Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Classic British to intimate contact with Holmes

Against England, the mind will emerge many classic things, culture and art, Royal Romance, country, etc.. The English tour, starting from the visit Sherlock Holmes former residence, experience 211 Beck Street mystery; after the experience of the classic English garden art and the castle Manor Hotel, finally in a poem picturesque villages.

No. 211 Beck Street

Many London attractions worth a visit, and we trip to visit the legendary detective Holmes home -- 211 Beck street.

Sherlock Holmes MuseumSherlock Holmes Museum

It seems to let us experience the mystery of Holmes, just under the rain the sky is gloomy, as if at any time there will be rain falling, Beck Street on both sides of the building through a wet, doors and windows on the sidewalk water reflecting some shadowy, seems to hide what, seems to indicate what. If not a reminder and standing in front of a nineteenth Century as the British police, 211 Beck street, is likely to be the sight of you ignore, because in the street next to shops and windows, 211 Beck street, no other special.

But Holmes fans are not easily let go of Holmes - rare opportunity apartment, the front door number 211 on queues and racing and before the police photographs are clearly illustrates this point. In 211, the narrow space of oncoming is narrow stairs, swirl, the corner window through the dense skylight, sprinkled on the red embroidered carpet, let a person feel seems to go in through the time tunnel, in your thoughts but also some trance when know everything, that is located in the two floor the detective place already present in front of you. The room is not big, even some narrow, narrow windows in this gloomy weather seems to be just a decoration, the room was filled with a special dim a dim light, wall lamp, Table Candle wavered a little, you imperceptibly into the nineteenth Century. The fireplace round a few is Holmes's iconic props -- black bowler hat, magnifying glass, pipe, you can really imagine Holmes sat in front of the fireplace on the scene: Tobacco in his pipe in the flickering, whirling smoke floated away into the ceiling, the firelight glowed Holmes thin face, the case is gradually become clear by fuzzy.

The Holmes residenceThe Holmes residence

In this room, you can see a lot of Holmes type objects with various shapes: a table of test tube, balance, tweezers, pressure in the old newspaper telescope, wall shelves filled with the thick as a brick books. Look at these things, you will can't help produce an illusion: "oh! Is? There is no secret can escape my eyes!".

In the other room two floor and the third floor, you can also see Holmes's bedroom as well as some classic Holmes crime scene -- head on the box body, the ceiling is carrying lantern hand and so on, these are worth you watch carefully, and then back to the book's plot, must be a fun experience.

The first floor of the souvenir shop is worth a stroll, buy a pipe, key chain, or a black bowler hat, or a 211 Beck street house, all is you can not come to 211 Beck street, Holmes fans show good stuff.

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