so part of all things first sight, we visited Kew Gardens on Tuesday 30th October, and a walking tour around east London on Thursday 1st November.
I couldn't make Kew on the Tuesday so visited on the following weekend.....Thursday's east London experience was a good eye-opener for a west London girl who rarely makes it that side of town in daylight hours! We started off at The Barbican,The Centre had a long development period, only opening long after the surrounding Barbican Estate housing complex had been built. It is sited on an area which was badly bombed during WW11. I'd only been there once for the Future Cities Architecture exhibition so didn't take in much of the exterior which is beautifully ugly...
A good brisk walk through the city boys in their pinstripes...
...led us to 30 St Mary's axe,
Leaderhall, Lord Rogers' Lloyds building, industrial and sci-fi,
through to Liverpool st, Spitalfields,
the City Farm @ Spitalfields..
and finally conforming to my traditions of east London adventures, ending off with a Brick Lane salt beef beigel....mmm
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