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London: Day 1


Woke up 9 AM up and out of the hotel by 10 AM, got my bag and map, asked one of the hotel staff to point me to Hyde park and off I went.

It was beautiful, had my camera in hand, my training shoes on, though I slipped a few times because of the frost on the ground, but it was good, the weather was awesome but cold, yes I said it cold. For those who know me, they know I love cold, I never feel the cold, even in winter, I’m always in my summer clothes, but boy oh boy did I feel it in my bones to the very end of my toes this time :P I’ll leave that to another post :P

To the park, I passed by the exhbition street, beautiful painting, but then I realized some had a no camera sign.

Tried to find Diania’s memorial fountain but couldn’t quite get there :P The park is so huge, people were jogging, skating, walking their dogs, I was walking silently taking it all in snapping away with my camera.

Went to Winter Land.

Got myself a 2-day tour bus ticket and hopped onto one for a spin in the city :)

Walked to Oxford Street and went in and out a couple of stores.

Around 1 PM, I got so hungry got off and went for coffee and sandwich at Pret Manager, I LOVE this place. Then I stumbled upon Apple store on Regent street and looked up a 17-inch MAC pro for my brother.

My day ended with watching a movie, 3D Avatar :D The movie plot wasn’t that great but the graphics were amazing especially in 3D, I am truly looking forward to the new Shrek because the preview was in 3D. When booking I asked if it was OK to bring in food :P I went to Sainsburys and they had this self-checkout that I wanted to try out :D You scan your item’s barcode and place them in the bag, it senses weight, and then you see the total and choose your payment method, cash, card or vouchers, isn’t that wonderful. I wonder if our Jam3iyat can have that :) Boots here have self-check out too, but last time I couldn’t do it, because the machine won’t accept 50 notes.

Today was a good day … tomorrow, what am I planning to do :) hmmmmm, not sure, continue my tour bus and see where my feet take me :D and perhaps I’ll be lucky to find a ticket for the sold out shows :P Those were snippets of my day :)

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  1. #1 by MBH on December 22, 2009 - 3:20 AM

    You got it right :’)

    My cousin tells me there are guitarists who just sit around and play in/near the park, though he used to go in summer so I donno if you’d find anyone now.

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  2. #2 by Bloggylife on December 22, 2009 - 9:44 AM

    there are people singing, dancing, playing instruments all over London, it’s the holidays I guess :)

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