YeinJee's Asian Journal

I believe most tourists have heard of Piccadilly Circus, but I doubt many of them know the name of the iconic fountain located at the famous traffic intersection.

It’s officially named the Shaftesbury Monument Memorial Fountain, or Shaftesbury Memorial.

The winged-nude statue on top has a name too… Angel of Christian Charity, popularly known as Eros after the mythical Greek God of Love.

Piccadilly Circus is a busy place; surrounded with theatres, shops, malls, hotels, restaurants, pubs and endless traffic. China Town is just a few blocks away as well.

The neon signboards at Piccadilly Circus are quite a scene at night; probably not as splendid as New York’s Time Square, but spectacular regardless.

When I visited London a few years earlier there were lots of pizzerias and Kebab stores around, but only a few of them remained in the area. I still managed to grab a pizza nearby, but disappointingly it wasn’t as good as it used to be.

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