From New York city to old London town (no Rio but lots of other places)

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Claridges and around Bond St.



Note the Chihuly chandelier. They are having a Chihuly exhibition in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens next year

 

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Regent and Carnaby St and of course Liberty Store

 

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Trafalgar Square. The lights in the fountain were changing colour and not sure if you can see the ice floating in the fountain

 

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Haymarket and Piccadilly Circus

 

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The Savoy, The Strand and Number 10

 

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Just some nice buildings and St Martin's Lane



I was in hot chocolate heaven



Mr Fogg's gin parlour - I didn't go in this time but have been there before and it's fantastic

 

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More general London

 

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Fortnum and Mason windows were just superb - these are a must @Pushka

 

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And more F&M

Some of the staff were looking a little bored. The queues to get served were enormous

 

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The Ritz and a bit more of Piccadilly

 

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The tree in Covent Garden, Mary Poppins in Leicester Square and the view from the coffee shop at the top of Waterstones in Piccadilly and then Harrods from the top of the double decker bus

 

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These are from Richmond and if you liked Ted Lasso you may recognise some of the lanes. There is a jeweller I visit every time in London and have quite a collection of earrings from them

 

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No more Christmas lights for now but I did visit the Battersea Power Station. They are timed tickets and I calculated sunset and worked out if I went just before I should be right. I timed it extremely well even if I do say so myself. The whole area had a great vibe.

Some of the photos aren't great because obviously you're taking them through glass but you got a great 360 view of London

I do enjoy seeing apartment blocks that aren't just square boxes

 

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More Battersea - you're herded into an area and watch a video and then you get into the lift

 

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Some fantastic views and sadly the photos don't do it justice. You get a decent amount of time at the top to walk around

 

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So the Panto finishes around 5pm so reckon this will cover quite a few from the Palladium?

 

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The final shots and outside where it was completely dark.

That's it for today folks

 

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So the Panto finishes around 5pm so reckon this will cover quite a few from the Palladium?
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sure will - getting past Hamleys will be a nightmare and if you can maybe try and get into Carnaby St as well - don't forget the coughtails at Cahoots

 

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So the Panto finishes around 5pm so reckon this will cover quite a few from the Palladium?
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Here's a couple of more links

London's Christmas Lights 2023: Where, When And How To See Them This Year

Top tips for seeing London's festive illuminations.

londonist.com

And this is for the cynics

London's 2023 Christmas Lights Bitchily Reviewed

Tis the season for goodwill to all men. But tis also the season to be a little bit coughy about Christmas lights.

londonist.com

 

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Here's a couple of more links

London's Christmas Lights 2023: Where, When And How To See Them This Year

Top tips for seeing London's festive illuminations.

londonist.com

And this is for the cynics

London's 2023 Christmas Lights Bitchily Reviewed

Tis the season for goodwill to all men. But tis also the season to be a little bit coughy about Christmas lights.

londonist.com

There's always a grinch.