I swear that I must have put on a few pounds over the night! :p
Okay, everyone's basically done. Hyin is tying her shoe lace, me drinking my coffee, already done with the packing coz we are checking out today.
We are supposed to be out of the room 5 minutes ago and here we are still in the room, with me sipping my coffee. :p
Today's itinerary: Buckingham Palace then the Madame Tussauds.
We are hoping that we will be able to witness the Changing Guards Ceremony at the Buckingham Palace.
But now,everything asides, breakie comes first!
09:10am
Yippee! Ordered mine: Renoir Breakfast at the Art Cafe. Hyin even suggested to go for roasted duck for breakie if Four Seasons is open by any chance and fortunately it's not. *Phew*
10:00am-02:00pm
Went to Buckingham Palace as planned. The first time ever I came across seeing quite a number of Asians communities in London.Let's just forget about Indians, Chinese and Middle East origins for they are simply everywhere.What I meant here are Koreans and Japanese, be it residents or tourists.
Anyway, we were unfortunate enough for we did not get to see the Guards Change Ceremony as it is scheduled for tomorrow. :(No luck, we then headed to Madame Tussauds thinking that with our fast track entry tickets,we could skip the long queue. And we were wrong AGAIN! I showed the girl our tickets and her answer was: You need to go to the back of the line. Wtf??!! It was like few blocks long??!! So??!!
So the three of us walked to the back of the line, reluctantly. Was there any other way? No,of course.
But it was worth the queue.I enjoyed Madame Tussauds as much as I enjoyed my dinner last night. :) In there,not only we got to see hundreds of wax figurines of the stars (of all sort), royal families,world leaders,cultural figures etc;
but also got to enter the Chambers of Horror whereby there would be real actors trying to scare the shit out of us and they have really done a good job. I, for one, was screaming like hell. Shame on me. :p The tour did not end here, there was this Spirit of London in which the history of London was told in a very colourful and fun way. Never knew that history could be so interesting. Unfortunately photos and videos were prohibited.
02:30pm
Woo....it's windy and chilly. We are now taking a break in a park in Bloomsbury Square. Too tired to move an inch.
The British Museum is just a stone's throw away.
03:00pm-04:00pm
The admission was free which was fantastic. I've been to the Louvre before,so British Museum was no big deal.
Didn't take us long to lose our enthusiasm. Well probably we were so drained of strength, after having to catch the tubes from station to station and the LONG walking journey.
Next we dragged our asses from the British Museum all the way to China Town again coz our friend here, Hyin was craving for roasted duck. :p I know it sounds ridiculous but we just can;t get any back in Liverpool. Since we were in London, we never should have let our chances slip away.We walked into the Four Seasons Restaurant and ordered a half roasted duck, a big portion of char siu, stir-fry kai lan (it seemed we couldn't get enough of it) and aubergine 'n' salted fish in claypot. All these cost us GBP45 (including the tips).
05:30pm
We managed to get onto the 05:17pm train. Thank gawd. Alrite, in 2 and 1/2 hr, I'll be back in Liverpool . :)
At the end of the day, I am glad that I do not live in London. The city itself is very much vibrant and rich in culture, and yet its hectic lifestyle is simply a put off.
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