Travel writingdiscovering a new london
AS English Language and Literature Travel Writing London! ... London is not just a cliché. ... The very resonance of the word, London, has connotations of grandeur and history, power and promise. ... London never seemed like a scary place to me, so my usual response was “Why? ... Anyway, I wasn’t looking for the stereotypical London with the hours of pointless shopping and hours of gormless gazing at the ‘sights’ of London. ... So we set off, my friends and I, on the train to London. ... The next morning I explained to my Uncle that we were looking to do more than just the usual thing whilst in London, we wanted to see some of the sights and visit some of the usual shops but we wanted something more cultured and varied that just the clichéd nonsense you here about. ... We went to the underground station and bought an all day travel ticket and walked down the steps to the platform.