I love traveling and I love long holidays. Yipeee~
We arrived at London in the afternoon. Fortunately for us, the location of our hostel was fabulous... Just a 5 mins walk away from King Cross station.
First day at London was basically walking around the area.
On the way to Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace
And we managed to get tickets for Wicked!
The stage for wicked
Day 2 - Sight Seeing. (We followed the Frommer's 1 day guide for all sight seeing in Europe)
As both of us were freezing in the morning, we had to drop by a cafe for a cuppa of hot chocolate.
At St. Paul's Churchyard.
Lisa lovessss flowers. We had to stop and take photos at all places with flowers hah
At St. Paul's Cathedral
And we bought stuff from Marks & Spencer. It is like our Singapore's NTUC. Check out our super huge strawberries and they were so sweeet~
After walking for almost half a day hahah we finally reached the river to start the tour of the city of London.
The Millennium Bridge behind us.
Can you spot London Bridge?? A bit disappointing for me...
And we managed to get 2 bottles of free lipton tea each heh. They were just giving them out on the streets.
I also got my hands on the huge macaroons. I was drooling when I saw it at Dubai airport.
Tower of London
We got to see the bridge being lifted up for ships to pass. Freaking Cool~
Anyway there was some campaign regarding the elephants in Thailand. Thus there were so many elephants all around London. Some of them were so cute. I like this polka dotted one.
We even fumbled into Borough Market heh. So the lesson, walking is the way to go ~
We couldn't resist buying some yummy desserts that were all around us.
Moving on...
Tate Museum
London Eye
Check out the very picturesque landscape behind us.
A Trafalgar square like no other days. The World Cup! The atmosphere was crazy. Everyone was cheering away.
Covent Garden. We reached there about 7pm. But we were too late. Most of the shops were already closing. Despite the very long days in summer, the shops opening hours were not extended.
We ended the day with Leon. Affordable meal recommended by Straits Times.
Check out the cool sign they use for reserved tables.
Day 3 - Shopping!
First stop was Portobello market.
Taking the subway
Portebello market is really huge and you can find all sort of vintage stuff. *Traveling Tip* One should spend at least 1 day there. Half a day is definitely not enough.
Der and his vintage vehicles.
I found pretty cupcakes :) My fav~
I loveeee London shop. Both Lisa and I went crazy at Harrods haha. Everything was too pretty.
Food was definitely not our priority on that day. We just had pizza from a stall along the streets. There were plenty of these stalls. Trust me, the food actually looked good.
Check out all our shopping bags.
It was also a fruitful day as we managed to meet Konrad who flew in all the way from Dublin and Huizhi who happened to be in London for training. :) Thanks Peko for inviting us to your apartment. Even though we didn't managed to watch the match in the end, it was nice meeting up with everyone!
Bye bye London~
We arrived at London in the afternoon. Fortunately for us, the location of our hostel was fabulous... Just a 5 mins walk away from King Cross station.
First day at London was basically walking around the area.
On the way to Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace
And we managed to get tickets for Wicked!
The stage for wicked
Day 2 - Sight Seeing. (We followed the Frommer's 1 day guide for all sight seeing in Europe)
As both of us were freezing in the morning, we had to drop by a cafe for a cuppa of hot chocolate.
At St. Paul's Churchyard.
Lisa lovessss flowers. We had to stop and take photos at all places with flowers hah
At St. Paul's Cathedral
And we bought stuff from Marks & Spencer. It is like our Singapore's NTUC. Check out our super huge strawberries and they were so sweeet~
After walking for almost half a day hahah we finally reached the river to start the tour of the city of London.
The Millennium Bridge behind us.
Can you spot London Bridge?? A bit disappointing for me...
And we managed to get 2 bottles of free lipton tea each heh. They were just giving them out on the streets.
I also got my hands on the huge macaroons. I was drooling when I saw it at Dubai airport.
Tower of London
We got to see the bridge being lifted up for ships to pass. Freaking Cool~
Anyway there was some campaign regarding the elephants in Thailand. Thus there were so many elephants all around London. Some of them were so cute. I like this polka dotted one.
We even fumbled into Borough Market heh. So the lesson, walking is the way to go ~
We couldn't resist buying some yummy desserts that were all around us.
Moving on...
Tate Museum
London Eye
Check out the very picturesque landscape behind us.
A Trafalgar square like no other days. The World Cup! The atmosphere was crazy. Everyone was cheering away.
Covent Garden. We reached there about 7pm. But we were too late. Most of the shops were already closing. Despite the very long days in summer, the shops opening hours were not extended.
We ended the day with Leon. Affordable meal recommended by Straits Times.
Check out the cool sign they use for reserved tables.
Day 3 - Shopping!
First stop was Portobello market.
Taking the subway
Portebello market is really huge and you can find all sort of vintage stuff. *Traveling Tip* One should spend at least 1 day there. Half a day is definitely not enough.
Der and his vintage vehicles.
I found pretty cupcakes :) My fav~
I loveeee London shop. Both Lisa and I went crazy at Harrods haha. Everything was too pretty.
Food was definitely not our priority on that day. We just had pizza from a stall along the streets. There were plenty of these stalls. Trust me, the food actually looked good.
Check out all our shopping bags.
It was also a fruitful day as we managed to meet Konrad who flew in all the way from Dublin and Huizhi who happened to be in London for training. :) Thanks Peko for inviting us to your apartment. Even though we didn't managed to watch the match in the end, it was nice meeting up with everyone!
Bye bye London~
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