Charing Cross, United Kingdom Travel Journals & Blogs

Traveler Platinum Jubilee Trip
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- Jun 3, 2022, 7:10pm
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 31 m
- England Greater London Charing Cross Monet Painted Here (historical)51.510426, -0.12110851°30’38” N 0°7’16” W
Pretty Woman: Big Musical. BIG. huge!
June 3, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
So exciting to be able to go out your front door and turn a corner onto London’s Strand to go to a musical 🎶
The Savoy Theatre 🎭 is basically 5 minutes from my accomodation. In fact, the entire West End is only an extra ten minutes through Covent Garden! It’s a Queen’s paradise (…and, I’m not talking about Lizzie this time! 😜🎟🎼
Great opportunity to put on the glad rags & treat myself…again!
And, last minute half price 3rd Row tickets 🎫😜

The Verdict: initially it was strange to see an all-time favourite and much loved movie break out into song… But, after a few minutes it all seemed perfectly normal… Schmaltzy, humorous and the music really complimented the original storyline. Stand out character was the campy hotel Manager who played about 5 other characters as well! In short, it’s hard to better perfection but they did a good job! 🎉🥰👍🏻
I give it 4 pretty women out of 5
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PS: it is so fantastic not having to wear a mask anywhere! You wouldn’t even know Covid ever existed in the UK, or London at least! Everyone is getting on with life… theatre crowds, public transport, restaurants, gatherings… a few masks 😷 by those who make their own personal choices… exactly how it should be! 🕺🏼🕺🏼🕺🏼Read more
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Traveler Thailand and Europe
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- Mar 20, 2024, 9:49am
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 31 m
- England Greater London Charing Cross Benjamin Franklin House 51.507157, -0.12555451°30’26” N 0°7’32” W
Day 49
Theatre + Dance!!
March 20 in England ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
I went to the matiné session of An Enemy of the People. I think I would say this is probably the best play I have seen in my life. Of course the social morality and philosophical topic of the play is in itself very strong, but the staging, the acting, and the very surprising involvement of the public make it all the more memorable.

To celebrate the arrival of spring, I suggested we go to the spring equinox ecstatic dance event where Phyllis and I danced to our soul's content. This is a safe and respectful environment where alcohol and drugs aren't consumed and individual expression is absolutely free. So nice to shake it all out of the system!
People kept going up to Phyllis and expressing their admiration of her!Read more
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Traveler Europe 2024
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- Mar 25, 2024, 12:00pm
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 35 m
- England Greater London Charing Cross Benjamin Franklin House 51.507181, -0.12598251°30’26” N 0°7’34” W
Day 3–8
Lunch , walking, and sightseeing
March 25 in England ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Westminster Abby, Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, National Portrait Gallery, Buckingham Palace, and lots of walking (30 thousand steps today).

Had lunch at an english pub - fish and chips with mushy peas, meat pie and chips.... afternoon tea at cafe concerttoRead more
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London Calling 💂🏼
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- Aug 10, 2023, 9:23pm
- 🌙 22 °C
- Altitude: 26 m
- England Greater London Charing Cross 51.510333, -0.12343951°30’37” N 0°7’24” W
Day 2
The Pink Chihuahua 🐶🪩🍻
August 10, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Long live Leicester Square, que me encanta de noche, así como los bares de Covent Garden. Entramos en el famoso Porterhouse Bar 🇮🇪 en el que hay una Dinosaur Party 🤣 y live music, love it 🎸🎶🎤

Pero sobre todo me llama la atención el bar escondido en la puerta del baño de otro bar, también en Covent Garden, llamado CellarBar en el que nos tomamos un super cocktail, más un chupito que para mí ha sobrado rotundamente (pero he estado a punto de coger dos) 🍹😂🥃

Luego vamos a Soho, un barrio un poquitín LGBT+ y entramos en otro bar oculto, cosa que se nos da muy bien yyyy sorpresa, nos bebemos unas cervezas Alhambra bailando reggaeton 🍻🕺

Yo no entiendo nada pero incluso hacemos unos amigos por unos instantes, el tiempo justo para que nos hagan unas fotitos antes de irnos a dormir, bastante tarde teniendo en cuenta que trabajamos mañana 🤯Read more
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Traveler United Kingdom
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- Mar 4, 2020
- 🌧 8 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- England Greater London Charing Cross Embankment Pier 51.507832, -0.1213751°30’28” N 0°7’17” W
Day 2
London 2nd
March 4, 2020 in England ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Uff what a City! So many impressions in so little time! Luckily I could sleep through the night even though I shared my room with 20 others and one of them snores so loud that I could hear it through my earplugs...
Starting my day at 11am means keep walking through the city (you can see it in the map) until 5pm and only taking a break of 30 minutes for a nice coffee. I basically saw every tourist attraction you can imagine which was quite nice but I do hate being a tourist and always try to fit in and behave as a “normal” kid 😄
It is still challenging to keep looking right first Begierde crossing the street and even taking the stairs on the left side - crazy! Luckily there was no rain... until 2pm - but hey I don’t want to complain the rain could have been heavier!
Me feet hurt now but hey I just need to explore Anke her city tomorrow 😉
By the way: I found a host for Bristol and for Fort William and hooked a hostel in Edinburgh (it just looked so cute and was soooo cheap an somehow I just felt like it) - so I just need a host for Cardiff and Glasgow and that’s about it.Read more
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Traveler Kanalinsel Jersey & London
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- Aug 17, 2022, 3:45pm
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 21 m
- England Greater London Charing Cross Embankment Pier 51.5074, -0.119651°30’27” N 0°7’11” W
Day 5
Off to the big city
August 17, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Today, we started the day with a strange feeling. Yesterday, I switched off the mobile phone, woke up in the night. To look after the time, I started the mobile phone. Bähm... I entered the wrong pin. So, I switched off again and tried it in the morning.
Bähm... also in the morning I entered the wrong pin again.
The third time I was so sure. This is it. Bähm... "You entered a wrong pin three times. So, the mobile phone will be locked. Shit, shit, shit... That cannot be true...

