Thursday, December 28, 2006

A walk along the embankment

Here is a photo of the Millenium Bridge opened in June 2000. This bridge was designed by Sir Normal Foster of "The Gherkin" fame. The design of the bridge caused some concerns when it was first opened to the public.....it wobbled and it was shut more or less straight away. The bridge reopened nearly a year later after some remedial works to stop the wobbles.

At the North end of the bridge you can see St Pauls cathedral. A very imposing building indeed. Built between 1675 and 1710 and designed by Sir Christopher Wren after the church on the same site was destroyed by The Great Fire of London.

We also walked to the Globe theatre. This is where Shakespeare is said to have given shows of most of his works. The Globe was painstakinly rebuilt and today we are very lucky to able to take a step back in time.

London is so rich in it's history and it's just there for us to take the time to go and visit!!

6 comments:

angela said...

Thanks for calling by. London's much changed since I lived there in the eighties.
Life-with-dogs.blogspot.com is another great blog.
Angela

Eugene Salomon said...

Have you ever attended a play at the Globe?

Loui (and his mum!) said...

No, sadly I've not been lucky enough! I imagine it to be a wonderful exerpience though!

J xx

Loui (and his mum!) said...

I wish I could spell though....experience? Yep that looks right to me!

Marvin -The Hollow Hound said...

you try spelling fandabi dozi, Loui!

The Sloth said...

Nice to see you how you take the time to appreciating London, it's all to easy to whiz through it and forget what it has to offer!