Tring.......Tring.......Tring......... If you are wondering if this is telephone bell then let me tell you....its my wake-up for Saturday morning 5:30am Wondering why... co I was going to London.... Pulling myself out of the comfort of the bed in early hours in 0DegC... I was ready to visit London... My Bus started at around 7:00 am from st. Margaret Bus Stand.... It takes 3hr30min to reach from London from Leicester... So I reached London at around 10:20am... Amya was going to Join me at 11:20am at Victoria Coach Station Platform 7... And I had a job to find the Bus stand for catching a bus to Madame Tussauds... the Info we had was ok but not the right one... so I went up to Green Line Coach Station to inquire... I found that a different service operates for the destination... and now I had to find the stop for Service 2... MAPS are the best guides... and I had one with me... but needed some help which the Englishmen and Englishwomen happily offered me... Now it was time for me to wait for Amya... Things were going to be very Fast as we had a tour booked at 12 noon.... I was waiting for Amya at platform 7 and was getting nervous as the clock was ticking... Amya landed at the stop at 1130am... late as usual... I told him "Run Amya Run, we have Bus to catch and ticket to buy" We walked fast to the Victoria Bus Stop H which I had already located.... Got a Day Pass... and we were on the Service 2... now it was time to find where to get down... Driver told us to get down at Bakers street... Amya was on one side and I was on other side to see the Baker Street... As it was suppose to happen we missed our stop and got down at next stop.. it was just 5 min to go... Again I said to Amya "Run Amya Run" And the Race begin...and we found it..."Madame Tussaude... A place where you cant make a differene between who is live and who is statue... You really need to keep a eye on floor... if the person in front of you is standing on circle board with a label... then its a statue... else its alive.... It is one of the most amazing display work by an Artist... You have to see it... pic will only give you glimpse... After going through the floors of statues we entered Chamger Live... Chamber Live is a place...which is created like haunted path...where there are live people dressed dead... And they try to scare you and all the woman...keeps doing Uh Ahhhh....AAAAAAA.....YAAAA.... Funny place for me though....never mind....Unfortunately photography is not allowed inside the chamber... After Chamber Live comes the tour of Spirit of London... A Marvelous Display of History of London....a amazing experince.... again no photography.. You shouldn't miss it for any chance....very nice.... After tht comes a theater round...where a small movie is shown....bla bla bla.... Once out of theater you land in a gift shop.... wow wow wow.... I have some gifts... surprise....hehehhehe it was a marvelous experience... should not me missed at all.... I Rate it as one of the Best... So it was now 1:30pm...food time but no time for food....so we had quick fast food... Went bak to Victoria and went to Buckingham palace.... Very Good road to the Palace... the palace is a really beauty... The guards keep patrolling the palace in disciplined manner... the Guards Guards the Palace.. and Police Guards the Guards.... My Wonderful Camera allowed me to go 12X Optical and 48X optical to Guards....check out the snaps... Then we headed towards Tower Bridge.... again a master work.... I will rate this bridge no.2 in the bridges I have seen (no.1 position is already taken by Sydney harbor Bridge...) As the Daylight starting fading, the night light took over....it feels wonderful to see the changes.... We spend sometime there and then headed towards PICADILLY CIRCUS... Most of you must seen this in TV or Film... Excellent Display of Advt. here... have a look at snaps.... We had our fast food again and headed by to Victoria as we had to catch a coach at 2100 We landed at Amya's place at 2330.... Our Fortunes were good.... it was time for UK to switch back clocks at 0159 back to 0100 to end daylight saving.... and give us extra one hour to sleep as we had a bus again at 7:30 in morning.... The Day was cloudy and slight drizzle... typical English Weather... We reached Victoria and got a tube pass.... We went to Westiminister and the plan was to get on London Eye... So there we were on the London eye as planned.... This is again a very good attraction and experience which you can have.... London Eye is the PANORAMA of London.... Excellent view....Check out pictures.... It Take 30-40 min to complete one rotations... and gives you life time experience.... Big Ben and Westminister Abey is just across the Bridge from Londn eye... We spent most of out time at Westminister... Then we took a Tube to Canary WHARP.... TALL TALL Building....Sorry I dont have pictures as it was raining.. :( then Took a Tube and reached Wembley Park... We just had a look at Wembley Stadium from outside.... Spent time in traveling in the tubes of london.... And now we were TIRED TO DEATH.... Just wanted to sit and relax... The tour ended at 2100 on Sunday when I was finally back to my Hotel... All I could do was Send you a sample picture....which I did.... And now click on the link below... and have glimpse at the pictures..... and enjoy the London Tour....
...By Frank
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