Big Ben
[2007.06.29] Left office late today around 7:20pm, and not sure where to go after news that London police foiled a terror plot today. So I just took a walk along Victoria St. towards river Thames direction. This is mostly an office area I guess because the streets are not crowded at all after 7pm.
Just after a while, the familiar Westminster area of architectures start to show up everywhere. The first I guess is the Westminster Abbey, where all the Royal people buried inside - really kind of bad place. Around the south side of the Parliament Square, there are all types of small or big tower, palace or church shaped buildings; among them, I know the “House of Parliament” and of course the Big Ben tower. In fact, right at the moment I passed by the tower, the Big Ben rang bell at 8 o’clock.
Going a little further, comes the Westminster bridge, stretching over the river connecting to South Bank. The river Thames is small and dirty, far away from expectation. And London Eye is not that impressive either, just like the wheel at Walnut Creek Festival.