Thursday, 2 February 2012

Newcastle

I got chance to visit Newcastle east cost city in England because of workshop at Newcastle university.  Newcastle upon Tyne is a city in North East England it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne. The city developed in the area that was the location of the Roman settlement called Pons Aelius, Though it owes its name to the castle built in 1080, by Robert II, Duke of Normandy.




Gateshead Millennium Bridge
The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge Spanning the River Tyne in Newcastle between Gateshead's Quays arts quarter on the south bank, and the
Quayside of Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank



Tyne Bridge


The Sage Gateshead is a centre for musical education, performance and conferences, located in Gateshead on the south bank of the River Tyne, in the northeast of England

 

Salmon Cubes








The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture, designed by Antony Gormley, which is located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. It is a steel sculpture of an angel, standing 20 metres tall, with wings measuring 54 metres  across. The wings themselves are angled 3.5ยบ forward, which Gormley used to create "a sense of embrace".
Grey's Monument


The arch to Chinatown, opposite St. James' Park











Race car developed at newcastle university



Wednesday, 25 January 2012

London

Westminster Building which is parliament for UK
London eye or millennium wheel looking over river Thames which is build and organized by British airways

Belfast

Parliament buildings build in 1932 The Senate chamber was used by the Royal Air Force as an operations room during World War II

    

Samson and Goliath, Harland & Wolff's gantry cranes. The Harland and Wolff shipbuilding firm was created in 1861, and by the time the Titanic was built in Belfast in 1912 it had become the largest shipyard in the world





Titanic mural




Murals are very popular in Belfast as we can see all around the city based on the culture fight, football even titanic.


The Lanyon Building of Queen's University in south Belfast

Troubles in Belfast started in this street when the two families fought

When there is troubles in Belfast they had to have grills to the bar windows and doors, we can see even  today for this bar