Scoob Went Somewhere Called "Your Rope"

[ScoobSTi]

About 2 weeks ago I finally got to go on our family trip. This year's destinations were London and then Paris. I've never been out of North America before, so this was a huge new experience. Luckily, I'm armed with a Brit accent and a good knowledge of French, so I felt ready for this trip. Most of these pictures are from a digital camera. I'll upload the Canon EOS ones sometime in the future when I'm not too tired.

 

On the first day we went to Buckingham Palace and Big Ben, walking through that... big street... where Top Gear filmed... uhh... (mods can feel free to put the correct names in :p)

 

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The next day we went to multiple museums in Hammersmith. After the history lessons, we walked through Hyde Park (big mistake! :() and took a bus to the Camden Markets.

 

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It was getting late, so we took a tube... somewhere... :hmmm: and took the taxi a cab into Piccadilly... for some reason. (I have a great memory. :nods:)

 

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This was the last day, I believe, so we went to HMS Belfast, Tower Bridge, Tower London, and back west to Downing Street.

 

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The day after was the day we were leaving London, so I don't have many pictures for this day. We would be taking the Eurostar train from St. Pancras to Gare du Nord in Paris, but first, we took the obligatory King's Cross picture:

 

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That's it for London! I have many many more pictures, but I'll upload them some other time, along with the DSLR ones!

 

PS: For those of you that love my amazing car photography, I'll have you know that my family isn't keen on cars, and I didn't want to keep them waiting while I snapped 100 pictures of whatever I saw on the street.

 

Cars I Saw But Couldn't Get Pictures Of:

- Lamborghini Aventador

- 2 or 3 TVR's

- 2 LR Defenders

[Ozzmcom]

 

and took the taxi into Piccadilly

 

and an empty wallet,

also don't call them taxis it's weird :P

I would've highly recommended you to go to a place called soho(the real one not the fake nyc one). especially around 4am :D

glad you had fun.

Also paris is always fun, was there not too long ago.

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[mau92]

Congrats on your trip Scoob! Hope you had enjoyed your stay there. I'd really like to go to London (though I've been several times in Europe, I never went to the UK), and I'd like to go back to Paris, I was a little child when I went there.

Hope to see some more pics!

[Eudemon]

Great pics there Scoob, sounds like you had a really good time and look forward to part 2 with Paris. :)

[calster17]

Looks like you really enjoyed London! :)

Got some good photos as well!

Was thinking why you said you saw a few LR Defenders as there common here...but remembered that stateside there illegal due to the 25 year rule. (Imported ones get crushed and such)

 

also don't call them taxis it's weird :P

I would've highly recommended you to go to a place called soho(the real one not the fake nyc one). especially around 4am :D

 

Yeah, It's a Cab over here...or the better term is "Over priced W...." :lol:

And yeah..Soho at 4am... :lol:

[Guest MrLolololXD]

Nice, looks like you had a good time :p Interested to see those DSLR shots.

 

Seeing that R33 must have been a momentous moment for you considering you come from the US :p

 

London and Paris are both on my hit lists for when I go to Europe, whether I get to the both of them though, well that's a different story. Definitely want to get to London at least and do some Zonda spotting. I won't move until I see a Zonda, then I will promptly move in the way of falling over backwards after fainting.

[ScoobSTi]

and an empty wallet,

also don't call them taxis it's weird :P

I would've highly recommended you to go to a place called soho(the real one not the fake nyc one). especially around 4am :D

glad you had fun.

Also paris is always fun, was there not too long ago.

 

Oh right! Will fix. :) And yes, I did go but I can't remember which day it was and why I don't have any pics. :hmmm:

 

Congrats on your trip Scoob! Hope you had enjoyed your stay there. I'd really like to go to London (though I've been several times in Europe, I never went to the UK), and I'd like to go back to Paris, I was a little child when I went there.

Hope to see some more pics!

 

You should go when you have the chance! I'd love to go back, although Paris did frighten me at first. Some guy at a Metro station claimed he worked there and wanted to help us but we got tricked into doing so.

 

Great pics there Scoob, sounds like you had a really good time and look forward to part 2 with Paris. :)

 

Thank you and yes, I did! :)

 

Looks like you really enjoyed London! :)

Got some good photos as well!

Was thinking why you said you saw a few LR Defenders as there common here...but remembered that stateside there illegal due to the 25 year rule. (Imported ones get crushed and such)

 

Yeah, It's a Cab over here...or the better term is "Over priced W...." :lol:

And yeah..Soho at 4am... :lol:

 

Thanks and sadly I've never seen a Defender before. I saw some more in Paris and it was like they were teasing me! :(

 

Nice, looks like you had a good time :p Interested to see those DSLR shots.

 

Seeing that R33 must have been a momentous moment for you considering you come from the US :p

 

London and Paris are both on my hit lists for when I go to Europe, whether I get to the both of them though, well that's a different story. Definitely want to get to London at least and do some Zonda spotting. I won't move until I see a Zonda, then I will promptly move in the way of falling over backwards after fainting.

