Olympic Park 2012

Since the last post, I’ve been thinking how sometime just going for a wander is the best way to enjoy a city. Like any major city London has its dodgy corners, but on the whole it is a safe place. I’d encourage everyone coming to the Olympics to get out there and explore East London for themselves.

If you want to plan a little in advance, you could browse this fantastic website – East London’s Free Art & History Show – by the late Lawrence Rigal (formerly Rabbi of the Stepney Settlement in East London, social historian, youth club leader, author on Liberal Judaism, photographer and wine maker). It has maps for each district with descriptions of the interesting historical points and it is really easy to navigate back and for between the area map and the descriptions. Bow, Stratford, Popular, Limehouse and all the other sites around the Olympic Park are all included.