Okufanele Uyenze Futhi Ubone Ngesonto Elilodwa eLondon

Uhambo lwabavakashela okokuqala eLondon

Lesi sihloko sithunyelwe nguRachel Coyne .

Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uya eLondon ngomlando, iminyuziyamu noma indawo yaseshashalazini , uhambo oluya eLondon kufanele lube kuhlu lwabantu abahamba phambili kakhulu abazokwenza. Mina nomngane wami sithole isonto ukuthi sibe yisikhathi esiningi sokuhlola izindawo eziningi zokuvakasha, kanye nezindawo ezimbalwa ezithakazelisayo zomuntu ezishiya indlela yendabuko.

Ngaphambi kokuya eLondon ngesonto, qiniseka ukuthi unezinto ezimbalwa ezizinakekelwe:

Usuku Lokuqala: Fika eLondon

Safika kusenesikhathi kakhulu ukuze sihlole ehhotela lethu, kodwa njengoba sasihlala eduze neHyde Park futhi sasingafudumala ekuqaleni kuka-Okthoba, kwakuyithuba elihle lokuhamba ngepaki elihle. Ipaki inkulu, ngakho-ke yenza uhlelo lokuhlola ezinye izindawo zalo ezibalulekile njengeKensington Palace , Round Pond (lapho kukhona khona amahansi kanye nama-swans alindele ukudliwa), imithombo yase-Italy, i-Princess Diana Memorial Fountain kanye noPeter Pan isithombe , esinikezwe umlobi uJM

Barrie.

Lesi yisikhathi esihle sokunakekela izinto ezifana nokwamukela imali kusuka ku-ATM noma ukushintshanisa imali , ukuthola ikhadi le-Oyster lokugibela ithubhu (nakanjani indlela elula yokuzungeza umuzi), nokuhlola indawo ohlala kuyo ku.

Ngemva kokuba sidle esitolo sokudlela esiseduze nehhotela, saya ehhotela leGrosvenor eduze ne-Victoria station, lapho sasijoyina khona uJack uhambo lokuhamba.

Leli hambo lasiyisa ngaphesheya kweMpumalanga End yaseLondon, lapho umhlahlandlela wethu wokuvakasha usisihola endleleni lapho izisulu zikaJack the Ripper zitholakala khona ngo-1888 futhi zisigcwalisa ngemibono ehlukahlukene mayelana nobugebengu obungakapheli. Lolu hambo lwalubandakanya ukuhamba ngebhayisikili ngaseMfuleni iThames kanye nokuhamba ngebhasi okukhomba ezinye izindawo ezincane, njengezibhedlela lapho kuhlala khona iNdlovu Indoda nalapho u-William Wallace (aka Braveheart) ehlushwa futhi ebulawa khona.

Usuku Lwesibili: Uhambo lwe-Hop-On, Hop-Off

Ngosuku lwethu lwesibili sichitha usuku olugibela umuzi kwelinye lala mabhasi kabili-decker ukuze kube nosuku lonke lokuhamba, ukuvakasha ukuphuma. Kuyindlela enhle yokubona wonke amakhasimende aseLondon njenge- Buckingham Palace , iTrafalgar Square , iBen Ben, izindlu zePhalamende , iWestminster Abbey , iLondon Eye namabhuloho amaningi awela uMfula iThames. Qinisekisa ukwenza inothi yanoma yimiphi imiyalo ongathanda ukuyiphindela futhi ubuyekeze isikhathi eside ngemuva kweviki.

Siphelile usuku ngesidlo eSherlock Holmes Pub , eduze neTrafalgar Square , ephethe igumbi elihlelwe ukuhlobisa eliphefumulelwe ihhovisi le-detective njengoba kuchaziwe kumanoveli nezincwadi ezihlukahlukene ze-Sherlock Holmes. Kumelwe-ubone noma yiliphi abalandeli bakaSir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Usuku Lwesithathu: Uhambo Lomgwaqo!

