A Taste of London

Contribution by Terrance Kirby

It was a rainy day just a few months ago, and I was watching British comedies on the premium channel that our tv offers and trying to decide where I should go on my summer vacation. I've always been a big fan of Britcoms, so I decided to head across the pond to England.

The trip was really easy - I flew out of Atlanta into London Heathrow, then took the Tube into London. Because I was on a tight budget, I stayed in a youth hostel near St. Paul's Cathedral, right in the heart of the city. I couldn't have asked for a better location, as the cathedral was just across the street, and The Globe Theater and Tate Modern were just a stroll across the Millennium Bridge away.

I wanted to get a bit of a different view of London, so one night I joined a London Walks Jack The Ripper tour. It was great! We went to all the spots around Whitechapel where the victims had been found, and ended up at the Ten Bells pub for a well-deserved pint of beer. Whitechapel still feels like what old Victorian London must have felt like, even without all the famous London fog.

I only had a short time to visit, but there's so much to see and do there, I know I'll be going back.