Coffee Breaks: City of Bridges

London

If you are born to a mother who speaks English, it's like the first words you will learn as a toddler:
London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down...and I have never seen so many bridges in a city. In fact, I may be right to say this is the only city that has so many bridges across a river. The River Thames sure has a role that is so attached to the hearts of Londoners.

My memory is not so good; I need dad to confirm the names of the bridges. He chided me and asked me why the lack of attention when on site. He doesn't know the challenges I had to go through when I had to take pictures, pose and smile. He's no better as he had to refer to the big drawing he bought from Covent Garden to give me the exact names.

Nevertheless, for keeps' sake, it is also good to recall, record and relate...

The Westminster Bridge with the British Parliament House and the Big Ben behind it.

Big Ben & the Parliament house; it was here that someone gave us a poppy flower with a price... but when what we gave was not what was wanted we were told to keep the offering; such display of politeness !

This is the walkway after St Paul's Cathedral to the much talked about bridge...

The Millennium Bridge; the story went like this but don't know how true it was...that the bridge showed signs of giving in when the throng was just too huge for it to bear during the grand opening. Myth or fact?

Papa said he took the shot because of the 'bullet like' building in the background; later I found out that it was known as "The Gherkin".

The bridge in the background is known as the Black Friars Bridge; oh I hope I got it right.

London Bridge in the forefront and the Tower Bridge in the background; you see it's true to say there are so many bridges...

Underneath the London Bridge is the Belfast Battleship' for display to the public. The warships are now as good as scrap. Battles are not fought with them anymore.

The beautiful Somerset House in the skyline. The Thames is still playing her strategic role; transportation, tourism, building ties...

To the left at the far end is the Charing Cross Station leading to Hungerford Bridge.

The aesthetic Hungerford Bridge is a design. Together with us is my old time school mate;
Dr. Sandra Scott who could not let us go just like that. She made a trip to town again to spend the day with us.

This is the South Wark Bridge which has repair works going on...

The Abba say; Waterloo, Waterloo...The Waterloo Bridge.

The Shard of Glass Bridge is under construction; now you know why is so difficult for me to remember. It takes an engineer like dad to have any keen interest in them ; as he shakes his head from left to right sneering at my ignorance. Bridges, bridges, bridges...