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This is London City Hall. Some say it looks like a helmet. I would probably agree.
This is the interior of the London City Hall. Lots of glass in a spiral shape is never bad design in my book.

On the bottom floor of the London City Hall was an entire map of London. A couple of the girls actually found where our flats are located. 

A view of the Tower of London Bridge and the city.
I finally made it into one of my own pictures so that it looks like I have been to London.
This is the famous Globe Theater. The original burned down and was recently rebuilt using the tools and process that was used before. It took quite a while to build. They of course still do plays here and you can purchase front standing room only tickets for about 5 pounds or pay more for a seat.








Millennium Bridge that leads from the Tate Modern Museum into the city. 

These photos are pretty much for the men who are viewing my blog especially Dave. I thought of you when I was taking these pictures. The cars were amazing and the way they displayed them was even more amazing.


This display is great because they placed it just high and over a mirror so that you could see the bottom of it. 

This is one of the interiors I find so inspiring


















Another beautiful car with an equally beautiful interior (see next photo).
Yeah for rounded back leather seats. I think that I love this car because it seems so sophisticated and british.
 

This is very similar to the Spaceship Earth ride at WDW for those of you who have been there. The escalator through the ball thing really looked fun and we were all drawn to it. However it was pretty lame. But yeah them for trying.
This is a chair that was on display at the Design Museum called the Rubber Band chair for obvious reasons.
I have no idea what kind of car this is I totally forgot to look because I was so inamoured with all of the cars on display. Interesting design and it's orange.
The cars were so fun to see. I especially loved the interiors. The upholstry was really unusual and it made me wish that interiors were still like this today. 

This is a bench in the Science Museum. It was hot and I sat in it and it was quite comfortable as well.
This was a really cool way to display different building materials. Along the wall they had tons of samples of what was on the sculpture.
The bridge in the Science Museum which is made of glass and is really quite a focal point on the main floor.




















We had to go around the museum to find inspirations for a rug pattern and I thought that these were awesome. If you look closely (actually I stick out like a sore thumb, it may as well have been a picture of me) you will see me in the reflection. 

This is a model (not unlike my tiny house) of the Crystal Palace. It was the first structure to be made of strictly glass and steel that supported itself on columns and left the interior extrememly open. The inside was kind of like a conservatory and also had open market shopping. It sadly burned not long after it was erected and I can't remember why. Great info I know. I need to do some brushing up. But the coolest thing about this model is that they only built half of it and then displayed it next to a mirror so that when you look at it from this angle it looks whole. An great time saving idea especially for a procrastinator like me.
I love this one. It is kind of a blurry picture but it is just a frosted glass wall that has the steel supports printed onto it.
A very cool chair that looks like two chairs have been split in half and combined to make one.
I loved this display. They had an exhibit of 60's clothing but then had historical clothing timelines that led up to current trends. 

This is a Chihuly glass sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum, aka the V&A ( he also did the ceiling at the Bellagio in Las Vegas). This museum is really traditional but this wild sculpture hanging from the traditional dome makes a real first impression as you walk through the door.
This photo is of the V&A storefront. It is all of these different prints visually layered and adheared to either side of the glass. It was so cool I want it somewhere for myself.
I love this one! So I don't know who the artist is but these truly are smashed instruments. They are hanging inside a dome area where you can look either up or down at them.
This is a chair that I studied in my history class and we ran onto it as well as some other chairs at the V&A. It is great to see your education finally paying off. 

Westminister Abbey - part of our group (which did not include me) went to the Abbey to hear a flute concert. I probably should have attended but I was playing in Hyde Park in Princess Diana's memorial pond.
This is a protective covering outside of the Westminister Tube station. I love glass and metal! They make me so happy.
Some of the sidewalks here have incorporated glass into their design. This is the typical style but today I actually saw a circular set. I love London!
The architecture is so amazing here. I saw this structure while walking to our flat. 

Welcome to London! This is the London Eye that I believe once was a traditional ferris wheel. I have yet to experience this for myself but I will hopefully be doing so soon. The suspension system on it looks amazingly complicated and I love the enclosures that people get to ride in.
This is the Parliment Building. You can see in the skyline how complicated and detailed the spires on the building are. It is pretty much awesome. The two british men in the photo aren't bad either.












Lets hear it for the clock tower for the Parliment Building. It is just as massive and tall as it appears in the picture. It is the actual bell that rings that is called Big Ben. Why I don't know.


















I found this awesome street when we were walking to the Tube station the first night. Seeing streets like this is very typical. I am constantly stopping and taking pictures of the streets here.