AnglOrony

The most interesting areas in central London can be enjoyed by foot. Everything is in close proximity. Of course, you will need a few days to cover many other places of tourists interests but to get the real quick feel of London , this is what we recommend. The area covers a large part of London's West End : Covent Garden and Leicester Square, the historic sites of Trafalgar Square , Buckingham Palace , Downing Street , Palace of Westminster . Covent Garden is associated with sophisticated leisure time. There are theatres, numerous pubs and bars, an exclusive shopping area, a craft market, floral market and regular street performances. We popped in there in the early hours and in some parts it was already busy, in others still very quiet. Covent Garden For centuries, Covent Garden had been a market where Londoners had been buying fruits and vegetables. Before that, since around 1200's it served as a garden for the needs of Convent monks, hence the name.   Pu

Southwell Minster,  a cathedral, in a small town-like-village? Yes, near Nottingham .  The building had survived the English Reformation - the dissolution of the monasteries and looting them down to the state of ruin - by the State. It was in 1530s. Some things has changed - the looting is less obvious now. Anyway, fully workable church from the Medieval times is quite uncommon in England. Here are some charming ruins additionally, too.  We have found ourselves in Southwell, knowing very little about, just that it is quite a posh surround in Nottinghamshire . We were not surprised. A few elegant streets with chic and sleek small business for the posh people. A shop that sells edible sweets   memorabilia in a lovely colonial style, for example (below, lower, right). You do not go for a Cadburry chocolate in Southwell (which is not very nice, anyway), you go for a colored sugar bubbles as they were seen by the poor and eaten by the posh in the 1920s. Still, it is quite a different str