London is a place I often visited as a youth or later on during business trips. In those days, St. Pancras was the mainline station serving the Midlands and the North. Today it has been totally re-designed and modernised.
It is now an international station granting direct links between the Midlands and the North with Paris and Brussels via Eurostar. The station itself is completely different with a massive arcade of shops and cafés along with the Eurostar booking office.
Travel is about partings and reunions. They can be emotional occasions as families say 'good-bye' or greet each other after a time apart. Memories of loved-ones linger as the train pulls away and hearts start to race at the prospect of meeting up again.
For those who wish to travel to the Continent, time and discomfort have been greatly reduced. You can hop off the train from Nottingham and hop straight onto the express to Paris and be whisked away in a couple of hours into the heart of Europe. The trains look similar to the British ones but travel significantly faster. There is a comfortable cafe-louge area with internet access and posh waiter-service.
I saw Little Venice in a London guide book but never knew that to the north of Regents Park and London Zoo was a waterway with canal trips.
Camden Market is bustling with a mass of stalls and many eating places with foods from all over the world.
On the south bank of the Thames next to the London Eye is the Dali Exhibition. Just outside is the bronze clock statue in Dali's unique style.
When I first saw the London Eye being erected, I felt it would detract from the London landscape. However, it has become a natural and very popular part of the scene, even though it is right opposite the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, probably the most famous buildings in London.
London is a place I often visited as a youth or later on during business trips. In those days, St. Pancras was the mainline station serving the Midlands and the North. Today it has been totally re-designed and modernised.
For those who wish to travel to the Continent, time and discomfort have been greatly reduced. You can hop off the train from Nottingham and hop straight onto the express to Paris and be whisked away in a couple of hours into the heart of Europe. The trains look similar to the British ones but travel significantly faster. There is a comfortable cafe-louge area with internet access and posh waiter-service.
