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Last weekend, Karlijn and I spent some time in London. Additional photos are available in my photo gallery.

A man in a coat and backpack stands on a busy pedestrian bridge with people walking and carrying umbrellas.

Visitors walk through the British Museum's Great Court, featuring a glass ceiling, classical architecture, and exhibition signs.

A man in a dark jacket poses next to a wax figure of a smiling woman in a black dress.

A man poses next to a lifelike Lance Armstrong figure on a bicycle, both appearing to ride in a race scene. — Or how I helped Lance win The Tour ...

Ancient marble sculptures from the Parthenon's east pediment, depicting reclining and seated figures with missing heads and limbs. — The Parthenon is a temple of the Greek goddess Athena, built in the 5th century BC on the Acropolis.

A marble caryatid statue from the Erechtheum temple in Athens, now displayed in the British Museum. — The Erechtheum is an ancient Greek temple on the Acropolis of Athens. It had six draped female figures, one of them is now in the British Museum in London. See this Wikipedia entry for more information.

A row of ancient Greek marble busts with bearded faces, displayed in a museum setting.

A street sign pointing to Harrods, covered in various stickers, with a blurred city background. — With over one million square feet of selling space, Harrods is one of the largest department stores in the world. They have more than 5,000 staff and on peak days, more than 300,000 customers visit the store.

The exterior of Harrods department store with its illuminated sign on a historic building in London. — With over one million square feet of selling space, Harrods is one of the largest department stores in the world. They have more than 5,000 staff and on peak days, more than 300,000 customers visit the store.

A woman with arms outstretched stands on a boat, facing the Thames River with a cityscape in the background.

The London Eye, a large observation wheel with glass capsules, stands against a cloudy sky near the River Thames. — World's tallest cantilevered observation wheel.

A person stands near a London Underground entrance at night, hailing a taxi on a busy, well-lit street. — The London Underground is the metro system in London.

A London Underground sign glows at night, with trees and festive lights in the background. — The London Underground is the metro system in London.

A reconstructed ancient human skeleton displayed in a museum exhibit, showing the skull and upper body. — Reconstruction of the grave at the British Museum.

Busy crowd walking past red double-decker buses on Oxford Street at night, with festive lights overhead.

Three red British phone booths with glowing signs stand against a brick building at night.

The Rosetta Stone, an ancient inscribed slab with three scripts, displayed in a museum with visitors in the background.

A group of school children in uniforms interact with a colorful exhibit at the Tate Modern museum.

A person places their hand on Sylvester Stallone's handprint plaque at Planet Hollywood, dated May 17, 1993.

A statue of Spider-Man crouching on a ledge, posed as if ready to leap, with a city backdrop.

A close-up of a wax figure of a man with short hair, wearing a suit, looking slightly to the side.

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