It had been a long time since I was in London for any reason, but recently we had the pleasure of being invited to a luncheon with my partner’s brother and cousins, a bit of a reunion you could say, and very pleasant it was. This meant that we would take a taxi ride from the train station to the venue, and sitting in the back of the vehicle I had quite a good view behind me and also from the side windows, so out came my mobile phone and I just snapped away. Not too unhappy about the result I decided to share some of the photos here. All these photos are taken somewhere in the central area. London has so much to see architectural wise, also delightful is to see all the people passing by, normally I am very careful about photographing people, I am always conscious of not wanting to be intrusive, so I was delighted to notice that I got quite a few people in my pictures this time, I find it so interesting, such an amazing diversity of humankind to be seen in this cosmopolitan city. I was very impressed with the beautiful contemporary architecture of Kings Cross railway station. Like being underneath a gigantic mushroom inside!
I am also always very interested in the trees that grow in cities, they make all the difference to and add enormously to the beauty of the buildings, even, and perhaps especially in winter. I am thinking of the boulevards in Paris, the many mulberry trees in Lisbon, the pine trees around Athens, and the plane trees in Antwerp to name but a few. It is also good to see that trees can still form part of modern city planning, more and more so in fact.
I’ve enjoy the short visit to London and after all it’s only an hour’s flight from Cork!
agoyvaerts 
Mysterious London! I have never been there, but always wanted! Thank you for opportunity!
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You are very welcome, you would love it I think 🙂
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What a fantastic post and great photo’s
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Thank you, so glad you enjoyed 🙂
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You’ve captured some interesting images of London. It makes me want to go back.
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Yes Mary, London is so much ‘alive’ I would love to give it a good visit, see the art and other musea. Maybe we should do that together one day 🙂
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One day… 🙂 If I have the energy I would travel around the world and meet bloggers everywhere. It’s been such a pleasure reading about their world. Their pictures are all so inviting.
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Seems like a nice idea Mary 🙂
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Only an hours flight from Cork sounds like a very reasonable getaway. Lovely photos from your taxi.
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It’s amazing what can be seen from a taxi cab window isn’t it 🙂
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Wonderful pictures but with the flight and the taxi fare they must be some of the most expensive snaps this year.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
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Haha, you have a point David. Something different to taking snaps of wild flowers or spiders 🙂 Have a good weekend.
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Lovely post.
London has such elegant appeal, hasn’t it?
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Thank you Jean, very elegant indeed.
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Well thank-you very much for a delightful little trip (my first time in a London Cab). The pictures came out great and I had an absolutely fine time. We’ll have to do it again, real soon.
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Haha, David, glad you enjoyed 🙂 yes and a London cab is not just any cab is it!
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They do have that world-wide reputation to consider. Thanks again.
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True. Your city looks great too from your photos.
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Thank-you.
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