The Glorious West End

Currently, we are in the West End of London. In a few short hours we will be watching Les Miserables. This will be my first time seeing it, and as it is one of the longest running shows on the West End, I expect it to be glorious. I'm so excited right now, guys. Oh man.

Anyhow, that's all I've really got as far as writing. Bring on the pictures!


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1) Paddington Bear! This statue is inside the Paddington train station in London, and is based on the Paddington Bear books which I read (or had read to me... don't really remember) as a kid.

2) View of Big Ben and Westminster Cathedral as seen from the London Eye. It's rather odd to look DOWN on landmarks like that.

3) We saw a freakin Arsenal game! Our side won, of course (actually we stomped them, 4-0)

4) A sculpture commemorating the location at the Tower of London where Anne Boleyn was executed.

5) A pedestrian bridge leading from St. Paul's Cathedral (where this picture is taken from) across the Thames to the Tate Modern Art Gallery (where we went next).

6) A pretty square next to St. Paul's, which doesn't seem to actually have a name :-(

7) St. Paul's cathedral.

8) St. Paul's again. I somehow don't seem to have taken any pictures of the dome, but it has one of the most beautiful (and tall!) church domes in the world