My Last Day In England Before Heading To New Country - Paddington Station Bear & London Tower Bridge
Last Day In England
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Today's adventure begins as the
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recording of this Monday, June 30th,
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2025, also known as the last day of June
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2025. Tomorrow starts a new month and
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for me heading over into a new country
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that I've never been to before. But
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today is a travel day from here in Bath
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back to London preparing for tomorrow's
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international travel. I stayed here at
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the Double Tree in Bath. It's been a
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very nice couple of days here in this
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very Gothicky type of city.
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You classify as a city, but more of a
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small town type of vibe. Everything I
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did was within a few block radius. A lot
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of great cathedrals.
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Walking over to the train station. It's
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about half mile.
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Nice little nice little walk heading
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that direction.
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Yeah, really love this. Really love this
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place.
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Very quaint.
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Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo here even
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though I am leaving this fantastic place
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of Bath England wearing an appropriate
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bath t-shirt. Interesting. The hotel
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room only had a shower. Did not have a
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tub.
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bathtub. I got my backpack on. I got my
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rolling bag right down there. About an
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hour and a half, hour and 45 minute
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commute via train back over to London.
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But before going over to my hotel, which
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is near King's Cross again, and then
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tomorrow I'll be heading out of that
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general vicinity.
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Going to stop off at the Paddington
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station and say hello to a bear and then
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just see where the rest of the day
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leads. I'm inviting you to join me as I
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say goodbye to Bath and hello again to
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London
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for one day, shall you? My patronis
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Stitch. A little mashup of Potter and
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Stitch there. Got some hats over here.
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Rubber duckies over here. And these
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things are just out of control popular
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right now. These laboos right there.
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These things are like the Furbies of
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2025. Kind
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of a cute little station here. Just got
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the green walk signal. I'm going to head
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across. About 15 minutes until my train
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arrives.
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How cute is this little station? All
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right, it's 11:28 a.m. right now.
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England time at 11:43 platform 2,
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London, Paddington. My two favorite
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words when traveling on time. Something
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happened to Westberry though. That train
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isn't happening. Show this. These are
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the pay phones here. These are the
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telephones.
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Leaving Basa and heading the platform to
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London in the south.
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All right. And evidently this train is
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delayed which is going to push back all
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the trains by a few minutes. Thankfully
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right behind me is a coffee shop.
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Show the mug. I'm not going to be
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purchasing an England mug. It's a rabbit
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hole.
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I I've gone down that pretty deep rabbit
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hole, but I'm not going to buy an
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England mug. They are kind of neat
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looking.
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I'm going to grab a latte. Never.
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Something I've never seen at US
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Starbucks. The gingerbread cookie.
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Speaking of bears, that's not the
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Paddington Bear, but that's a Starbucks.
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Look, there's a Starbucks
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coffee shop there. Never seen that
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before.
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So 89,
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the train went for about 10 minutes and
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now we're stopped on the tracks.
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Beautiful countryside out here.
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come on the sun side for the seats.
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like to
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service
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a oneway
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That's always
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I just did a speed test on my phone.
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Look at this. 122 miles an hour. This
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thing is booking it. The train I did a
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few days ago was only like 89
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90 mph.
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Like 123. That's uh
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this thing is hauling. You know what?
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All right, I switched sides. There's a
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seat on this other side that was not as
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It's hot in the sun. So this security,
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please be aware of location of your
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location and if you see anything at all
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suspicious.
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Moving right along. Moving quickly
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on the way to Paddington.
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Arrived at Paddington Station back in
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London.
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First time I've ever been into this
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station before.
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There he is, the one and only Paddington
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Bear. The sculpture there.
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Got his luggage there. Please look after
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this bear. Thank you. Just like in the
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film and in the stories. Paddington
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bear.
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And there's even a Paddington store here
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which has all kind of Paddington the
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Bear merchandise. Paddington the Bear
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always likes to have marmalade
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sandwiches. Guess you can get the
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luggage tag right here. Phone case.
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Little plushy there.
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That's a big plushy.
