Above Ground on the London Underground—Day 52: A Closer Look at Postman's Park
image via the Smithsonian If it's Friday we must be back in London. Every Friday I take a virtual walking tour ‘above ground’ on the London Underground. Using my Tube guide & my fitbit® device, my goal is to walk 10,000 steps a day roughly following along the Underground route, reporting back here on Fridays with my findings We're currently following the Central Line. Here are the previous days . This is Day 52. We can’t leave the area of St. Paul’s Cathedral until we visit Postman’s Park. I’ve never heard of the place but I’ve seen it on screen and chances are, if you’re a movie fan, you have too, even if you’ve never been to London. The park, a system of gardens built over a series of burial grounds—cheery, what?—was seen in the movie Closer starring Jude Law , Julia Roberts, Clive Owen and Natalie Portman . Not only seen, the park played a key role in the film, and in the original play by Patrick Farber. Shall we look a little closer?...