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luinalda ([personal profile] luinalda) wrote2012-07-22 04:29 pm

London 2012 - Part 2: Sightseeing and walks (1)

The "sightseeing" part will consist of several parts of its own (probably 3 or more), because there are quite a lot of pictures I'd like to fit in here. ;-) They aren't really in any particular order...


Piccadilly Circus

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Coventry Street

The direct way from Piccadilly Circus to Leicester Square.
When I was there on Sunday it looked like this:

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Only 2 days later they had already changed the decoration for the Olympics...

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Personally I liked the Union Jacks better. ;-) The "London 2012" banners look a bit... boring, I think. *shrugs*

But you could already see flags and other signs for the Olympic Games all over the city.

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Leicester Square

The tkts booth was actually the very first thing I went to on Sunday morning. :D I wanted to buy tickets for "One Man, Two Guvnors" on Wednesday (evening performance) and "The Phantom Of The Opera" on Tuesday. I had no problems with "One Man" and got a good seat at quite a good price. :-) "Phantom" was a different matter. The guy told me that they usually do get tickets, but not before Monday, probably only on Tuesday even... I then went back to tkts on Monday morning again, but as they still told me "Tomorrow maybe..." I ended up buying my ticket directly at the Her Majesty's Theatre as I didn't want to take any risks. ;-) 

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On Monday I also had a look around the "M&M's World" shop, which is really quite big. ;D It was very interesting seeing all the merchandise and stuff and I loved those big tubes with the m&m's in them. *yummy* But I didn't buy anything in the end...

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~End of Part 2~
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[personal profile] cordeliadelayne 2012-07-22 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Lol, I had no idea an M&M's World even existed. Looks fun *g*

[identity profile] luinalda.livejournal.com 2012-07-23 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
Well, this store in London only opened last year. And apparently it is the "largest candy store in the world". *wow*
I only knew about it because some friends had mentioned it. ;-)

Yeah, it was pretty cool. :D