 

I may touch up the DSLR ones before posting, idk yet. The R33 made me need new pants! :eek: I wish I got to London when all the crazy supercars were around because I was hoping to see things I've never seen in NYC but I guess I came too late. Maybe June/July is the best time to go?

[killalldude]

Looks like it was a good trip, with some nice car spots as a bonus! Looking forward to the rest of dem pics.

[TIMELESS]

It still confuses me that HMS Belfast is sitting in London these days. Give it back :evil:

 

Looking forward to part 2. I'm very eager to travel and plan on doing London again then Paris as soon as I can, very jelly.

[The Compensator]

I made a big mistake not going to the Olympics last year, only parents went there and they loved the city as much as the Olympic games.

 

You've got nice photos (specially I love the Superdry one, my favourite cloth brand :drool: ) and looking forward to see Paris. It's a very nice city.

[ScoobSTi]

Thanks everyone! I didn't see any nice cars on the street in Paris, so if that's what you're looking for in part 2: there aren't any! :( There's only showroom cars.

 

After getting off the Eurostar, we only had a few hours left of daylight so we stayed near our hotel for dinner. (It took about 45 min to get to the city) The next day, we went to the Champs-Élysées first. Luckily, Mr. Leadfoot told me about a cool Toyota showroom, so I was on the lookout for that. (All untouched photos in this post!)

 

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We then took the Metro to the Louvre, but it was closed. :toetap: Musée d'Orsay was next on the list, and after finding out that was closed too, we went to Notre-Dame. Unfortunately, Notre-Dame had a big ugly seating area built to commemorate its 850th year of existence, so we couldn't get any cool shots of the church.

 

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After dinner at a very nice cafe nearby, we headed to the Eiffel Tower. We had to wait for about 2 hours to get to the top (by elevator). By the time we walked back down, it was almost 1 AM. The Metro wasn't running anymore, and the buses took forever to arrive. I think we got back to the hotel at 3 AM that day. Or night.

 

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The next morning, we went to the Louvre. It was finally open.

 

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After spending about 5 or 6 hours in the Louvre, including lunch, we headed back to the Champs-Élysées for more shopping. This time, I saw the Citroen and Renault showrooms I missed the first time.

 

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I managed to forget an entire day, and my camera doesn't seem to have it either. :eek: My brain is borked!

 

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[Andreas¹]

Sounds and looks like you had a great holiday, going to not one but two different countries. I love all the photos, but for some reason neither London nor Paris looked quite the way I imagined they would. :p Dare you say if you liked one better than the other? :cheeky:

[ScoobSTi]

Yes, it was great! No offense to the people that live in both places and the cities themselves, but I felt that London seemed more alive, especially at night. Paris didn't really have much activity at night, but there are "cooler" buildings to visit and things to do. That's just my opinion, I hope I don't get flamed. :hide: I equally love both though!

[Ozzmcom]

Yes, it was great! No offense to the people that live in both places and the cities themselves, but I felt that London seemed more alive, especially at night. Paris didn't really have much activity at night, but there are "cooler" buildings to visit and things to do. That's just my opinion, I hope I don't get flamed. :hide: I equally love both though!

well at night paris may seem dead on the surface but that's how they trick tourists :D

you need go underground. Literally.

[TIMELESS]

This cool Toyota showroom you speak of.. do tell. :evil:

[ScoobSTi]

^ Here ya go. :p The Citroen/Renault ones are also nearby.

 

Toyota's got some GT86's, the 2000GT, and some LeMans cars. Citroen just had a C4 Picasso on all of its floors, but a DS3 WRC in the basement. And Renault had the F1 car, Megane V6 Trophy and some other stuff in the back I wasn't interested in. :nods:

[mau92]

Nice pics! Those showrooms look like museums!

Looking forward for some more pics!

[ScoobSTi]

Thank you! And I think there should be more car museums around the world! :nods:

[Ryzza5]

Looks great Scoob - with all those photos now I reckon I don't have to bother going over there :p

[mau92]

Thank you! And I think there should be more car museums around the world! :nods:

 

We have one near Buenos Aires, at Fangio's hometown

[ScoobSTi]

Looks great Scoob - with all those photos now I reckon I don't have to bother going over there :p

 

Street View works too! :cheeky:

 

We have one near Buenos Aires, at Fangio's hometown

 

Is it for a single brand?

[mau92]

No no no, It's dedicated to our best Formula 1 driver, Juan Manuel Fangio 5 times F1 world champion, a milestone only Schumacher broke with 7 titles. As far as I know there are some of his cars of the times when he raced here in Argentina and a Silver Arrow.

I've never been there, but I'd really like to. As I said, it's no further than 400 km from the capital city (at Balcarce), link to the museum's website

 

Regards!

[TIMELESS]

:eek: Must see 2000GT in person :leaves: (runs to France)