What a mad couple of days....
Hi everyone,
Just got home from London last night and oh boy what an adventure that was, I have never seen so many ppl in my whole life.
We caught the train to London on Thursday and we left about 10.00 a.m. and arrived in London at midday. We made our way to the hotel and checked in, it was a lovely hotel called The Trafalgar Thistle. Mum's cousin was paying for our London trip, she is the one who's husband owns the Porsche so they can afford it.
We dumped our bags in the room and went and got a sandwich for lunch and took it and sat in Leicester Square to eat it. We then set off walking, we walked down to Trafalgar Square and took some pics there and then we walked down towards number 10 Downing Street but couldn't get in to see the PM as he wasn't taking guests from Australia. From there we walked down to Big Ben and West Minister Abbey where I had to go in by myself as it cost £10.00 to get in and Mum and her cousin didn't want to pay. Boy was that a totally amazing place with all the old bodies burried in there of Kings and Queens and Arch Bishops. So guess I could say that I have been in the presence of royalty. We then walked to have a look at the London Eye (didn't go on though) After that we walked to Buckingham Palace to visit the Queen and wouldn't you know it she was out down the back walking the corgi's so didn't get to see her either. We then went back to the hotel to get ready to meet my cousins from NZ who live in London. We met them in Leicester Square at a pub called Yates, you wouldn't believe the amount of ppl that go out for a drink after work and don't go home til very late. Had dinner in a lovely little restaurant called Garfunkel's and that was so yummy. After dinner we walked up to Compton St which is a bit like Oxford St in Sydney (get the picture). Boy was there some sights to be seen there, we had a drink at a very crowded little bar. It was so funny, Mum's cousin drank quite a bit of wine as she had never met our cousins from NZ before and she was so funny. After my cousins left we then got a Rickshaw ride, yes a Rickshaw ride in London. That was just death waiting to happen as it is very dangerous, they dodge in and out of traffic. Mum's cousin Maureen had a ball as she had never been on a Rickshaw before and by this time was very drunk. All in all we had an excellent night.
The following day after we had all slept in needless to say, we went down and had breakfast and then headed out again. This time we went on the open top double decker bus which takes you around London to see all of the sites. We went over the London bridge, saw the Tower of London which is London's only castle and then went for a River Boat cruise on the River Thames to Greenwich which is Greenwich meantime for anyone who doesn't know as I didn't know that til yesterday. After we came back I we got off at Harrods and went shopping very quickly as we were running out of time.
We then went back to the hotel to collect our bags and catch a cab to Kings Cross Train Station. Our train had been cancelled along with the one before so it was very crowded there with heaps of passengers who had all been booked on these trains so when the train finally came we had to run like mad to the platform to try and get a seat. Luckily Mum's cousin can run very fast and she is quite scary so no one dared tried to take the seat that she wanted. We arrived back in Wakefield at around 11.00. Very long day but so much fun and yes I did all that in two days, oh and I forgot to say that I feed the squirrels in Hyde Park. You don't get to do that everyday, do you.
Off to Scotland tomorrow and then I come home in a week. Yippee, I can't wait.
Take care everybody and see you all soon.
Hugs
Gypsy
Just got home from London last night and oh boy what an adventure that was, I have never seen so many ppl in my whole life.
We caught the train to London on Thursday and we left about 10.00 a.m. and arrived in London at midday. We made our way to the hotel and checked in, it was a lovely hotel called The Trafalgar Thistle. Mum's cousin was paying for our London trip, she is the one who's husband owns the Porsche so they can afford it.
We dumped our bags in the room and went and got a sandwich for lunch and took it and sat in Leicester Square to eat it. We then set off walking, we walked down to Trafalgar Square and took some pics there and then we walked down towards number 10 Downing Street but couldn't get in to see the PM as he wasn't taking guests from Australia. From there we walked down to Big Ben and West Minister Abbey where I had to go in by myself as it cost £10.00 to get in and Mum and her cousin didn't want to pay. Boy was that a totally amazing place with all the old bodies burried in there of Kings and Queens and Arch Bishops. So guess I could say that I have been in the presence of royalty. We then walked to have a look at the London Eye (didn't go on though) After that we walked to Buckingham Palace to visit the Queen and wouldn't you know it she was out down the back walking the corgi's so didn't get to see her either. We then went back to the hotel to get ready to meet my cousins from NZ who live in London. We met them in Leicester Square at a pub called Yates, you wouldn't believe the amount of ppl that go out for a drink after work and don't go home til very late. Had dinner in a lovely little restaurant called Garfunkel's and that was so yummy. After dinner we walked up to Compton St which is a bit like Oxford St in Sydney (get the picture). Boy was there some sights to be seen there, we had a drink at a very crowded little bar. It was so funny, Mum's cousin drank quite a bit of wine as she had never met our cousins from NZ before and she was so funny. After my cousins left we then got a Rickshaw ride, yes a Rickshaw ride in London. That was just death waiting to happen as it is very dangerous, they dodge in and out of traffic. Mum's cousin Maureen had a ball as she had never been on a Rickshaw before and by this time was very drunk. All in all we had an excellent night.
The following day after we had all slept in needless to say, we went down and had breakfast and then headed out again. This time we went on the open top double decker bus which takes you around London to see all of the sites. We went over the London bridge, saw the Tower of London which is London's only castle and then went for a River Boat cruise on the River Thames to Greenwich which is Greenwich meantime for anyone who doesn't know as I didn't know that til yesterday. After we came back I we got off at Harrods and went shopping very quickly as we were running out of time.
We then went back to the hotel to collect our bags and catch a cab to Kings Cross Train Station. Our train had been cancelled along with the one before so it was very crowded there with heaps of passengers who had all been booked on these trains so when the train finally came we had to run like mad to the platform to try and get a seat. Luckily Mum's cousin can run very fast and she is quite scary so no one dared tried to take the seat that she wanted. We arrived back in Wakefield at around 11.00. Very long day but so much fun and yes I did all that in two days, oh and I forgot to say that I feed the squirrels in Hyde Park. You don't get to do that everyday, do you.
Off to Scotland tomorrow and then I come home in a week. Yippee, I can't wait.
Take care everybody and see you all soon.
Hugs
Gypsy
posted by gypsyangel at
9:38 PM
1 Comments:
Hey chicky!
Sorry i havent commenting more often.. Your holiday sounds absolutely fantastic and I cant wait to see some pics! Hope your trip home is safe and I'll chat soon!
Maz
xxx
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