Day 188 – Window on London
“Enlarge your windows till you get a window where you can see the whole universe with one look!” ~ Mehmet Murat ildan This window is up in the Shard and the view is looking east […]
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“Enlarge your windows till you get a window where you can see the whole universe with one look!” ~ Mehmet Murat ildan This window is up in the Shard and the view is looking east […]
“It is not the walls that make the city, but the people who live within them. The walls of London may be battered, but the spirit of the Londoner stands resolute and undismayed.” ~ George […]
“In the velvet darkness of the blackest night Burning bright, there’s a guiding star No matter what or who you are.” ~ Rocky Horror Picture Show Just to be clear before anyone thinks of leaving […]
“A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.” ~ Iain Glen The bicycle has always been a popular mode of transport in London especially so now with central London having a congestion zone for cars […]
“It ought to be plain how little you gain by getting excited and vexed. You’ll always be late for the previous train, and always on time for the next.” ~ Piet Hein Taken at Westferry […]
Some of the best navigators in the world are London taxi cab drivers. They have to learn 25,000 streets and how to get from one to the other. John O’Keefe In order to become a […]
“If you don’t know where you want to go, then it doesn’t matter which path you take.” ~ Lewis Carroll
“It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.” ~ Erica Jong This quote is not actually about London but I thought it went […]
“What strange phenomena we find in a great city, all we need do is stroll about with our eyes open. Life swarms with innocent monsters.” ~ Charles Baudelaire I like the way that the edit […]
“We are here but for a second, but our impact ripples through time.” ― Neetal Parekh This is part of London that is referred to as Docklands. It has a long history as an industrial […]