London, England
My first trip to London was in January of 1996. I stayed at the City of London Youth Hostel near St. Paul's Cathedral. One of the first things I went to see was Big Ben. Although the weather was usually cloudy and drizzly (this photo was taken on the one sunny day I had), I thouroughly enjoyed my first trip to London. It is such an easy city to navigate via the tube (subway), and the people there are very friendly. With an underground pass, tourists can go all over town for a very affordable price.
I've been back there twice since then - once in the summer of 1998 at the end of my three week trek around western Europe and then again in the spring of 1999 to visit Paul and Coleen.
Here's Paul in front of his building in Willesden Green. Their flat is on the 4th floor on the right as you see it. You can see the bay window which is in the living room.
Stonehenge is about 20 minutes by bus from Salisbury, which is about an hour by train from London. Paul and I took a day trip out there to see the mysterious formation. The rocks are positioned in a huge windswept pasture, like an island of rocks in a sea of green. It was an eerie experience, especially when we found out that the earth mounds, about 30 feet high, scattered all around us on the plains contained human bodies. Nobody really knows the purpose of the rock formation, or exactly who built it, but it is conjectured that it served some astronomical purpose and was used for religious ceremonies.
At Greenwich - I am straddling the Prime Meridien, left foot in the western hemisphere and right foot in the eastern hemisphere. I set my watch using the "official clock" at the observatory, but have since lost the watch...
