.jpg)
![306](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3580/3281122802_d147d910e3.jpg)
![DSC02272](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/3281123542_bfb0d5f22b.jpg)
The Shakespeare tavern where we had a light meal after contemplating the Globe Theater
![311](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3635/3280303781_cc4bc26dcc.jpg)
No Parking
![317](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3320/3280304261_2c3602879d.jpg)
The City and its banks
![320](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3328/3281125324_657f27c202.jpg)
![324](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3627/3281125810_aaa753c4e0.jpg)
![325](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3368/3280306151_beeff1e7e0.jpg)
![DSC02274](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3372/3280304621_07ff74dfd0.jpg)
Lloyd's Bank tower designed by Sir Norman Foster
![DSC02277](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3294/3280306507_7d27f56281.jpg)
![DSC02279](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3645/3280306831_208c327f75.jpg)
I love this one
![DSC02280](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3430/3280307165_0610b9ec1f.jpg)
the temples of money
![328](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3570/3281128302_376f6df3df.jpg)
![331](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3384/3280309177_0a686f98ed.jpg)
![DSC02290](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3583/3281130102_f5571a7b0e.jpg)
![DSC02291](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3454/3281130386_02e23a35ca.jpg)
Ironically the old Royal Stock Exchange has now been transformed into a luxury shopping center.
![335](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/3281130812_90a2813dd4.jpg)
Bank of England
![330](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3562/3281129838_9e1638bbcf.jpg)
![DSC02294](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/3281131114_0152de1aaa.jpg)
Boy have i got snazzy ears!
![338](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3388/3280311375_ca05d46db1.jpg)
![210](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3469/3280256753_5ac31c4756.jpg)
I can't hear you dear
![207](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3327/3281078818_435e4fb2cd.jpg)
She said WHAT?
![208](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/3280257265_923a0ea449.jpg)
On our way to St Paul's
![228](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3300/3281080918_babfd53264.jpg)
![221](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3201/3280259271_b5e97e0db1.jpg)
![223](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3028/3281080250_541e54006b.jpg)
Queen Victoria waiting for a red bus that won't drive today.
![230](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3063/3280261157_60c05c5a87.jpg)
The inner Temple Gardens
![235](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3411/3281083444_bfbc252903.jpg)
![233](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3545/3281082542_d2fcd7b17d.jpg)
A lonely fountain still working in this icy landscape
![237](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3507/3281084518_bcaa438d4e.jpg)
![238](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3418/3281085416_faf9206c1d.jpg)
Someone left his polar bear fur coat on the bench
![240](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3601/3280266337_78bc730486.jpg)
Oh just snow
![241](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3354/3280266733_f7f5e95760.jpg)
A frozen family on the bench. British lawyers do know how to make a decent snowman after all.
![242](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3550/3281087560_d22df6e4d9.jpg)
![244](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3494/3280267889_370888f08c.jpg)
overlooking the Thames
![245](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/3281088710_28e55a7058.jpg)
we are closing in now
![250](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3001/3281089592_8940e13fdb.jpg)
![DSC02145](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/3280269991_c937051417.jpg)
finally we spot something beginning in "ye olde..."
![251](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3625/3281090674_1e795c9d08.jpg)
ye olde clocketh
![254](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3641/3280271717_4aa9cc176c.jpg)
ye olde bus stoppeth
![255](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3276/3281092534_39589a8137.jpg)
ye olde sandwich chain storeth
![258](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3509/3280272919_63d9112d42.jpg)
ye olde modernism
![260](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3577/3280273655_7630d6ef24.jpg)
and ye olde curtains might need a washing pretty soon
![266](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3371/3280274743_f956c3cbfd.jpg)
'tis where you empale ye olde heads on
![DSC02148](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3410/3280275089_e2efdd5532.jpg)
ye olde zooming in
![DSC02153](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3336/3280275979_0323ce25d3.jpg)
![DSC02149](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3447/3281095542_9067e71970.jpg)
ye olde churchtower
![DSC02161](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3379/3280277389_c8cdba03fb.jpg)
![DSC02160](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3622/3280277753_50f2073c73.jpg)
![DSC02158](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/3280277089_125f47fbe5.jpg)
ye olde St Paul's
![DSC02167](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3302/3281098914_8e970c71ff.jpg)
![273](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3505/3281099546_9205e06322.jpg)
yet another frozen queen Victoria statue, hailing a cab
![276](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3174/3280279905_7d4135c03f.jpg)
ye olde snow flakes
![DSC02165](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3606/3281098548_306397e1fc.jpg)
![DSC02163](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3540/3281098282_08419e4661.jpg)
ye olde victorian Victoria
![DSC02172](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3342/3281100786_74406f1d62.jpg)
ye olde way to pray
![DSC02174](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3500/3280280915_67d162591b.jpg)
ye olde snowman
![DSC02176](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3553/3280281259_7d3efa2fe2.jpg)
![DSC02179](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3127/3280282089_359fc72ace.jpg)
![DSC02185](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3238/3280283495_5b109986c0.jpg)
aehm...ye olde traffic lightests
![287](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3327/3280284335_ed3bdcf07d.jpg)
ye olde cranes
![289](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3538/3280284867_06eeaa7da4.jpg)
ye not quite so olde tourist information house
![DSC02189](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3638/3281105610_e3d9d1c404.jpg)
someone's waving at me over there. Is it Jesus?
