Well I arrived in London a week ago now. I spent the first week up in Birmingham, and then this week headed back down to stay in London for the week. I am staying with three girls I went to school with, its so good to see them again, they have lived in London for over a year now. Celene arrived yesterday. I went to Heathrow to meet her. Together we made our way home on the infamous Tube. Today we went to see the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace. Then we noticed across the road was the Hardrock Cafe. I try to visit the Hardrock Cafe's when I travel, so we went there for lunch. It was pretty cool, downstairs they had a vault that you could look inside - it had many items, including one of Madonna's costumes from the 1990's, as well as Kirk Cobain's guitar. In the afternoon we went to go on the London Eye. The que was sooo long, and when we got to the front, they bag searched us - I happened to have a couple of cans of Pimms in my bag - they got confiscated. That was a bit embarassing! The London Eye was nice though, it had a good view of the river and Big Ben. We then caught the Tube to Camden Town, and checked out the markets. The people in Camden Town are quite.. alternative? Hmm. Its nice to just have a drink and people watch there. My first thoughts of England - the buildings and houses are quite old, they are all brick (England must have more bricks than any other country!). Nothing modern like we have in NZ. And the houses are so close together!! Its rare to have a detached house, and if you have, its only about a metre from the next building. People are not as helpful or approachable here. Whenever I travel overseas, when people hear I am from NZ, they usually say how friendly kiwi's are - I am beginning to see what they mean. When you go on a escalator you must keep right!!
The next day we went to Madame Tussauds. We really enjoyed it here, having our photos will all the wax celebrities. They had the pop celebrities, the royal family, bollywood stars, sports celebs - even Jonah Lomu!! They also had a spookers like of area. That was a bit scary. lol
That evening we meet the girls we had been staying with for a drink. Then since they had work the next day, Celene and I found a pub crawl which we joined. We had a great night - didnt feel so great the next day though. lol. On our last night we had a meal at the pub with the girls and a jug of Pimms - it was great, I think I will drink a lot of that when I get back here to live. ;-)
haha yes Camden Town is an interesting place alright but a good place to get a bargain :) got some cheap scarves and a dress there. did you go to Cyberdog there?? it's so random!
British Museum is amazing - i spent 2 hours just in the Egyptian section! wish I'd had more time to see rest of it. Madame Tussauds I will have to do next time I'm in London.
Some other things I did there was: Tower of London (loved it!), Westminster Abbey, Hampton Court Palace (a bit out of London), saw a West End show (Les Miserables), checked out Harrods and the shops on Oxford Street and all round there.
sounds like you guys are having a great time so far! can't wait to see you over there :)
ReplyDeletePimms in your bag eh.. trust you :p hehe
haha yes Camden Town is an interesting place alright but a good place to get a bargain :) got some cheap scarves and a dress there. did you go to Cyberdog there?? it's so random!
ReplyDeleteBritish Museum is amazing - i spent 2 hours just in the Egyptian section! wish I'd had more time to see rest of it. Madame Tussauds I will have to do next time I'm in London.
Some other things I did there was: Tower of London (loved it!), Westminster Abbey, Hampton Court Palace (a bit out of London), saw a West End show (Les Miserables), checked out Harrods and the shops on Oxford Street and all round there.