Here are 10 interesting facts about London:
1.London was not always called London. Before settling on the name ‘London’, it had a series of names – Londonium, Ludenwic, and Ludenburg! I bet the Germans came up with the last 2
2.The Romans were the first to make London their home. Check out Bath
3.Queen Elizabeth 2 may be the head of State, but she needs permission from the Lord Mayor to enter the city of London. Now who would have thought that?
4. In UK, drivers drive on the left side of the road. But there is one road in London where drivers can drive only on the right side...or was that the wrong side of the road?
5.In 2016, London was ranked as the 6th most expensive city to live in. They obviously havent been to Sydney!
6.In 2014, 16 million people visited London, making it the most-visited city.
7.London tried to compete with the Eiffel tower by building a structure taller than that. But the construction had to be stalled and the structure demolished because it was unsteady.
8.It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament. You may think they have a killer sense of humour, but they are being dead serious here.
9.London is one of the richest cities, with more than 70 billionaires.
10. More than 300 languages are spoken in London. So when you are in London, the chances of finding someone who speaks your language are high
Frank Kaslik visited Haymarket - It is the location of a variety of restaurants, the Theatre Royal and Her Majesty's Theatre, a cinema complex, and New Zealand House.
Frank Kaslik saw Big Ben - Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock
Frank Kaslik heard Big Ben - famous for its accuracy and for its massive bell
Frank Kaslik saw Big Bens little Brother - Little Ben
Frank Kaslik was invited to Buckingham Palace - This is the Australian entrance
Frank Kaslik was amazed - George III paid £21,000 (£3m now) to buy it for his wife Queen Charlotte, who gave birth to all but one of their 15 children there. It has 775 rooms!
Frank Kaslik is impressed -Buckingham Palace main entrance. Queen Victoria was the first monarch to live behind them.
Frank Kaslik walked down the long red road to - Buckingham Palace
Frank Kaslik visited - The Household Cavalry. New tourist attraction recently opened.
Frank Kaslik visited - The Household Cavalry is made up of the two most senior regiments of the British Army, the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals
Frank Kaslik saw lots & lots of chimney Stacks. No wonder there were lots of jobs for cleaners
Frank Kaslik saw WW2 shrapnel damage on a church wall
Frank Kaslik visited - Covent Garden, it's in the West End, London’s main theatre and entertainment area.
Frank Kaslik had lunch - But not sure if this was on the menu
Frank Kaslik was not allowed to have desert
Frank Kaslik wanted one - From Harrods and only $20,000
Frank Kaslik visited Harrods - They even have a Dog department
Frank Kaslik was amazed - Harrods Soccer table for $200,000
Frank Kaslik visited Harrods- Harrods is a luxury department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London. It is now owned by the state of Qatar
Frank Kaslik went on a bus - Sightseeing by bus is a must-do in London and the city offers 3 different hop-on, hop-off tours. See the sights from a hop on hop off London bus tour and choose from 60 stops and 5 routes around top attractions and landmarks.
Frank Kaslik was confused - By all the crooked looking buildings. This was a Council building...who cares?
Frank Kaslik was stuck in traffic - on top of a bus on the London Bridge
Frank Kaslik saw -The London Dungeon is a tourist attraction along London's South Bank, which recreates various gory and macabre historical events in a gallows humour style.
Frank Kaslik went for a ride - The London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. The structure is 443 feet tall and the wheel has a diameter of 394 feet. When it opened to the public in 2000 it was the world's tallest Ferris wheel
Frank Kaslik was stuck in traffic - and almost forgot to DUCK!
Frank Kaslik decided it wouldnt fit in the suitcase
Frank Kaslik saw a 2 bedroom rental property for $5500/ week in London
Frank Kaslik visited - The Tower of London, officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London
Frank Kaslik visited - The National Gallery. It's an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900
Frank Kaslik saw Jetstreams over London
Frank Kaslik saw - Old rail bridge Pylons. Now, there is a building where the railway used to be
Frank Kaslik stayed here - Park Plaza Hotel
Frank Kaslik waved at - The Queen's Guard and Queen's Life Guards...infantry and cavalry soldiers charged with guarding the official royal residences in the United Kingdom.
Frank Kaslik caught a Train at - Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England. Opened as Store Street in 1842, it was renamed Manchester London Road in 1847 and Manchester Piccadilly in 1960
Frank Kaslik played this game - Monopoly is a board game where players roll two six-sided dice to move around the game-board buying and trading properties, and develop them with houses and hotels. Players collect rent from their opponents, with the goal being to drive them into bankruptcy.
Sounds a bit like real life doesn't it?
Frank Kaslik saw - The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London. 215 miles long
Frank Kaslik saw - St Paul's Cathedral. It's an Anglican cathedral. It sits on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London
Frank Kaslik caught a Taxi - A hackney or hackney carriage is a carriage or automobile for hire
Frank Kaslik went on a - Thames River Cruise...Running through the middle of the city, the river Thames is the perfect vantage point for taking in some of London's most iconic sites.
Frank Kaslik knows history - The beginnings of London can be dated with some exactitude to the invasion of the Romans in 43AD.
Frank Kaslik caught a train - The London Underground is a system of electric trains. They are small, overcrowded and very hot. It is the oldest underground railway in the world. It started running in 1863 as the Metropolitan Railway. After the opening, the system was copied in many other cities, for example New York and Madrid. It's called the TUBE.
The escalator rides are just as much fun.
Frank Kaslik likes this ship - HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy.
Frank Kaslik likes this - Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London built between 1886 and 1894. The bridge crosses the River Thames
Frank Kaslik liked - Trafalgar Square is a public square in the City of Westminster, built around the area formerly known as Charing Cross.
Frank Kaslik got on a train at - Waterloo station, also known as London Waterloo, is a central London terminus on the National Rail network. Located in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth
Frank Kaslik saw someone getting married
Frank Kaslik liked this building - Westminster Abbey is steeped in more than a thousand years of history. Benedictine monks first came to this site in the middle of the tenth century, establishing a tradition of daily worship which continues to this day.
The Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066 and is the final resting place of seventeen monarchs. The present church, begun by Henry III in 1245, is one of the most important Gothic buildings in the country, with the medieval shrine of an Anglo-Saxon saint still at its heart.
A treasure house of paintings, stained glass, pavements, textiles and other artefacts, Westminster Abbey is also the place where some of the most significant people in the nation's history are buried or commemorated. Taken as a whole the tombs and memorials comprise the most significant single collection of monumental sculpture anywhere in the United Kingdom.
