London Must-Sees

Apart from Tower Bridge, Big Ben and London Eye, we had also visited some Must-Sees tourist spots.

1. Picadilly Circus

I just love the name, for no reason. Doesn't it sound so cool when you say to your friends "Meet you at Picadilly Circus!" as compared to "Meet you at Sungai Wang" ???
Ha-ha :D

2. Trafalgar Square

3. Buckingham Palace

We wanted to watch the ceremony of Changing the Guards at Buckingham Palace unfortunately it was cancelled due to the drizzly weather :(

Maybe next time :) We're going to London again in Jan.

We only managed to see a platoon of guards passing by and not sure where they were going?

4. British Museum

It was snowing when we was there. Can you spot the snow flakes on my Mr. N's hair?

Personally, I think there're more to see in British Museum than Madam Tussaud's.

The museum is huge! You could easily spend the whole day strolling around the different sections, reading the articles and captions for some history lessons and admiring various sculptures from Greek civilisation to British empire. What's better than if it's free of charge? Ya, there is no entrance fee charges!

Interesting sculpture? T-hee :D

I got to see the real Eygptian mummies!!!

5. Harrods

We went to Harrods! Alright, this is not a must-see tourist spot. It's a very luxurious shopping heaven!!!

At the food hall, foods are beautifully presented! This is not for display only, they are for sale.

Stuffs are extremely expensive!

I am missing London already !!!

Madam Tussaud, London

The second day morning, we woke up with the weather like this!!!!!

Snowy!!!!!

Plan changed! So we decided to stay indoor! We went to Madam Tussaud!

Look at the crowds, my god! There were so many people were already queueing when we reached there. Fortunately we booked our tickets online so we could beat the long queues and proceed to the fast track "ticket collection queue".

However, we were confused! There were many queues, which is the one?? We asked one of the staffs at the front entrance, and she showed us the line at the left, which was a long queue. The staff was not friendly at all. When we were behind the queue, the other staff told us since we have got the booking confirmation, we should proceed to the queue in front of the entrance.

Ok, we went back to the front and met the first staff earlier. She was very frustrated and virtually yelled "Why are you two here, I told you're supposed to queue at the left!"

I'm pissed and rebuked "You told us to be there, the other told us to come here!! You TELL me, which one of you are RIGHTTTTT!!!!"

She let us in after that. Hahaha

Come on, we're on holiday! She is working in service line, don't show us that kinda face! By the way, the phrase of "customers come first and always right" does not exist in their dictionary.

The place was overly crowded. Personally, I don't think the wax figures are that impressive :) Nevertheless, the craftmanships are praise-worthy and excellent.

Nothing else to do but just snap photos!

If you are not fanatical about celebrities like me, skip this!!! Save your money and go elsewhere. £22.50 ler!!!

If you still fancy to come here, avoid weekends and public holidays.

London Trip

Am I really in London? Is this real? Oh My God!

That was the question I kept asking myself when I first landed my feet at Gatwick. I never imagined that I would visit London in my lifetime. To be exact, I didn't even dare to think that I could afford to visit London.

I don't think I need to say much about London. Who doesn't know London?

I love the city. We strolled along River Thames from Big Ben to Tower Bridge, we took our times to just relax and visit the attractions along the way like London Eye & Tate Modern.

We took tones of photos!!!!!!!

The classic red phone booth

Nobody would want to miss this photo shot, isn't it? So classic =D
I was like "Oh, look! Red phone booth! Come on, let take some pictures! This is a must do!"

London Chinatown

We had so much Dim Sum for lunch at London Chinatown during our stay. It was delicious :D
We had Dim Sum for three days consecutively! We miss chinese food so much!

London Bus

The classic London Bus!!! There is a saying that when you are in London you must snap a picture with London Bus, and if you're in New York...snap with the yellow cabs!!!

London Eye

We visited the famous attraction - London Eye.

We booked the tickets online in advance. I think it's around £15 per person. Eventhough we beat the queue for the tickets, we still had to wait for good half an hour to get into the capsule!

So crowded! The queue for a London Eye ride!

If you remember, I did post a blog saying the weather was so unpredictable when I was there. It was Spring but with snow! When it was almost our turn to enter the capsule, and we were right beside the London Eye, the wind began to blow violently. And it snowed subsequently! It was more like a snow storm. It hurted when the snow hit on my face. It was really painful!!!

The weather changed so drastically!!! It ceased to snow after just 5 mins, for a while only though. And it snowed again, also for 5 mins only -_-"
It continued to snow intermittently for the next hour or so.

The London Eye flight lasted about half an hour. I would say it worth a visit. You could view the metropolitan skyscapes from high above. Afterall, you would not want to miss it if you came half a globe away.

In the evening, we strolled along the stretch from Millenium Bridge to Tower Bridge. It was freezing cold.

We couldn't stand the cold. And the cameras too! The cameras were not working properly at low temperature! We quickly snapped a few photos and returned to hotel for a short break. Also, more importantly, we need to top one more layer of cloths and take our scarf. It was freezing COLD.

We decided to take some night shots after dinner.

Here are some of the night shots. I think night shots look better than the day's =D

Extremely windy in London

Went to London for a trip. The weather was extremely unpredictable. It is spring now but it was snowing! And extremely windy! So hard to get a decent photo shot.

Attempt #1

Attempt#2

Attempt #3

When a passer by helped us to snap a picture, this is what we got! I was trying to organise my hair as the wind blew. Arrrrrrghhhh!!!! I'd never get a decent photo, would I?