We began with skating rinks. First we went to Somerset House. No photo of mine, however, can even come close to the beautiful picture that is currently displayed on the right-hand side of this blog page.
Another skating rink that we did photograph is the one that has been set up in the moat for the Tower of London.
Below is the view from the top of the moat. You can see some of the Tower of London behind the rink.
Here is a view of the skating rink from a distance.
The photo below shows the distant rink on the left, as well as the Tower of London, and then the moon on the right.
Of course, while we were in the neighborhood, we shot the Tower Bridge as well. As you can see, there is scaffolding on the right side where they are doing some repairs. (If I wanted to make this picture perfect, I could use some of the Photoshop techniques to take that scaffolding out of the picture. Maybe next time.)
Below is a picture of the Tower Bridge as we were walking away from it.
During that same outing, we also took photos of St. Paul's Cathedral from across the Thames River. That is the Millenium Bridge that we walked across to get there.
And here's another view of the Cathedral from the other side of the bridge.
This was taken a few minutes later, when it got darker.
The story about the Millenium Bridge is that it was built, of course, for the new millenium. However, on the day that it opened, when people started walking across, the bridge swayed so much that it was immediately closed down. Believe it or not, the architect claimed that the British people 'walked oddly' and that was why it swayed. It took over a year for the bridge to be opened again after more supports had been built. (P.S. I am happy to report that we did not detect any swaying at all as we walked across.)
At the other end, closer up to St. Paul's, we got a shot of the Christmas tree. Blue seems to be the preferred color for Christmas lights around town this year.
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