Last Saturday Jess, Elsa and I headed out to Little Venice. Little Venice is a little neightborhood right around where we live. Little Venice is known for its decorative boats all up and down the canal in the middle of a neighborhood. It is not so much that the canal looks exactly like Venice but it does bring a hint of Italy into the jammed packed city of London. On this walk we could not help noting how different parts of London are... Notting Hill to Regents Street to Buckingham Palace. Not to mention Little Venice to Southall. I love all of the diversity that makes up this city!
This is St. Mary's Square. In our walks book it told us of the "tragic muse", Sarah Siddons who is buried here; However, I could not find her grave. Oh well, she was a London actress in the 1800's who was painted by every major painter at that time.
This is just another shot of the canal. This was a short walk but neat to explore. I pictured Little Venice to be more lively than it actually was. I think if we were to explore this community in the summer there would be more people out on their boats. It was nice seeing it so clam though, and who knows maybe it is always like this because it is packed in a little community. I think if I were to live in London I would live in Little Venice. It gives a suburban feel to a neighborhood right in the middle of one of the largest cities in the world.
hey mate, just to let you know, the cementry where sarha siddons was buriud. all you had to do is take a 3-oclock turn to ur right and you will see a statue which u cannot miss. its towards the highway road. but i lived just up the road. when i was a kid i member the name but didnt think much of her legacy till the last few years. just to think her body is buried near were i was growin up. anyway mate email me sometime bigbwoy19@yahoo.co.uk eugene
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