{"id":4753,"date":"2012-03-03T12:52:32","date_gmt":"2012-03-03T17:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/?p=4753"},"modified":"2015-04-26T12:04:58","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T17:04:58","slug":"horribly-belated-london-trip-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/03\/horribly-belated-london-trip-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"horribly belated london trip photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>In November, I went over to London to visit my brother (who is attending the London School of Economics), and my trip was documented by my posting a handful of photos while I was over there.  And then the rest of my photos have been sitting on my computer for the last 4 months waiting for me to sit down for an hour and given them a good pass-through.  I took hundreds, but here are the 40 or so that I thought were worth posting.  Full images and descriptions when you click on the thumbnail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3274.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: British Museum\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3274.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3285.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: Rosetta Stone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3285.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3288.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: Ancient cat. I suppose they had to make statues before cat-blogging existed\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3288.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3308.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: Elgin marbles. The most amusing thing was the level of self-justification evident on the audio recording about why they haven't been returned to Greece\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3308.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3319.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: favorite juxtaposition of the day\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3319.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3326.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: London Bridge\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3326.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3330.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: something old\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3330.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3334.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: I think we'll just build our whole new town on top of this ancient castle.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3334.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3340.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: St. Paul's. which is so photogenic there are at least 2 more pics in this album\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3340.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3342.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: Globe theater\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3342.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3352.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: cool building.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3352.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3357.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: underground!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3357.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3362.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: London Tower\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3362.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3365.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: The most charismatic beefeater in London. So happy he was our tour guide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3365.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3378.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: The Tower\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3378.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3382.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: really old wall\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3382.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3384.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: Ravens. There's a major superstition that ravens always have to live at the tower, so they train them to stay.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3384.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3386.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: Jewel House. no pictures allowed inside, but I did see a LOT of diamonds and crowns.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3386.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3392.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: cannons. purely decorative.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3392.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3418.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: more ravens\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3418.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3423.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: Bridge. shockingly, this was the only day that was this grey and unpleasant.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3423.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3425.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: archways\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3425.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3430.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: covent garden. the christmas decorations totally messed with my light.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3430.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3433.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: Royal opera house\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3433.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3434.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: Covent Garden Station. always crowded.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3434.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3440.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: White Hart. oldest licensed premises in London. And conveniently 3 feet from my hotel.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3440.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3444.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: Piccadilly Circus\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3444.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3446.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: Trafalgar Square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3446.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3450.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: Line to see the Da Vinci exhibit at the National Gallery.  I did not see the Da Vinci exhibit.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3450.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3455.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: View from Trafalgar Square.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3455.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3461.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: St. Paul's (again). From the balcony at the Tate Modern.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3461.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3486.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: St. Paul's (yes, again), walking home over the Milennium Bridge from the Tate Modern.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3486.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3489.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: More Bridges!!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3489.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3492.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: The London Eye.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3492.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3494.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: Walking through St. James' Park, I saw these awesome birds. Still don't know what they're called.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3494.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3498.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: Managed to deduce that this one was a swan\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3498.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3499.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: Beautiful day for a walk through the park.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3499.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3504.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: Buckingham Palace. Much less crowded without a royal wedding going on.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3504.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3505.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: More park!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3505.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3508.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: Green Park. Really - it was such a beautiful day that my brother and I just sat in parks all afternoon.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3508.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3510.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: My brother, enjoying the weather. and not having class.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3510.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3512.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: Others enjoying the weather as well.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3512.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_3522.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2011.11.12]\" title=\"London 2011: and a final stop at Harrods. have to go at least once just for the pure ridiculous ostentatiousness.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/tDSC_3522.jpg\" height=\"192\" width=\"192\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In November, I went over to London to visit my brother (who is attending the London School of Economics), and my trip was documented by my posting a handful of photos while I was over there. And then the rest of my photos have been sitting on my computer for the last 4 months waiting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[22,20,72,10,6],"class_list":["post-4753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-architecture","tag-family","tag-london","tag-photos","tag-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ZBi-1eF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4753"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8440,"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4753\/revisions\/8440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}