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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 10 2010, 06:06 PM (1,018 Views) | |
| Michelle | Dec 10 2010, 06:06 PM Post #1 |
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What a nice city, hope to go there again soon. |
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| CJ | Dec 11 2010, 05:08 PM Post #2 |
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Sounds good. I haven't been for over 10 years. (Well, I did pass through London when going to Brussels, but didn't stop to do or see anything). |
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| Michelle | Dec 11 2010, 05:19 PM Post #3 |
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That's quite a long time. |
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| CJ | Dec 16 2010, 01:25 PM Post #4 |
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I think quite a lot's changed since then. I'm pretty sure the London Eye wasn't even open last time I went. |
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| Michelle | Dec 16 2010, 03:26 PM Post #5 |
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I may have seen that, just don't remember. |
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| CJ | Dec 16 2010, 03:28 PM Post #6 |
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It was opened for the Millennium, and it's the largest ferris wheel in Europe (it was the largest in the world until a bigger one was built in China in 2006). Here it is at twilight: |
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| Michelle | Dec 16 2010, 09:06 PM Post #7 |
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Wow, that is absolutely beautiful!
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| CJ | Dec 19 2010, 06:57 PM Post #8 |
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They also had Routemasters when I went, but they don't any more. |
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| Michelle | Dec 19 2010, 07:16 PM Post #9 |
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Oh no, those double decker buses? That's sad...
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| CJ | Dec 21 2010, 12:44 PM Post #10 |
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Yeah, those. I guess they just got too old and worn out. |
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| Michelle | Dec 22 2010, 07:18 PM Post #11 |
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Oh no... that's so sad... |
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| CJ | Dec 22 2010, 11:05 PM Post #12 |
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They are making the new ones, if you remember, but they won't be ready until 2012. |
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| Michelle | Dec 22 2010, 11:09 PM Post #13 |
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Oh, I didn't know that... sorry...
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| CJ | Dec 23 2010, 02:57 PM Post #14 |
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Well, they will be quite different from the originals. Here's an original one:![]() Here's a mock-up of the new one:
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| Michelle | Dec 23 2010, 04:04 PM Post #15 |
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lol Wow. A windowed staircase
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| CJ | Dec 30 2010, 03:55 PM Post #16 |
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I know. I must admit, I quite like that, and it should make then quite distinctive. There's a second staircase at the back, which is also windowed, as shown here:
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| Michelle | Dec 30 2010, 11:23 PM Post #17 |
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Wow that's really cool. I hate to say beautiful. |
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| CJ | Dec 31 2010, 01:43 AM Post #18 |
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I'd say so. The old one certainly was too. |
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| Michelle | Dec 31 2010, 01:48 AM Post #19 |
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I know, the old ones are cool. |
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| CJ | Jan 29 2011, 01:10 AM Post #20 |
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Yeah. The new ones are nice, but something tells me that they won't last for 40 years. That'd have them still being used into the 2050s. |
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| Michelle | Jan 29 2011, 04:33 AM Post #21 |
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Whoa... that seems crazy... |
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| CJ | Feb 4 2011, 01:51 PM Post #22 |
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It is....I'm surprised the originals lasted for so long. Here's a picture of The Shard under construction. I think I've already mentioned it in another topic: |
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| Michelle | Feb 4 2011, 03:49 PM Post #23 |
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That's an interesting building... |
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| CJ | Feb 4 2011, 05:33 PM Post #24 |
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Yeah. As the name suggests, it'll look like a glass shard when it's finished. |
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| Michelle | Feb 4 2011, 06:16 PM Post #25 |
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Oh, now that should be interesting. |
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| CJ | Feb 4 2011, 08:17 PM Post #26 |
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Yep. It'll be the tallest building in the European Union. |
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| Michelle | Feb 4 2011, 09:53 PM Post #27 |
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Wow, that's awesome. |
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| Matthew | Aug 15 2011, 01:04 PM Post #28 |
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Well I am english myself and have been to london once, in the autumn of four. it's a good place. |
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| CJ | Aug 15 2011, 02:29 PM Post #29 |
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Yeah - I'm sure there's a lot that I haven't seen during my 2½ visits there (two proper visits in 1997 and 1999, and then passing through last year on my way to Brussels). |
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| Michelle | Dec 7 2012, 12:54 AM Post #30 |
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I'm glad the Olympics were held here. |
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