Today I toured the downtown area of London (Ontario) and snapped some pictures. The downtown used to the center spot of Londoners during the 70s. Nowadays it is deserted and appears to be run down due to the openings of massive box stores in the sub-urban area. This is somehow similar to Tesco/Jusco/Carrefour/Giant phenomena in Malaysia.
VIA Rail Canada station at London. You can take a 2-hour train ride to Toronto along the busy Quebec-Windsor corridor.
Downtown street view.
There are many churches in the downtown. And you can see a guy is reading in the mainstreet too. I found Canadian Londoners like to read a lot, what a big contrast compared to home..=D
A nice building in downtown.
Street view two. Starbucks! They are everywhere, aren't they? ;-) But in Ontario, Canada has its rivals which is Tim Hortons. Tims serve good coffee (I like the cappucino particularly). Speaking about Tim Hortons, recently there is a Timbit-gate story which I will like to tell. The story goes like this: A cashier working in one of Tim's outlet gave away one Timbit (some doughnut balls) to a customer with a crying baby for free. Because of that, she was fired by the manager! This issue has caused much controversy and of course, general public sympathize the cashier and the incident has really tarnished Tim Hortons' PR image badly. The cashier eventually got her job back, but at another Tim outlet. Even since then, many Canadians would joke to the cashier: "I want a free Timbit" when they buy their coffee... ;-)
Street view 3.
Street view 4.
London Life main office. A major insurance company in Canada.
A nice church.
Another one.
A statue in Victoria Park, downtown.
Statue at Victoria Park entrance.
Some street basketball carnival on-going in downtown, which is a typical event in the summer.
旅遊巴士除了在市區四處兜外﹐也帶遊客到郊外的故事書游樂園(Storybook Garden)﹐一個用童話故事作為賣點的主題公園。園裡可以看到不少類似這樣的巨型故事書。
園裡還有不少童話人物﹐就象這巨型青蛙(雖然它的動作實在有點曖昧...)。
老麥當勞的農場(Old McDonald's Farm)﹐還記得小時候的英文童謠嗎﹖
園裡還有很多孔雀游晃﹐剛好碰上開屏的。
倫敦博物館﹐比起英國倫敦的大英博物館是小巫見大巫﹐不過倒也中規中矩。
街頭壁畫﹐不知為什麼北美四處都是壁畫。這畫的是冰上曲棍球﹐加拿大人最熱愛的運動。
冰上曲棍球場。也是倫敦球隊倫敦騎士 (London Knights) 的主場。
安大略省政府大廈﹐楓葉旗飄揚。
One London Place。據說是安大略第三高大樓(多倫多以外)﹐倫敦第一大樓。矗立在這小城市確實有些不尋常。
Middlesex County court house. Middlesex 是倫敦所在的縣﹐倫敦是Middlesex 的縣會。
倫敦現存最古老的房子,Eldon House,建于1834年。
維多利亞公園裡的坦克。