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Paddington came from Peru and he ended
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up in London
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and his own little pop figure there as
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well. Here he is in one of the red
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telephone boxes right here. Please look
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after this bear. Thank you. You can even
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buy some orange marmalade thick cut
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right there. This is the lost and found
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area because
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it was lost
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pen right over here.
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Very cute. That is the original book. 65
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years of Paddington the bear. Here he is
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eating one of his sandwiches. Marmala
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sandwiches.
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There on the bench. Old Paddington. He's
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very content here in London.
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His bags all packed up.
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really gearing it towards the Paddington
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and Peru.
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He's tipping his hat.
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So cute. Looking for a small plushy. And
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all they had, they only had two of these
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left. It's like a little Beanie Baby
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brand. Tai Beanie Baby of Paddington.
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So, I think I'm going to I think I'll
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get this just to bring them home with
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me. And I can remember stopping off here
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at the Paddington station. Yeah. You
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want to go home with me? Mhm.
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Heat. Heat.
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The subway station dumps off while the
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tube
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dumps off here at the Westfield where
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evidently just a few days ago or less
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than a week ago. A new Disney UK store
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opened in here. So, I'm going to just
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pop in real quick.
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We're heading to my hotel for the
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evening and then go out later and do
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other things. Really is quite the
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impressive mall. I like the roof line.
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You got part of it's covered, part of
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it's uncovered, so you get some shade
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through, you get some sun through. This
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is just one portion. This place is
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really is massive.
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Never been in here before and most
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likely probably never will again, but
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yeah, I'm in here now. Check this out.
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There is a Tesla store over here. And
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there's a little teeny tiny Look at this
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little thing right here. What the heck
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is that? Interesting. That's like a
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little teeny tiny uh I don't know what
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that would be. Go-kart version. I found
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it. It looks like the grand opening
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ceremony was just a couple of days ago.
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Look at this. It's open now. It was on
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Saturday, so it was just uh two two days
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ago. But they have the Disney Store
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grand opening here in London. Historic
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moment here at this mall, the Disney
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Store. And they had the cast members
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with the cast member shirts on and
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everything. To be completely honest,
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they didn't really have a whole heck of
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a lot that I thought they would have. I
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knew they were going to have some stuff,
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but mostly what I was looking for was a
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a version of a UK shirt that had Mickey
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or Minnie and it said London or UK on
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it, but they didn't really have
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anything. But the cast member in there
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said there is another spot called Oxford
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which is like three times larger and
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they have like little plushes of Mickey
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as a beef eater. So, I might head over
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there and get that. But now I'm walking
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over and noticing over this little candy
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store. You got some of the characters
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here. You got the four of them. And
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they're doing like a little on top of
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each other's shoulders. And I I have
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like a I love like gummy things, but one
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thing I really like when it comes to
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like gummy items are these eggs right
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here. This is like something I just I
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really love like the egg gummy items.
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So, I might get a few of these and just
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save them for later here on the wall cuz
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I like when they're mixed, but the thing
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I always am drawn to are the little
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eggs. The little like uh the little
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sunny side up eggs. So, I'm going to get
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some of those just to take with me. Why
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not? Oh, here's Paddington again. Oh, he
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stepped outside out here in the in the
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sun. He's eating a sandwich one more
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time. Just he's got a nice hat for the
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sun because it is a little little bright
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out here.
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Grab a grab another tube of the
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underground and head over to another
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spot. Eventually going to get to my
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hotel for the night. Oh, there's my
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store right there. Yeah, right there. I
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think it's a hair cutting place, but
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yeah, this place is named named after
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me.
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up on ground level now. They got the
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flags here, the Union Jacks there. And
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you have the rather large, this is
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definitely larger than the new one that
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just opened. Disney store right over
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here. You got mini right there. They're
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promoting the Disney cruise line. I
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think maybe next year 26. Maybe I'll
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start doing some cruises. But for now,
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going to pop in the summer shop right
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here. See what they got inside here.
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Maybe they have something that has
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Disney UK on it. Disney London, Disney
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England. It would be kind of neat to
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have a little souvenir from here. They
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did indeed have a bigger selection. It
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was two floors, two complete floors of
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Disney store. And they had quite a few
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items that were based just on UK stuff
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like England and
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the UK and Mickey and the rest of the
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Disney gang that were basically based on
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the the area. I was hoping they also had
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uh Disney 70th merch, which I was kind
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of surprised they had Disney 70th merch,
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which is at Disneyland out in Anaheim.
