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St Pancras
Visiting this place was not on our agenda. However, when we passed St Pancras on our way to the British Library it looked so incredible that we took a look inside. Wow!
Something seemed familiar about St Pancras so I Googled “st pancras harry potter” just now and sure enough, I found out this wasn’t the first time I had seen this hotel before:
Diamond Head @ 2016 Metal Brew (part 4)
Diamond Head’s Abbz and new bass player Dean Ashton @ his debut performance @ Metal Brew 2016
Fun interview with Brian Tatler soon after the Metal Brew show here:
When he talks about playing a song live for just the second time, he is talking about “Starcrossed” (from the “Death & Progress” album) which Diamond Head played live for the first time at Metal Brew.
Death Eaters Bridge
The Millennium Bridge was destroyed by Death Eaters at the beginning of one of the Harry Potter movies. It looked pretty good on the day I crossed it earlier this month. Ironically, the actor who played Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe, went to the City of London School right next to this bridge.
Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone @ British Museum
The largest empire in history “collected” (some would say stole) many significant pieces of history. Then, in the early 1960s, Britain created a law preventing the return of anything in their collections to the various countries of origin. If it’s legal it must be ethical, right?
Anyway, people can come see these items for free so that’s something. The problem is that if you visit, like we did, on a rainy day in early August things can get ridiculously crowded. Picture the Mona-Lisa-in-the-Louvre crowded.
Daunt Books in Marylebone
Interior of Daunt Books on London’s West End in Marylebone
While killing a little time (before my wife and son went to a play) on our final full day in London we walked in Daunt Books. The place looked photo worthy so I took today’s photo. After taking the photo I went to the London section to see where I should wander to next. I picked up a photo book called something like “Beautiful Places in London” and opened to a random page about a third of the way through the book. Amazingly enough, the photo on that page was basically the same as the one you see above!