LONDON

Starting the day early in lincoln, we took the train from Peterborough station to the king's cross s.

King's Cross features in the Harry Potter books, by J.K. Rawling, as the starting point of the Hogwarts Express to the Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry . The train uses a secret Platform 9 and 3/4 through the brick wall barrier between platforms 9 and 10.

Within King's Cross, a cast-iron "Platform 9¾" sign was erected on the wall of the suburban station building containing the real platforms 9 and 10. Part of a luggage trolley was installed below the sign: the near end was visible, but the rest of the trolley has disappeared into the wall. It is common to see Harry Potter fans stop to photograph the trolley or try to push the trolley through the wall to the hidden platform.

I'll skip all the parts where we went to the underground to catch trains from a spot to the other, since I lost count of them. XD

First we were able to see the buckingham palace. It  is the official London residence and principal workplace of the . British monarch. located in the city of Webminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality. It was full of people who came to witness the changing of the guards.

Facing the palace is the Victoria memorial. It was created in 1911 and erected in front of the main gates at Buckingham Palace.

Located in the heart of London and next on our agenda was the Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament . 

The Big Ben is attached directly to the Houses of Parliament. Dreamy architecture. 

Westminster Abbey is a 5min walk away, and if you circle around you can walk around the Thames, a small bridge, and  then the Thames again.

 London Eye is another 5-min in the opposite direction across the bridge. Smaller attractions near London Eye is the London Aquarium and London Dungeon.

Up next is saint Paul's cathedral .There are many different parts of the Cathedral , from the underground Crypt to the Golden Gallery, 111 metres above London.

It is divided in to 3 sections. The floor, the doom and the crypt .

First we Climbed 259 steps up the dome and found The Whispering Gallery, which runs around the interior of the Dome. It gets its name from a charming quirk in its construction, which makes a whisper against its walls audible on the opposite side. above the Whispering Gallery is the stone gallery, it encircles the outside of the dome. The Stone Gallery stands at 173 ft (53.4 metres) from ground-level and can be reached by 378 steps. From that high, we were able to see all of London and it's main marks. London eye, River Thames, Tate Modern and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. 

Some visitors completed the 528 steps and reached the golden gallery.

The crypt.The crypt is the cathedral's foremost burial place, and the place where those who have made an outstanding contribution to the life of the nation now rest, Such as lord Nelson and Duke of Wellington. 

Right on trafalgar square is The national gallery. You can find hundreds of the most famous and beautiful paintings in the world at The National Gallery.More than 2,000 Western European paintings are on show, dating from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. Discover inspiring art by Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Titian, Holbein, Velázquez, Rembrandt, Turner, Constable, Monet, Van Gogh and Picasso.

With Trafalgar square to the south, Piccadelly circus  to the west, China Town to the north and the coventgarden to the east, Leicester Square is right in the thick of the west end. The first thing that I noticed is the theaters restaurants and bars.

From Covent Garden to Trafalgar Square, London is bustling with impressive street performers. Be it in the tubes or near historical architectures, they are here-they are there, they are everywhere. They are all good actually, but one in particularly was a middle aged man , Dave  Mwaniki, singing along with his guitar.