Jeon Do-yeon became the first Korean recipient of Cannes’s best actress award at the 60th Cannes Film Festival for her role in Secret Sunshine.
Jeon played Sin-ae, a widow who moves with her son to a small town named Milyang (lit. secret sunshine) to begin her new life, but tragedy struck again. As the lady struggles to face the series of unfortunate events, a man (played by Song) steps in and try to offer her new hope in life.
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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