Ngenkathi kungekho ukusweleka kwezinto okuzozibona nokwenza eLondon, kunezindawo ezithile ezinhle kakhulu ngaphandle kweLondon esifuna ukuhlola. Ngakho sagibela ibhasi ukuze sivakashele e-Windsor Castle, i-Stonehenge neBhati usuku lonke.

Endleleni eya eWillsor Castle, sidlula i-Ascot racecourse, ekhaya kwenye yezintandokazi ezithandwa yiNdlovukazi. I-Windsor Castle iyindawo yokuhlala esemthethweni yeNdlovukazi, kodwa ekuqaleni yayakhiwa njengenqaba yokugcina abahlaseli. Ungakwazi ukuzulazula ku-State Apartments bese ubona ingcebo ehlukahlukene evela kuRoyal Collection. Okunye okubukwayo yiNdlu kaMary Mary's dolls, isakhiwo esincane sokusebenza kwesakhiwo senqaba.

Ngemuva kokuhamba kwehora elilodwa sifikile e-Stonehenge, okuyiqiniso ngempela phakathi nendawo.

Njengoba sasihamba umjikelezo wamatshe, salalela uhambo oluzwakalayo olusitshela ngemibono ehlukahlukene mayelana nomsuka we-Stonehenge, kusukela ekwakhiweni yi-Druids ukuba ihlulwe esibhakabhakeni nguDeveli ngokwakhe.

Ukuhamba kwethu kokugcina kosuku kwakuyiBhati, lapho sasibuka khona amabhati aseRoma kanye nedolobha laseBath ngokwalo. Ngemva kokuhamba ngehora lamahora amabili eLondon, safika ehhotela lethu sekwephuzile ebusuku futhi sikhathele kusukela ngosuku olugcwele kakhulu lokuvakasha.

Usuku Lwesine: Umbhoshongo WaseLondon Nokuthenga

Uhambo olusasa eMbhoshongweni waseLondon lwathatha amahora ambalwa futhi sahlola ukuthi izibalo eziningi ezibalulekile ziboshiwe futhi ekugcineni zabulawa. I- Crown Jewels nayo iboniswe futhi yenzelwe ukuphazamiseka okuhle ngemva kokufunda ngezinye zezindaba ezimnandi ngoMbhoshongo. Qinisekisa ukujoyina enye yezinkambo eziqondiswayo ze-Yeoman Warder, ezishiya yonke ihafu yehora (ukubiza umhlahlandlela wethu "umlingisi" kungaba ukufakwa phansi).

Imini ntambama yayiqedile ukuyothenga kwezinye izindawo ezaziwayo, futhi kuvunywa ukuthi izivakashi, izindawo zokuthenga, kuhlanganise nePortobello Market , esitolo seMnyango weHarrods, ne-Piccadilly Circus. Siphinde sibheke uDkt wesikhashana obonise eNkantolo yase-Earl, okwakwenzeka ukuthi idolobheni ngesikhathi esifanayo esasiyikho. Ngingakaze ngibuke umbukiso, ngangihlehlekile, kepha umngane wami (fan fan) wathola ukuthi "uhlaziye, kodwa ujabulisa."

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Usuku lwesihlanu: iNingizimu Bank

Ukwazi ukuthi angeke sizwe ukuphela kwalo uma siya eLondon futhi singaboni okungenani iminyuziyamu eyodwa yaseLondon, saya kwi- National Gallery eTrafalgar Square (ukungena kukhululekile!). I-museum inkulu futhi ithatha amahora ambalwa ukuhlola, kodwa kuwufanele ngisho nangomuntu othanda ubuciko obuhle kakhulu. Ngabalingisi abafana no-Rembrandt, uVan Gogh, uSeurat, uDegas noMonet aboniswayo, wonke umuntu uzothola into ayithandayo.

