Lazy Sunday Photo- The Big Ben, London

The Westminster area was the last place I visited in London. I came out of the train and followed the signs that said ‘exit for London Eye.’ It was already dark by then. After taking a boat ride on Thames, I headed back to the Westminster train station and then decided to follow the sign ‘exit for Westminster.’

The parliament house and the Big Ben were so well lit, I was quite awestruck. I strolled around and took pictures for quite sometime. Being November, I was finding it a bit cold. After a while I didn’t know what to do so I just stood and indulged in people watching.

Right next to me a guy was speaking in Hindi (my native tongue) on cell phone and was giving advice on relationships. He was telling his friend (in Hindi) “it is OK whatever relationships she had before marriage but after marriage make it very clear this cannot continue.”

A young couple came out of the underground and their jaws dropped in utter amazement at the sight of the area. Then they quickly started clicking pictures. Of course, they had to request others to click themselves all huddled up. This was repeated quite a few number of times with various people (jaw dropping part if they were not a couple). Quite a few requests to take pictures came my way and with a few remarks too, “What a big camera, are you a pro?” Well, the honest answer is I am not. Of course I also asked one couple to take my picture after I had taken theirs.

I really I would have liked to stand there and watch the scene around for a long long time. But by 8.00 pm I was finding the cold too much to handle. So, I crawled back into the underground again to head back to Victoria.