Wednesday,
Had the same breakfast but a bit earlier this time to beat the rush. A bit slow to get out but headed out on bus 94 towards Nottinghill Green and Portobello Road.
The bus drivers hit he brakes and accelerator fairly hard and do it before you get to your seat - as we tried to climb to the top (of the double-decker) we got thrown around a bit. So, hang on to the hand rails. Got to sit right at the front and had a great view of the city as it went past, it didn’t seem like the bus would fit through the traffic at times but always did. I don’t think driving a London bus (or cab) would be my type of job. We noticed on Charing Cross Rd. yesterday that there was a queue of nearly 15 buses in the bus lane and they weren’t moving... Anyway found a nice place for a coffee and then wandered the length of Portobello. Not much happening on a Wednesday morning, but as the stalls are marked on the road you can imagine that it would quite crazy on the weekends.
Then we caught the No. 23 all the way back to St. Pauls Cathedral (which took well over an hour) and went to Marks and Spencer (simply food) to buy some things for lunch. Got some bagels (rice crackers & corn chips for Reub), cream cheese and ham and sat on the steps to eat. Also had some bananas and yoghurt which Ash had bought earlier. Revitalised, it was off over the Millenium Bridge and to the Tait Modern for some art.
Saw a great exhibition on cities which highlighted how 50% of the worlds population now lives in cities and this would become 75% by 2050. Some photos, stories, video and installations helped provide a message that some of the biggest cities with the highest population per sq. kilometer aren’t the high-rise capitals but places like Mumbai and Cairo. There was a great rendition of these population figures (mapped to the area of each city) measured on a vertical axis. The photo below explains it well the very tall one’s are Cairo and Mumbai while London and Mexico don’t reach as high because they are more spread out (great for Wendy’s SOSE). Using plywood this way is a nice way to make a 3D graph. There were a couple of free exhibitions so had a quick walk around those before we went our separate ways and agreed to rendezvous later for dinner.
Did a shop at Tesco to stock up on supplies for the ferry tomorrow, and bought some food for dinner to cook/eat at the hostel. Some corn chips cheese and sour cream for Reubs, and some potato & leek soup for us along with some bagels. Also did a bit of internet, email, and blogging (managed to check five lots of emails, post some blogs, checked four bank accounts, sent a few emails all in a fairly rushed hour) and packed our bags for a quick getaway in the morning.
Had the same breakfast but a bit earlier this time to beat the rush. A bit slow to get out but headed out on bus 94 towards Nottinghill Green and Portobello Road.
The bus drivers hit he brakes and accelerator fairly hard and do it before you get to your seat - as we tried to climb to the top (of the double-decker) we got thrown around a bit. So, hang on to the hand rails. Got to sit right at the front and had a great view of the city as it went past, it didn’t seem like the bus would fit through the traffic at times but always did. I don’t think driving a London bus (or cab) would be my type of job. We noticed on Charing Cross Rd. yesterday that there was a queue of nearly 15 buses in the bus lane and they weren’t moving... Anyway found a nice place for a coffee and then wandered the length of Portobello. Not much happening on a Wednesday morning, but as the stalls are marked on the road you can imagine that it would quite crazy on the weekends.
Then we caught the No. 23 all the way back to St. Pauls Cathedral (which took well over an hour) and went to Marks and Spencer (simply food) to buy some things for lunch. Got some bagels (rice crackers & corn chips for Reub), cream cheese and ham and sat on the steps to eat. Also had some bananas and yoghurt which Ash had bought earlier. Revitalised, it was off over the Millenium Bridge and to the Tait Modern for some art.
Saw a great exhibition on cities which highlighted how 50% of the worlds population now lives in cities and this would become 75% by 2050. Some photos, stories, video and installations helped provide a message that some of the biggest cities with the highest population per sq. kilometer aren’t the high-rise capitals but places like Mumbai and Cairo. There was a great rendition of these population figures (mapped to the area of each city) measured on a vertical axis. The photo below explains it well the very tall one’s are Cairo and Mumbai while London and Mexico don’t reach as high because they are more spread out (great for Wendy’s SOSE). Using plywood this way is a nice way to make a 3D graph. There were a couple of free exhibitions so had a quick walk around those before we went our separate ways and agreed to rendezvous later for dinner.
Did a shop at Tesco to stock up on supplies for the ferry tomorrow, and bought some food for dinner to cook/eat at the hostel. Some corn chips cheese and sour cream for Reubs, and some potato & leek soup for us along with some bagels. Also did a bit of internet, email, and blogging (managed to check five lots of emails, post some blogs, checked four bank accounts, sent a few emails all in a fairly rushed hour) and packed our bags for a quick getaway in the morning.
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