So, because we didn't achieved somebody at home, we had to check out at 10:15 a.m. and drove to the airport. Without taking photos, without playing games on the mobile for Michael...

Departure from Jersey was planned for 1:50 p.m. Due to very bad weather conditions in London we departed at 2:50 p.m. Arrival at London after a turbulenced flight was at 3:45 p.m.
There was so much rain there and chaos so that we had to wait in the aircraft for further half an hour. After the busses arrived at the runway there was no steps to went out. So we had to further wait again...
After preparing the steps a few minutes ago we left the aircraft by heavy rain. So we got wet from top to bottom.

The Heathrow Express was found quikly, we bought a ticket for 38 pounds (return ticket). After a short journey with three stops we arrived at Paddington Station. It was so crowded, I regret leaving Jersey for this trip to London. Everything was so easy in Jersey, so relaxed. London was crowded, confusing, loud and dirty.
But we learned that due to that bad weather conditions there was closed a few tube stations and the people gathered en masse everywhere.

My phone didn't still work so I couldn't took any photos from the crowd.Read more
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Sarah McCabe England 2023
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- Nov 25, 2023, 1:30pm
- ☀️ 43 °F
- Altitude: 49 ft
- England Greater London Charing Cross Embankment Pier 51.508322, -0.12063151°30’30” N 0°7’14” W
Day 12
Site seeing in the cold
November 25, 2023 in England ⋅ ☀️ 43 °F
Once again, the weather was clear and dry. However, it was still much colder than Russell was prepared for. So one of our first stops was to find Russell some earmuffs. Good thing there were places set up for tourists who came to London unprepared.

Then we wandered about separately for a while. I checked out some small Christmas markets and wandered about London streets, while Russell visited the National Portrait Gallery. I ended up window shopping in a pretty ritzy area. Saw these really good looking men's dress shores. They were close to $1000, so they better be good looking! Eventually, we met up again and did some more wandering.

There was a large peace protest planned, but we tried to avoid the blocked off roads. We ended up passing another giant blocked off road where they were filming a movie. They were filming a car stunt while we were there and we got to see one take where a guy is jumping from the top of one moving car to another speeding vehicle. I could only see the very beginning of the stunt, but it was still fun to see how much effort goes into about 10 seconds of screen time.

After several hours of wandering around, we headed back to the hotel before heading to our early dinner reservation.Read more
Very cute! Russell.. Building at Piccadilly district(is there an explanation for the numbers at each window???) [V]
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Traveler London 2019
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- Mar 8, 2019, 12:59pm
- ☀️ 9 °C
- Altitude: 32 m
- England Greater London Charing Cross Benjamin Franklin House 51.507678, -0.12442551°30’28” N 0°7’28” W
Day 7
Foood
March 8, 2019 in England ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Ich habe extra Essen mit drei ‚o‘ geschrieben, weil wir quasi dreimal gegessen haben.
Das erste war bei unserem Spaziergang die Themse entlang, wo uns ein Kinder Bueno Eis geschenkt wurde, weil die heute in England rausgekommen sind.
Das zweite war bei Wagamamas ein echt großes Curry.
Das dritte war kurz danach, auf einem kleinen Food Market, eine italienische Spezialität mit Pistazien.
Alles drei sehr lecker, aber unter anderem weil ich gerade schon wieder Flapjacks gegessen habe, auch echt sättigend - na ja... das ist schön gesagt für ich platze gleich!
Aber die Kalorien lohnen sich!Read more
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Nadine und Dominik London 11.06. - 18.06.18
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- Jun 13, 2018, 4:25pm
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 36 m
- England Greater London Charing Cross Benjamin Franklin House 51.508243, -0.12408151°30’30” N 0°7’27” W
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Wir haben noch Zeit bis 19:30 Uhr
June 13, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Um ca. 18:30 Uhr wollten wir unsere Karten für das Musical abholen, also hatten wir noch ca. 2 Stunden Zeit. Wir sind einen kleinen Umweg zur Themse gegangen um uns noch Cleopatra's Needle genauer anzusehen. Zur Themse ging es durch diese Gasse mit der wunderschönen Verbindungsbrücke, genau neben einem Bahnhof. Hier sind wir auch auf den Imbiss ‘‘Herman ze German‘‘ gestoßen, den wir bereits von Galileo kennen. Hier gibt es deutsche Würste. Currywurst, Bratwurst und Co.Read more
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Traveler Sehe Five Guy, the most greasy burger in America
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Traveler Das ist der Hammer
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- May 28, 2019, 8:46pm
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 38 m
- England Greater London Charing Cross Benjamin Franklin House 51.508801, -0.12651°30’32” N 0°7’34” W
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London Hop on Hop off Part 4
May 28, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Zu guter Letzt besuchten wir die Tower Bridge inkl. Walk auf Glasboden über der Themse und Besichtigung des ehemaligen Maschinenraums mit beeindruckenden Dampfmaschinen.
Abendbrot gab es in einem Pub mit "deutscher" Küche, wo wir unseren kulinarischen Horizont erweiterten. Oder hat schon mal jemand von Euch Rote Beete roh gegessen?Read more
Traveler 😬 Nichts für Leute mit Höhenangst🙃
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