Monday, October 11, 2010

Signs

One of my favorite things through-out the trip was the signs -- the design of signs, the funny names, the interesting grammar -- all of it.



Through-out London, there were these black signs directing you to tourist attractions and important buildings.


McDonald's in Windsor.  The options on the menu are much more limited than in the U.S.


Uncle Vernon was right:  there is no Platform 9 3/4!









Red Lion pub, which used to be a coaching inn back in the day when people traveled by coach.


This was just too cool for words.

A lot of the pubs and shops have signs that advertise their wares without having to use words.

One of my favorite pub names:  Hung Drawn and Quartered -- located near the Tower of London and Tower Green where all of the beheadings took place in the 16th century.









The street signs are all located on the sides of buildings at the intersections.  Makes it very easy to see where you are.









More of the "signs" that are simply pictures hanging on the outside of the buildings.  Not sure what the cricket is supposed to represent.


 This is in St. Pancras rail station.  It's one of those signs with the flippy numbers and letters like you see in all of the movies.  While we were standing there, all of the letters and numbers started flipping around.  It was cool!


Probably never going to see this particular business putting up a sign in the U.S.!  This was in Paris.


I almost feel like Napoleon put this up himself!


This totally summed up my feeling for Paris.  One of the most beautiful cities I've ever seen.

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