Late Business Trip to London

A view over the Southbank: 

Odeon, King's College, Stamford Street, new towers.

A short trip to London in the afternoon and evening hours of January 2020. 

Getting off in the Waterloo Station (below, left), walking through the misty streets, towards the City.

The central London grows in eerie mystery, each time visited, more and more; the walls start to look at you through its stern stone of the medieval churches tucked  among the steel and glass. The memorable shapes put a stamp in the mind.

London does impress - in many different ways. And there are many secretive, dark and arcane goings, to this day. You can literally feel it through your skin, while walking at this hour.

The modern sculpture (below, lower right) - a most dramatic display : of the  voracious forces of nature among the many headquarters of the global financial system.  

The Gherkin and its surrounds 

The east part of the City of London, near the Aldgate and Liverpool Street stations grew in last decades. The old meets the new in Ye Olde City of London. It is the most awe consuming place.

A completely different feel has Canary Wharf. Although similar with the high risers and as a second business and financial district, it is devoid of the ancient venerable sites. Imposing though, through utterly modern design.

The Canary Wharf underground station leads straight to the monsters of glass towers, attacking you from every angle. The rousing dens of the power of money.  

Enough is enough, one has to find a more cosy place to exist. The towers of money, still buzzing with night light, have to be left to their own purpose.

A visit to London is not complete without a good farewell in a busy pub.