Second-last day in London

I've been back in NZ a week and I'm now back at work, but I'm slowly catching up on the posts!

My second-last day in London was spent wandering around central London. I started off with a visit to the London Aquarium. I seem to end up here each time I visit London, so it was good to see that it had changed a bit since last time. It also looks like they are still doing a bit work work on the place, so it could be worth another visit sometime.

After that, I wandered over to the Tower Bridge and up through the museum there. The view up and down the Thames is probably worth the visit even without the rest of the displays, videos, and access to the original hydraulic equipment to raise and lower the deck.

Looking out from the bridge then gave me the idea of visiting the HMS Belfast, a World War II warship which is now managed by the Imperial War Museum and moored permanently in the Thames. All over the warship are displays showing life on board [right down to fake peas and steaks being cooked up]. There's also a very interesting 5 minute video which is played in the main rear gun turret.

Anyhow, here are the pictures. The big tall building still under construction is The Shard is/ will be the tallest building in Europe [for how long, I wonder?], and the final picture is the Farringdon tube station entrance where I met up with my sister for an evening out at a [slightly funny] live comedy show with her and a cousin.

Europe Trip 2011 #19: Aquadom & Sealife Berlin

Left with some spare time on my last full day in Berlin, I decided to go to the Aquadom & Sealife Berlin. This is part of the same group that runs the London Aquarium, although I think that the Berlin version was a bit better - not only with the general displays, but also with the awesome 1,000,000 litre tank with an elevator running up the middle! Awesome :-)

Anyway, here are the pictures. Enjoy!

Europe Trip 2011 #18: The Zoo and Aquarium - 3

The aquarium part of the zoo was really interesting, although many of the exhibits were hard to photograph due to constant movement. One of the unexpected parts was a range of snakes, turtles and lizards etc in addition to fish, including some tuatara from New Zealand. No pictures of the tuatara, although they did seem to have sufficient house crickets wandering around for them to eat when needed :-)

Europe Trip 2011 #2: London Aquarium

Part of my travels yesterday was a visit to the London Aquarium. It's well worth a visit if you're interested in such things, albeit a bit pricey at around GBP19 for an adult.

Pictures are fairly self-explanatory. Enjoy!

Europe Trip #22: London - 7 - The Aquarium

I know it's been a few days, but hopefully I'll be able to finish off the posts from my recent trip in the next few days :-)

An interesting place to visit [although perhaps not at the top of the list] was the London Aquarium. Not being a fishy type of person [no need for rude comments, thanks!] I don't know a lot about these - except you'll see a stingray, a shark, a school of piranha [I didn't stick my hands in to confirm that!] and some other stuff. For those who are more knowledgeable, I'm sure you'll fill us in on the essentially details - best fried, best BBQ'ed etc... ha ha ha

The aquarium is conveniently located right beside the London Eye, so it's in a very easy place to get to [especially if you're using the tube] and well worth a visit if you're in to your fish, or if you have a couple of hours to spare. Photography is welcome, just no flash photography.