On Location in London

One thing that I really wanted to do while in London was find some of the filming locations for some of my favorite TV shows and movies. As soon as I got here, we were looking up all the spots where the BBC show "Sherlock" is filmed, and we found that their location for 221B Baker Street was only a ten-minute walk from International Hall and really just right across the street from the Wellcome Center. We wandered around and we finally found it!

The door isn't very distinctive because its not actually at the address of 221B Baker Street, but the red awning is definitely iconic. 

It was very strange to see something up close that I had watched many times on TV. The crew isn't filming right now, and there are no actors there, but it was still really cool. It reminded me of how much of this city has been depicted on TV and in movies. Being in London and seeing all of these filming locations is both odd and familiar at the same time. Streets that I've seen on TV feel very familiar to me even though I've never stepped foot on them, and now I have the opportunity to walk around where these iconic scenes have happened. It must be interesting to live in a city where there are film crews around all the time, but it must be a pretty positive experience too. London becomes its own pop culture since its pop culture is filmed right in the city. It's strange to randomly come across places made famous by TV and movies, but it definitely is not something that happens every day back in the States.