I love Venice, but no I haven't flown to Italy for the weekend...
Anna and I went on a walking tour on sunday - like a real one with a guide - to a part of London dubbed Little Venice. It's a posh area where lots of famous people live, and Regents Canal runs through the middle. It's very beautiful, and people live on the canal in very narrow boats. They can travel 
all over England on these 
canals (even to the supermarket, apparently!).
all over England on these 
canals (even to the supermarket, apparently!).The guide walked us around for 2 hours, giving lots of tid-bits of information. In the top right photo you can see lots of pineapples outside the houses - this was a show of wealth 150 years ago. Back then a real pineapple had to be imported from the tropics and cost £10, equivalent to £35,000 now, so you were incredibly wealthy if you could serve your friends pineapple at afternoon tea.
During our stroll we spied 10 little ducklings! They all seemed so intent on their paddle, except for one, who's eyes are wandering to the left!
6 comments:
Did you get to go on a ride on any of the boats? They look amazing. It would be fun going through that tunnel. Wonder if it's like Luna Park when the old boat ride used to be there and the attendants used to stand very still and scare you as you went past
It's taken me this long to realise I can reply to my own Blog!
The tunnel is very narrow so that when cargo canal boats went through, a person would lay on top and use their feet on the roof to push the boat through!!
You wouldn't want to be squished...
neen
Marty! You'll upset the entire Time/Space continuum if you run into yourself on your own blog. You are the next level!
Hello neen, Great photos and wonderful writing. check out our library home page to seem my blog
Jen
As long as you don't start to answer your own questions :-)
London never ceases to amaze - the colourful little boats and canals.
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