Tuesday 17 May 2005 - London
Our flight from Hong Kong to London was not enjoyable. As soon as the plane got into the air I got a sleeping mask from the cabin crew. Once I was asleep the crew started serving supper (at 1am) and woke us up. Went back to sleep, only to be woken by turbulence every 30 mins or so. After about 6 hours of the flight with about half of it asleep and and the rest trying to get to sleep I gave up and watched movies until we got to London.
On arrival we caught the Tube to Chaucey's friend Annette's house in New Malden. We had to change lines at the Earl's Court station and caught the wrong train. Once we backtracked we were fine.
After a shower we headed out to see the opening of Parliament at Westminster. On the way we followed the signs at the Tube staiton but were turned back by an extremely polite London bobby who directed us to the public areas. We stood opposite Whitehall and watched the Queen and Prince Phillip go by. There were hundreds of horseback palace guards all looking very smart.
Afterwards, we went looking for a pub to have lunch in. While on the way we crossed Westminster bridge and an icy wind hit us Oh well, it's only 12 days until summer. We found a pub called the Three Stags and had a pint each with our Bangers and Mash and Cheeseburger. I followed it up with a Jam Pudding. Very yummy all round.
Next we caught the tube to Piccadilly Circus, which was smaller than I expected. We checked out the Virgin Music store which had listening posts with a very cool feature. If you scan the barcode of any CD it will play you a sample of all the tracks.
We walked down past the Information centre to what was an attractive avenue and continued down to the end, to discover we had found Buckingham Palace. It wasn't as marbly coloured as I thought, nor as big. However, the guards were impressive - they were in perfect sync when they marched around.
Afterwards, we went to the London Eye for a view of the city. It was okay but a little underwhelming. We didn't really see much more than if you spent 30 mins walking around up and down the Thames.
It was getting close to Dinner time, so we went back to Annette's on the train. I was so tired that I fell asleep on the couch and slept through the whole night. Apparently I only missed the girls having a good gossip.
Today (Wednesday) we are going to Greenwich Observatory, then Harrods and the Victoria and Albert Musuem.
On arrival we caught the Tube to Chaucey's friend Annette's house in New Malden. We had to change lines at the Earl's Court station and caught the wrong train. Once we backtracked we were fine.
After a shower we headed out to see the opening of Parliament at Westminster. On the way we followed the signs at the Tube staiton but were turned back by an extremely polite London bobby who directed us to the public areas. We stood opposite Whitehall and watched the Queen and Prince Phillip go by. There were hundreds of horseback palace guards all looking very smart.
Afterwards, we went looking for a pub to have lunch in. While on the way we crossed Westminster bridge and an icy wind hit us Oh well, it's only 12 days until summer. We found a pub called the Three Stags and had a pint each with our Bangers and Mash and Cheeseburger. I followed it up with a Jam Pudding. Very yummy all round.
Next we caught the tube to Piccadilly Circus, which was smaller than I expected. We checked out the Virgin Music store which had listening posts with a very cool feature. If you scan the barcode of any CD it will play you a sample of all the tracks.
We walked down past the Information centre to what was an attractive avenue and continued down to the end, to discover we had found Buckingham Palace. It wasn't as marbly coloured as I thought, nor as big. However, the guards were impressive - they were in perfect sync when they marched around.
Afterwards, we went to the London Eye for a view of the city. It was okay but a little underwhelming. We didn't really see much more than if you spent 30 mins walking around up and down the Thames.
It was getting close to Dinner time, so we went back to Annette's on the train. I was so tired that I fell asleep on the couch and slept through the whole night. Apparently I only missed the girls having a good gossip.
Today (Wednesday) we are going to Greenwich Observatory, then Harrods and the Victoria and Albert Musuem.
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