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| Going-to-London -look. |
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| Turku bus stop. Clouds and later rain. |
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| My guide book (thanks Lotta!) |
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| "A Travel Guide... |
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| ...Anywhere" Bought in Stockholm. |
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| Travel tasks to do if you're out of ideas! |
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| Helsinki. Rain. And later thunder & lightning!!! |
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| Landing in Oslo to get the plane checked and refueled. |
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| Waiting in Oslo. |
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| Still waiting in Oslo! |
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| Day 1. Food! |
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| We Finns are stingy. |
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| Ceiling decor in a café. |
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| These looked better than they actually tasted. |
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| Illusions of sweetness. |
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| Subway. |
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| Me and Darwin, who was the first person to later evolve to stone;) |
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| Natural History Museum. |
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| "Hey you! Call me!" (see this link!:) |
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| City center. |
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| Day 2. Taking the bus and seeing the sights. |
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| Starbucks. Riikka's former work place. |
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| Chinatown views, going solo from here on! (The girls were on their way back to Finland). |
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| Chinatown. |
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| Not a big cat fan but these were cute and kitschy. |
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| Consulting my Travel Guide what to do next. |
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| Too much editing? What do you think? |
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| The British Museum. |
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| The British Museum. |
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| The Rosetta Stone! <3 |
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| Ancient Egypt stuff! <3 |
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| (Not Egypt stuff, maybe Persia?) |
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| Art class at National Portrait Gallery. This was my man! |
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| People drawing portraits. |
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| My result in half an hour or so. |
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| This was the best I could do! National Portrait Gallery, top floor bar. The bartenders were amazingly friendly and keeping me company! |
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| Midnight snack at Ed's, an American diner:) |
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| Nice 50's feeling all over. |
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| Evidence of cuts in employment costs. |
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| Day 3. Baker Street metro station. No, the camera lens is a normal one. The walls were concave. |
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| Baker Street Underground art. |
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| Baker Street in the wrong direction! |
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| Ah, now we're getting closer.. Sherlock here, Sherlock there... |
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| I only visited the shop because it was Saturday and very crowded. |
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| Sherlock stuff. |
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| More Baker Street Underground art. |
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| Detail. |
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| Wall. |
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| Detail. |
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| On my independent bus tour, walking in between. |
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| On bus tour (shot through a window, which explains some of the bad quality;) |
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| Need description? Yes, Big Ben. |
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| The London Eye. |
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| More Sherlock. |
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| Cathedral. |
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| The nice bus driver (it was a normal route) did some guiding as well! He told that the cathedral was shut down due to the demonstration(Wall Street connection?) This hasn't happened since WW II. |
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| Bus tour. |
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| Looking for the next bus. |
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| Bus tour. |
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| Bus tour. |
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| Bus tour. |
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| Final stop: Portobello. |
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| Local houses. |
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| Portobello Market. |
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| Portobello. |
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| Portobello. |
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| Portobello. |
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| Portobello. |
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| Portobello. |
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| Sandra in Portobello. |
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| Portobello street art. |
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| Portobello street art: Banksy? |
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| Portobello sideway art. |
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| Snack in a park. |
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| Last meal in London: a proper ending to the trip, with fish n' chips and cider! |
