by Pepper Basham | Jan 2, 2009 | Fiction Book Reviews
This enormous ‘ferris wheel’ is called the London Eye. If you ever watched Fantastic Four – Rise of the Silver Surfer, you would have seen the 4 keep it from collapsing. I think the more formal term for this 450 feet structure is an...
by Pepper Basham | Dec 29, 2008 | Fiction Book Reviews
Big Ben, the bell inside London’s famous clock tower, is 13-tons. No one seems to be certain who the bell was named after. Some say Ben Caunt, the boxer, and others believe is was named for a genteman known as Sir Benjamin Hall.
by Pepper Basham | Dec 29, 2008 | Fiction Book Reviews
So, the first thing I saw when I topped the Tube steps at Westminster was Big Ben – the icon of London. No matter how many times I’d looked at pictures of it – nothing prepared me for its truly large size. Big Ben is…well…big. 🙂 The tower...
by Pepper Basham | Dec 16, 2008 | Fiction Book Reviews
The only reason I have for choosing this picture as my favorite London picture is that is seems to give a nice memorable view of pieces of London. Big Ben is a notable trademark, of course, and then just behind is the London Eye – throw in a double decker bus...
by Pepper Basham | Dec 16, 2008 | Fiction Book Reviews
I was listening to the sermon on Sunday and the pastor made a comment that sent my mind into one of those contemplative moments. His sermon was about the ‘wise men’ from the Bible – actual term ‘magi’. An interesting comment he made was...