Sabe sesiya eSouth Bank sihambe ngeLondon Eye. Uhambo ngokwayo lwaluhlobo lwe-anticlimatic, njengoba kungekho okuhlaziya okulalelwayo okuhamba nalo (futhi kufanele wabelane nge-pod yakho nabantu abangabacasulayo), kodwa usuku olucacile nolususayo luzibophezele kwezinye zezithombe ezinhle zedolobha. Sabe sesihamba eduze neSouth Bank Walk , esiya eShakespeare's Globe Theater. I-Walk igijima eduze noMfula iThames futhi isithatha izinto ezinjengeLondon Aquarium, iJubilee Gardens , iRoyal Festival Hall , iNational Theater , iTate Modern , namabhuloho amaningana, njengeMillennium Footbridge nase- Waterloo Bridge . Kukhona nokuningi kwabathengisi basemgwaqweni, abadlali bezitaladi kanye nezindawo zokudlela ezihamba ngendlela yokukugcina ujabule futhi udla kahle.

Ngemuva kokuhamba kwethu sathinta i-Globe Theatre kaShakespeare (isichazamazwi, kusukela ekuqaleni kwaqedwa esikhathini esithile esidlule). Kunezibonisi eziningana ezitholakala ukuzithokozisa noma yiziphi izakhi zokubhala, kufaka phakathi izingubo nemiphumela ekhethekile esetshenziswe ngesikhathi sokusebenza kwesikhathi sikaShakespeare.

Kukhona nokuvakasha okuqondisiwe kwendawo yaseshashalazini uqobo lapho ungathola khona ukuthi kwakunjani ukubona omunye wemidlalo kaShakespeare futhi ubonge ukuthi amashayetha manje anikeze izihlalo ezithintekayo. Sabe sesifake usuku ngalunye ngendawo yokudlala yaseshashalazini ngokuya kwenye yezingoma zomculo zaseWest End.

Usuku Lwesithupha: ILabhulali, I-Tea nokuthenga okuningi

Saqala usuku lwethu lokugcina olugcwele eLondon eBritish Library, lapho kunekamelo eligcwele amagugu okubhala phansi ekuboniseni (ngaphezu kwalokho, kahle, eziningi izincwadi). Kusukela ngemuva kwezingqimba zeglasi ungabheka i-folio yasekuqaleni ka-Shakespeare, i-Magna Carta, ideski yokubhala yaseJane Austen, imibhalo yesandla yangempela yomculo evela kubaculi abanjengoMootart, uRavel kanye namaBeatles, kanye nemibhalo yokuqala evela kubalobi uLee Carroll, uCharlotte Bronte noSylvia Plath. Kukhona nokubonisa okwesikhashana endaweni yokubambela yomtapo wolwazi, lapho sikwazi khona ukubuka umlando we-Old Vic yaseshashalazini.

Ukuthola ukuthi kwakudingeka sithenge ngaphezulu, senze indlela yethu eya e-Oxford Street, okuyipharadesi ye-shopper futhi inikeza konke okuvela ezitolo eziphezulu, kuphela izitolo zaseBrithani (njengeMarks & Spencer ne-Top Shop) nezindawo zokuvakashela izivakashi. Ukuphela kwe-Oxford Street (noma ekuqaleni, ngokuya lapho uqala khona) kuhlangana ne-Hyde Park, esasihamba ngayo, eya ngasentshonalanga ekupheleni kwepaki ukuze ithole ntambama e-Orangery e- Kensington Palace .

Itiye lasekuseni elibhekene namagatsha aseKensington Palace kwakuyindlela enhle nephumuzayo yokuqeda isonto elimatasa kakhulu ukuvakashela eLondon.

Ayikho into engakusiza ukulungiselela ikhaya elide lokushayela njengenhlanhla ephumuzayo esigodlweni!

Futhi ubone: Ngaphambi Kokuvakashela eLondon Ngesikhathi Sokuqala .