Travel Journal: London Revisited Day 1

07:25am

Whoah…we are early! In fact an hour early :D! The departure time for our train to London Euston is at 08:15am. See, told ya we are EARLY. Perhaps it can be explained by once bitten, twice shy. We learn from mistakes and experiences, previous encounters have taught us well that it’s far better to be early than sorry after having to miss the train.

Was raining when I woke up this morning, it was all wet and gloomy when we got out. Not quite a day, eh? Let’s just hope that everything will turn out fine when we get to London *Fingers crossed*.

08:05am

We are now on board. Everyone’s occupied. LJ can’t take his eyes off his PSP, HYin’s listening to her iPod while cracking her head, solving the Sudoku found in Metro daily;

whereas me, as you can see here, scribbling on my travel journal after toying my new Moto V8. And oh, listening to my Sony Ericsson.

11:50am

Yes!! Our room’s ready. I was expecting the receptionist to tell us to come back again after 2pm. But I was wrong. Hehe~ A nice and cozy room it is, with a double decker and a single bed. I’m gonna take the top!

12:00pm – 12.00am

After our lunch we took the tube to Embankment where the London Eye could be seen from afar. I’ve never got to do the eye in my previous visit, so I made sure that I’d made it this time, by all means. :p The whole process from queuing to purchase the tickets to another long queue ahead to get into the capsule actually took us 1 hr. Well come to think of it, it wasn’t that bad after all. And the rotation took us another 30 mins.

After the eye, we headed to Tower Hill where the London Tower is. Been there before so we made the stroll short and quick. Before I knew it, we were already out of here, making our way to the tube station to get to Oxford Street, a shopping heaven. After having to be in and out the tube stations, I could feel my face was getting greasy and dusty, my scalp was oily and it was simply not the best moment to go for a shopping spree. All I knew was I’d been ushered to move along the street by throngs of shoppers and commuters. I needed some fresh air!!

So for our own good, we decided to go straight to China Town and met up with LJ’s friend, Jimmy for dinner.

Oh my, Jimmy has been really really really generous to buy us dinner. And it was not just a simple dinner, mind you, but a luxurious treat!

For starters, there were lobster noodle, crispy duck and scallops with rice noodle. Followed by main: Steamed eel in black bean sauce, stir-fry kai lan, honey braised pork and a yong tau foo look-alike dish. Then there was dessert: Iced red bean soup.

My goodness, I was too loaded to utter a word! Man, it was finger-licking good!

We then went for a leisure walk-around after the hefty dinner.

Before we parted with Jimmy and his gf,Cherry, they managed to talk us into having ice cream at Haagen Dazs. These guys have 5 stomachs I suspect! And we have to queue for 15-20 minutes just for a table! Excuse me, it was freaking chilling....

Minutes after 12:00am

At this hour,one could have the whole coach to himself. :p

12:43am

Finally we called it a day and are back in our room. I can hardly lift my eyelids… Imagine being out for more than 15hours without a break…my feet are protesting. I need to crash now.

G’nite.