Masaya's days: London trip: Day 2

08 March 2011

London trip: Day 2

On Saturday, I wrote about my London trip. It was the Day 1 story and you can check the story from London trip: Day 1. Today, I wanna write about the Day 2. (26th Feb.)

In the morning, we went to the Wembley Stadium which is located in near the hotel we were staying. I've never seen such a large stadium. It was really big stadium. The stadium was getting ready for the Carling Cup Final 2011 game that would hold on Sunday (27th Feb.) when we arrived there. The game would be Arsenal vs. Birmingham city, and we wished to watch the game at the stadium.

After that, we went to Piccadilly Circus again to check some tickets for the game. We went to some shops there, but we couldn't buy that due to its expensive prices... The cheapest ticket price was £450 for each seats! £450(about 730 USD; about 60,000 JPY)! We gave up to buy the ticket...

I surprised because the entrance fee of the British Museum is free! I also surprised how large it is! Unfortunately, we couldn't see all of these collections... I hope that I can visit here again!

We left the British Museum at afternoon, and visited the St. Paul's Cathedral. Unfortunately, taking photos inside the St. Paul's Cathedral was not allowed. Inside the St. Paul's Cathedral was just beautiful. You should come and see this place. When we entered the cathedral, staff gave us guide like iPod touch. Because of this guide, we could know the history, architecture, music, art and etc.

Of course, we went to dome which we can see around London, and here are some photos that I took there. (I took outside of the cathedral, not inside.) There are 3 galleries in this dome, which are Whispering Gallery (30 metres from Cathedral Floor), Stone Gallery (53 metres from Cathedral Floor) and Golden Gallery (85 metres from Cathedral Floor). In Stone Gallery and Golden Gallery, we can watch outside of the dome and it was really nice.

Thames river and Westminster (London eye, Big Ben and etc).

The City of London.

London Bridge and Tower Bridge.

Unfortunately, it was cloudy when we arrived the Golden Gallery...

We left St. Paul's Cathedral at about 4 p.m., and started to walk around. About an hour of walking, we arrived Tower Bridge. It was really beautiful, because it's nice time of sunset.