Hello, United Kingdom!


It feels like the train itself is wider than the ones in Moscow (though I might be wrong, of course)

Red double-decker buses





By the way. In English, Saint Paul’s name is St Paul, in Spanish – San Pablo, in Italian – San Paolo, in Greek – Agios Pavlos. I have a table with the names of Christian saints in different languages (NOT FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY), here it is https://webliner.pro/imena-hristianskih-svyatyh-na-raznyh-yazykah/

Souvenir shop

Iron knight armor


I was amazed by the British attitude towards their history – very careful and reverent, I had never seen anything like that before. They don’t treat it as something past and gone, but as something alive and thriving, and most importantly – relevant. The second thing – the climate. Children wear unbuttoned jackets, adults walk in shirts and blazers. Despite not being sensitive to cold, I was shivering in my coat, and so were my fellow countrymen on the tour.
Of course, it’s worth talking more about Hampton Court, the Masonic Museum or Hall, the Tower… but not now.


Places like this are said to be where world history was often made.
Hampton Court

Also impressive


You can get here from London by train, from Waterloo Station

Anyway, it’s worth being in London. To be continued. Maybe