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July 17th will be the 70th official 70th
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anniversary of Disneyland even though it
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kicked off a couple months ago. That's
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the actual date. And they had some merch
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here. I'm not sure if some of this they
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they don't have out in Anaheim, but I
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would imagine I imagine they do. I was
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looking for a specific London Disney
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pin. They said they normally carry it
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carry them, but they were sold out. So,
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no luck on that. Didn't purchase
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anything from here, but it was kind of
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neat to just kind of get a little little
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window shopping. Looking over here at
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the at the Disney Store.
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All right. Either going to take the
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train the underground back or maybe grab
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a taxi to my hotel over near King's
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Cross. This area kind of it's like an
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outdoor mall type vibe.
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From
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here, Hullborn two stops to King's
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Cross.
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Taking a lot of trains today.
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Made back over to King's Cross. place
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I'm kind of familiar with. I've stayed
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over in this section a few times and I'm
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staying here again this evening before
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heading out of the country tomorrow.
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We didn't mention anything.
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Weather passengers are advised to carry
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to avoid dehydration. All
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right, this is Point A Hotel. It's in an
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old bank building. All right, all
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checked in now. We're here in the room.
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Got my bags all put away. Got an okay
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view out the window here. Not too far
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from King's Cross and St. Pancress.
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Right over there, there's the Lucas
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Arms. This is the first hotel I've ever
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stayed at where they ask your name and
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everything. And then as they're ready to
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check in, they go, "Oh, here's the
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self-service check-in." And you do it
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all yourself.
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And then you put the key, how many keys
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you need, all that. Which is
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interesting.
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It's kind of a little slower pace than I
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was used to because usually they usually
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pre-book and then I just show up and
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they ask the name and all that and
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everything's good to go. But
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all right, I'm going to rest here for a
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little bit. Then I'm going to go see
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some stuff around London this evening
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cuz it's hot. There's a heat wave
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rolling through the UK right now. I
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think I should probably show the
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facilities. Also got a little shower
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right there. Nice
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There's me. All right. going out a
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little bit later.
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Metropolitan Railway opened King's Cross
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Station in 1863 as an original stop of
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the world's first subsurface
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metro system.
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Back over at the the tube subway,
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there's a photo of it in 1910. Look at
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that.
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Amazing.
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Made it up out of the underground, out
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of the tube,
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the subway.
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Over here, Tower of London.
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An amazing place.
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Should be getting dark in a couple
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hours. Figure it's a good time to kind
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of wander around,
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see some of the sites.
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There's a sund dial right here. And
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right near that,
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there's this little placard on the
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ground that says site part of the the
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site formed part of the Tower of
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Liberty. And there's some little little
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numbers to match things up. But one
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thing that's really peculiar, well, not
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peculiar but interesting is William
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Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, was
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born in the Liberty in 19 in 1644.
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He's where the name Pennsylvania came
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from. William Penn. He was born here in
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The City of London Tower Bridge.
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The other placard said that this opened
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in 1894.
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Looks like it's like a drawbridge of
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sorts, too, because the traffic is
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stopped up here. There's possibly a boat
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going underneath or going through. All
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right. I can't tell if the Oh, yeah. The
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draw bridge is going up. Look at this.
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That's neat.
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That's cool.
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It's going to be interesting when they
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open this up and all these
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Delivery drivers on bikes are trying to
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get their deliveries where they got to
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go.
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Stop by Bruce Road gates. All vehicles
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are requested to wait through a green
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light. Wait for a green light before
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moving on.
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Get back on the tube here in a minute.
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Head back over towards Piccadilly Circus
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area, maybe Luster Square. But this
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statue is believed to be of the Roman
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Emperor Trajan. T R A J A N AD 98 to 17
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over 2,000 years ago.
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Wow.
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arrived over now
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at the Westminster station.
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Going to check out Westminster Abbey,
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Big Ben, Parliament.
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Perfect time to walk around London late
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in the well pre- dust. District service
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heading to Boston
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due to bus within the next minute.
