Thanksgiving in London

Trafalgar Square with Big Ben in background

The National Gallery

Rosetta Stone

Egyptian Tomb entrance

Reconstructed Temple

Decorations on Oxford Street



The Debenhams from Bridget Jones

Baths and Cardiff

Me at the Roman Baths

Me holding the audio tour thing at the Roman Baths

Me at Cardiff Castle

Cardiff

Febria, David's band, playing at the Barfly




Cardiff City Hall




View from the Keep at Cardiff Castle












Cardiff Castle Keep




A gay bar in Cardiff--there's more than one gay in this village!

Manchester

Just out of curiosity, I stopped in Manchester for a bit on the way home from Liverpool. Just like Liverpool and Bristol, I'd heard it was industrial and ugly...Well, it is, mostly. There were some beautiful older parts, but Manchester is very urban-sprawl. It reminded me of a European version of Philadelphia--some pretty sights, but I wouldn't want to live there. Friedrich Engels called it "Hell on Earth" in the Industrial Age. Today, it's not Hell, but it's definitely not Heaven, either.


Such an odd mix of old and new architecture...



Manchester's version of the London Eye

More Armistice Day poppies


Gaudy decorations, but it's a nice building



An artistic black and white shot makes the garbage floating in the river less noticeable

Manchester's library--isn't it gorgeous?