Thursday Doors – London

Earlier in the year I spent a weekend in London so of course I captured a few Thursday Doors while I was there.

The last time I was in Victoria Underground Station was in the late 1980s. Thankfully most of the older buidings are still there today.

You can find a tiny bit of France in London if you keep an eye out for it.

The Institut Français du Royaume-Uni represents and promotes French learning and culture in the United Kingdom. It’s situated in London’s South Kensington, opposite the Natural History Museum. Yes, I did venture into the museum. That deserves a post of its own so I’ll save those images for the next Thursday Doors.

A lot of the modern buildings are interesting but for me the older ones have the edge on them. Except maybe this next one.

It has a living wall. How cool is that? Would you like a closer look?

The Rubens at the Palace Hotel in Victoria has this amazing living wall. From its sixteen ton of soil grow 10,000 plants some of which are geranium, buttercup and even strawberry. It’s hoped this will help reduce flooding, which is partially caused by the lack of absorbant surface in this part of the city. The building’s 10,000 litre storage tanks channel the water through the walls to the plants.

I’m not good in crowded places so the bigger popular markets didn’t interest me. However, this one not too far from where I was staying was lovely. I bought some great handmade soap there and enjoyed its easy going atmosphere.

Thanks for coming along on this short virtual tour of just a small section of London and I promise to bring you around the Natural History Museum next time but if you head on over to Dan’s blog you’ll find lots of interesting Thursday Doors from around the globe.