South Kensington in London is renowned for being the home of the city’s major institutes of arts and sciences. The history of Exhibition Road, the main road that runs though South Kensington dates back to the year 1851, following the vision of Prince Albert to establish a cultural and educational community.
Take the underground to South Kensington station to arrive at world class museums namely the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum. Head along north from the museums, along Exhibition Road, for the educational institutes such as Imperial College of Science and Engineering, Royal College of Music and Royal College of Arts. Just before Hyde Park, stands the impressive Royal Albert Hall, the concert hall for various important events and performances.
winter ice skating rink set up outside the Natural History Museum
free admission to the museums
signature London telephone booth
Revisiting South Kensington area is like a walk down memory lane, having spent a fair amount of time in this area during college days. This time, I noticed a few changes too.
a newly refurbished central library…
...& a cafe too!
Cafe Creperie just outside South Kensington station where I order my favourite garlic cheese with mushroom crepe
the bus stop where we used to wait in the cold after Hyde Park closes, for the not-so-reliable bus no.70 that heads back to Bayswater
the subway that seemed never-ending… brisk walking taking at least 7 mins to reach the other end
what the?! where was the ice rink 10 years ago?!
yea precisely… didn’t have it during our time
apparently it’s a yearly winter thing now that they set up this ice rink outside the Natural History Museum.
Huh? I never knew there was a Central Library in Imperial … I must have been a bad student
I knew where to get the cheap beer though … ahuk. Ya, ice-ring? …
ian: which year were u there? when i was there 7 yrs ago, the library sure didn’t look like that – maybe coz it’s beyond recognition that’s why u don’t remember!
Ahem … class of ‘92
hmm mebbe there were only separate department libraries then?