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I love her voice. Yes, I knew this
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looked familiar because this is used in
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Order of the Phoenix when they walk
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backwards through the subway. It's the
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Westminster station and they walk
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through this area here when they're
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going through backwards through the
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subway in Order of the Phoenix. That's
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what I I don't It's hard to pick a
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favorite Harry Potter film, but that
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that one's up there. Exiting out of the
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underground where there's a little bit
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of a overhang here, but look at that.
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What a nice view. Just walking
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immediately
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out of the underground.
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This is what one of those moments that
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when I call this Big Ben, onethird of
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people will correct me. That Big Ben is
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not a tower.
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It's the clock. Fair enough. Fair
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enough. But I'm going to call it Big
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Ben.
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I think it's actually called Elizabeth
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Tower.
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There it is. The London Eye. It's very
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interesting that I've been on the
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Orlando Eye, now called Icon Park, and
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I've been on other similar type of rides
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that are, you know, reminiscent of the
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London Eye. And now I've seen the London
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Eye two times this year. And I had never
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been to the London Eye. And now I've
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seen it with my own eye. One time I went
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up in at the end of January. And now I'm
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back looking at this magnificent eye
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when I went on and I got stuck up there
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for like 20 minutes. Wasn't too long.
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Not enough to go into like a full panic,
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but I did get stuck up there.
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And also Shrek's Adventure is over
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there. And the London Dungeon, which was
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really awesome. Look at this tugboat is
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really It is really teetering with the
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wake from the Uber boat that just went
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by.
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Oh, it was just ringing.
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It's on the half hour.
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Now, this bridge, I believe this bridge
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was used in 28 Days Later where they
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closed the whole bridge down.
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I believe this one of the sequels to 28
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Days Later just came out. This person's
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walking right across the road.
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I've heard mixed reviews about the the
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new 28 Days film.
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But I need to see it though. I did like
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28 Days Later. I didn't love it, but I
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did like it a lot. There's an event
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going on over by the river at
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Parliament. Bunch of people down there
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doing some stuff. I noticed all these.
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Last time I was here in January, I
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didn't see all these flags.
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We're all out here in this courtyard.
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These were definitely not here when I
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was here before. Got the sun glistening
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there on the tower.
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Sun will be setting soon, but kind of
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got the golden hour.
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10 minutes to 9. 10 minutes to 9:00 p.m.
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And the sun still has not set.
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and they're setting over here at the
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setting up over here at the square for
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an event called Live London 25.
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stroll over to this area. So you go
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through Luster Square and then start
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heading through Piccadilly Circus and
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then from here head back via the tube
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back to my hotel room. Call it a night.
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Prepare for international travel
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tomorrow.
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I got some dinner to take back to the
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hotel.
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I've also decided I've rented
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Paddington.
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Never seen the movie. I mean, I know the
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story of the Bear.
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2015 Paddington. I'm going to watch it.
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One last thing before heading back to my
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room. This time of night, there's no
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arriving trains over here in this
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section. I believe it's King's Cross
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section 4 and five, but this in Harry
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Potter
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was 9 and 3/4. In fact, there are people
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over here getting some photos. Well,
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maybe not. But somewhere over in here
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was the spot from the the film,
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the platform 9 and 3/4
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right over in here. And then later in
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another film later on in the franchise
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is when Voldemort appears.
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But this is the actual nine and 3/4ers,
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the real spots.
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If you take a look at this, you see
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Harry walking by right here. Kind of see
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those bricks. They've redone the
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bridge over there.
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Kind of neat. So, this time of night,
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because there's no trains arriving,
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anybody can just walk in here cuz there
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are trains. Well, there's trains
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arriving, but no trains are departing.
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So, you can just walk in over there
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without having to go anywhere. And
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during the day, you can just, you know,
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scan in like you're going somewhere and
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walk over here.
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This is where Hagrid and Harry are first
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walking to. I don't know. So cool. Such
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great movies. Such great movies. And
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that's going to do it for today. Thanks
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for watching. I'll see you in the next
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video. The vlog
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is for
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over.
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Oh, I like I got to hear a siren like
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That was cool. Different. Different than
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the US irons.