Final day of my trip...I decided that instead of seeing all the historical, "touristy" things, I would seek out landmarks I wanted to see....
a leftover from the train station last night....
Famous 3 Kings, formerly "The Nashville Rooms." Here, The Clash played their first ever show...opening for The Sex Pistols...
Westminster Bridge
*no comment*
Pro-Tamil Tigers Protest
Walking Highland Hill in Islington
Waterlow Park, Islington
The grave of my all-time favorite author, Douglas Adams...
Tombstone of Karl Marx
Can you name the rock and roll icon in the distance?
Battlesea Power Station
Battlesea Power Station (go find your Pink Floyd records...you'll recognize it...)
Joe Strummer lived in this apartment with Paul Siminon and Sid Vicious...in the back room, he penned the classic, "Hate and War"
Arguably, the best jazz record store on the planet...
cool "Steampunk" building...
The Gherkin...
What music icon lived here?
Housman's Books...selling radical literature since 1945...
IceBat at platform 9 3/4...I've not read those books...but I am sure my mom will love this...
Desert @ Wagamama's...white chocolate and ginger cheesecake with chili sauce...KILLER!
One last time back at King's Cross station...
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