![DSC02197](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/3281107372_7ee412a29b.jpg)
ye olde spiritualism
![DSC02198](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3620/3281107712_dd9cf32e04.jpg)
![DSC02191](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3443/3280286027_4754120714.jpg)
and now we leaveth for ye olde tate modern
![DSC02194](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3350/3281106910_e59366ef1b.jpg)
snowman
![DSC02193](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3432/3280286359_910ff62e64.jpg)
ye Erik
![DSC02200](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3416/3281108072_9b5be84363.jpg)
![DSC02202](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3602/3281108420_8115e9f265.jpg)
ye wobbly bridge
![DSC02203](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/3281108790_00d7410220.jpg)
![DSC02207](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3630/3281109680_5455b136aa.jpg)
ye Thameth river
![DSC02205](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3183/3281109408_bd6b94b804.jpg)
![DSC02210](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3415/3280289861_8439a3e363.jpg)
ye olde trash eater
![DSC02206](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3486/3280288869_3a02ae57d6.jpg)
![DSC02214](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3373/3281110182_87fd84db73.jpg)
![DSC02218](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3573/3280290789_75784ae721.jpg)
ye olde Shakespeareth Globe Theatereth
![DSC02216](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3445/3280290493_b82ac7f207.jpg)
Tate Modern: the tower
![DSC02221](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3581/3281111262_81db27e0b8.jpg)
Tate Modern: the sidewings
![DSC02223](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/3281111688_7faba20cc8.jpg)
Tate Modern: ye olde snowhouse building competition
![DSC02227](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3127/3280292091_c3812ac0e6.jpg)
ye olde Modern
![DSC02232](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/3281113554_bc8db582dd.jpg)
![DSC02228](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3481/3281112952_96b1de4650.jpg)
I have a good one for this: The Iceman cometh
![DSC02231](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3342/3281113264_426a6fc174.jpg)
Inside the belly of the Tate
![DSC02242](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/3281114932_6397d4205a.jpg)
![DSC02237](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3444/3280294159_e5f65c950e.jpg)
ye olde new addition wing
![DSC02240](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/3281114754_8e77edd65c.jpg)
![DSC02246](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3236/3281115654_a022302ff7.jpg)
I like all this green in winter
![DSC02247](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3482/3280295167_d779fe27b1.jpg)
a modern exhibition: beds, a big Bourgeois spider and some Calder oversized sculpture...
![DSC02233](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3277/3280293799_7a90b20809.jpg)
![DSC02261](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/3280296921_8580781207.jpg)
and an oversized kittycat skeleton
![297](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3657/3280298117_c16af57ca0.jpg)
![298](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3449/3281118998_80e4bc5974.jpg)
oh and some giant piece of rotting apple
![299](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3236/3281119690_6f2513bed1.jpg)
my own art on a postcart
![DSC02262](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3176/3281120584_4498943b6b.jpg)
world of museum
![DSC02263](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3546/3280300691_8428269538.jpg)
The view from the Tate Modern restaurant (closed)
![302](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3585/3281120346_fe3db1a879.jpg)
![DSC02268](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/3281121976_a879be5977.jpg)
the Gherkin in the back
![DSC02266](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3662/3280301377_e7dbdb8f21.jpg)
![DSC02264](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3524/3281121214_0dd7e1e6cf.jpg)
A snowlady
![305](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/3280302133_a658f06953.jpg)
![306](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3580/3281122802_d147d910e3.jpg)
![DSC02272](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/3281123542_bfb0d5f22b.jpg)
The Shakespeare tavern where we had a light meal after contemplating the Globe Theater
![311](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3635/3280303781_cc4bc26dcc.jpg)
No Parking
![317](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3320/3280304261_2c3602879d.jpg)
The City and its banks
![320](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3328/3281125324_657f27c202.jpg)
![324](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3627/3281125810_aaa753c4e0.jpg)
![325](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3368/3280306151_beeff1e7e0.jpg)
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Lloyd's Bank tower designed by Sir Norman Foster
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I love this one
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the temples of money
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Ironically the old Royal Stock Exchange has now been transformed into a luxury shopping center.
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Bank of England
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Boy have i got snazzy ears!
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And no, we are still not done completely with London. One last post still to come.
Labels: Erik stuff, London, photography, Royalist stuff, travel
To reiterate...
great shots, great stories, thanks for taking us on the trip too. You always know what we want to see.
Brilliant.
Bonjour! Cedric and Erik,
All the pictures that you are posting from London are Great!...Keep them coming!
Merci!
Darkcitydame ;-D
I can't believe I missed this post! Fantastic. Ye olde does not get olde does it? Though the iceman cometh made me LOL. You. Are. Awesome. You knew that though.
Also, have I mentioned what a cutie pie Erik is? No? Adorable, that one.