A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit London one more time. In my opinion, the British capital is always an interesting place to visit, offering so many things to do, places to visit, and food to eat, that it is hard to decide what to do. This time around I was staying in the Paddington area near Hyde Park, and I tried the London (aka "Boris") Bikes for the first time. Since the weather was pleasant, it turned out to be an excellent decision. I started my ride in Hyde Park, passed by Buckingham Palace, continued all the way through The Mall, and ended up in Charing Cross where I finished the trip. It's here where I took this picture of Trafalgar Square. The name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar, a British naval victory off the southern Spanish coast during the Napoleonic Wars. I really like the view you get from the stairs of the National Gallery.

I have to confess I'm a Beatles fan. When I was a child, this group was played over and over at my grandparents' house, so it stuck on me. Last year in August I had the opportunity to make a day trip to the city where this famous band was formed. A very interesting part of the city was the Albert Dock. This structure has a very interesting history because it was the first warehouse to be created with iron, stone, and brick (until that time, they were wood-based). Today it's a very vivid tourist attraction with a lot of visitors, shops, coffee places, etc. This place was one of the highlights of the short visit (besides the whole Beatlemania).

If you have been following this photolog, you are aware that this was not my first time in London, and you might remember that the first time I went there, I didn't have a decent camera, so I ended up taking crappy pictures. In my second visit to London, I went with a good camera and I got the opportunity to take some decent pictures, like the one you see here with the Big Ben. I went for a Juan Luis Guerra concert with G, but we also took the opportunity to visit London for a couple of days, and, as I remembered, it's an amazing city!.

The only time I was in London (I think it was in the spring of 06), we didn't bring any camera, and the mobile phone I had at that time didn't have a camera either, so we bought a disposable one that took some really ... horrible pictures! I had to throw them away because in most of them you could hardly tell that was London :). Anyway, I kept a couple of them, like this one where you can see the London Eye... kind of.