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OUR TRIP IN LONDON AND WALES CAME TO AN END, all credit goes to Aaron for organizing this wonderful 10 days 9 nights stay for me and my girl. On the 10th day at 10am, we checked out from our Easy Hotel at Old Street, took a 6 minute to the tube station and soon, we were on our way to the Heathrow...
A ROUND UP ON THE LAST DAY IN LONDON... We really made full use of our day, from Camden Market in the morning, then to Buckingham Palace, St James Park, Westminster Abbey and our walk continued on to Big Ben and lastly to London Bridge! Throughout my life, I think I had not walked so much before...
SINCE IT WAS OUR LAST DAY IN LONDON, we wanted to cover as much as we could... and so our walk continued on from St. James Park to Westminster Abbey.... and one famous icon that Aaron mentioned we must take a picture like this.... below....Iconic scene of London....Must not leave London without taking...
FROM THE BUCKINGHAM PALACE, we walked to St. James Park which is nearby. First thing first, we looked for the restroom and we have to fork out 20 pence to use them. Well, we do not mind paying as long as the toilets are well kept and clean and that was exactly what they are. With the hot...
FROM CAMDEN MARKET, WE ADJOURNED VIA SUBWAY TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE... Another one place I have visited since the 1980s! I could still remember the Buckingham Palace and Hyde Park.... nothing much has changed and since it was a Sunday, the roads were closed from cars and it was a very long walk for the...
THE VERY NEXT MORNING, THE SKY WAS SHINING BRIGHTLY!! Thank God for the sunny blue sky after the shower of blessings on the previous day. Our last day in London... we must cover as many places as we could on this sunny day! Wasting no time, we ventured out quite early in the morning... our...
IT WAS RAINING QUITE HEAVILY after our hearty Dim Sum brunch in Chinatown. Initially our itinerary was to go to Camden Lock Market but it would no fun walking in the rain, according to Aaron. The stalls would not be opened too... so we changed to Plan B. First thing, we need shelter to...
SECOND MORNING IN LONDON WAS SPENT IN CHINATOWN AGAIN! It was recommended that we must taste the Hongkong Dim Sum in Chinatown while we were here. So once again, we took the subway from Old Street to Leicester Square where the Chinatown is. We were pretty excited to see what they have in...
FROM TRAFALGAR SQUARE, we walked to Downing Street where the locale of British Prime Ministers are since 1735. On the way we passed by the Admiralty Arch....The five arches of the Majestic Admiralty Arch lead fromTrafalgar Square to the mall towards Buckingham Palace.This Admiralty Arch was...
FROM COVENT GARDEN, WE CONTINUED ON OUR SIGHTSEEING TO TRAFALGAR SQUARE.... Did we walk or did we not? I could not remember but I think we did.. Walking in the cooling weather is not a problem unless we were not warmly clothed. Weather in London was very nice and cooling unlike Aberdeen which is...
AFTER A GOOD NIGHT REST, our first morning in London started off by taking a subway to Chinatown! The last time I went there was in the 1980s! Don't count how many years, just too many years ago and I could not remember much at all actually. I could only remember one thing though, food!
THE VERY NEXT DAY, WE HAVE TO CHECK OUT BEFORE 10AM from the IBIS hotel in Cardiff. Without taking any breakfast, we loaded our stuff into our rented car and drove to my friend's restaurant The Crispy Duck for an early lunch. Unfortunately it was not opened when we arrived, it opens at noon each...
AS WE STROLLED ALONG THE BATH CITY, we came across the beautiful sights of River Avon and spent some moments there including a light lunch at a pub restaurant overlooking the folds of the river.... Then we proceeded on our walk around the city including the Bath market and Aaron directed us to a place...
ON THE THIRD DAY, Aaron drove to Bath, it was more than an hour drive from Cardiff. Though the journey took more than one and half hours from Cardiff, Aaron preferred to stay in Cardiff so that we do not have to pack and go from one place to another. It can be very "stressful" for the mother to...
THOUGH WE DID NOT DO ANY SWIMMING IN THE SEA, INHALING THE SEA BREEZE AT RHOSILLI BEACH HAVE THE SAME EFFECT as to swimming! Lol....The four of us were very hungry by the time we left the beach and It was amost 7pm when we reached The Crispy Duck in Cardiff. This restaurant was recommended by my...
SECOND DAY IN CARDIFF- We started off the day driving up to NewSouth Wales University to pick up a friend and we proceeded to Bridgend which is around an hour away. We stopped at Bridgend Designer Outlet Shopping Centre for a couple of hours, all because of my girl. Something new to her and she...
WE WERE CONTEMPLATING WHETHER TO DRIVE OR NOT TO DRIVE TO CARDIFF BAY... After much consideration, we opted to,walk for we know that parking is a problem going and coming back. Though the walm took almost half an hour, it was really nice to walk in the cooling weather, furthermore, it was a straight...
AFTER TWO NIGHTS IN OXFORD, we checked out and continued our journey to another country, Wales which is part of UK (I just got to know that recently only) Oh my Geography! Our next destination is Cardiff and we spent three nights here in a modest hotel called Ibis! A budget hotel and yet clean and...
FOR OUR SECOND NIGHT IN OXFORD, we walked along James Street to Cowley Road where we came across an Indian cuisine restaurant called Majliss. We felt like eating something Asian... Alright, not "we" but me actually who was yearning for some Naan and whatever spicy and yummy....Aaron told me that I...
THE MAIN ATTRACTION IN OXFORD IS CHRIST CHURCH.... Aaron told me that the movie of Harry Potter is filmed here in this place itself, I did not watch that movie so I couldn't find the connection. The entrance fees for tourists to visit this Christ Church college is £7 per person. Tourists are...