Back again

I haven't blogged so much as I have this week! What a jam packed week it's been! Yesterday Vince and I went for our day trip to London which was brilliant. =] I can't believe how quick the train actually is, it only takes about an hour and a half.

We first headed straight to Big Ben and Westminster and it was such a sunny day so we took loads of photos. The London eye is MASSIVE, there were loads of queues so we didn't bother going on it, it's quite expensive too!





We took a long walk through Westminster towards Buckingham Palace and I think we just missed the changing of the guard ceremony as there were loads of horses out and huge crowds. I could faintly see the soldiers behind the gates. I wanted to go and see sights like this because I've never seen them before, they are all pretty ordinary and boring to most people but I wanted to be a proper tourist!



So after all the tourism fun we decided to stop off at Monument hill where there is a monument that was built after the great fire of London. You can climb to the top and have a cool view of London. 311 steps later we were at the top and we could see right across London. When we got down to the bottom we got a certificate to say we had been on it, haha.

Vince wanted to go to Canary Wharf to see all the skyscrapers so off we went. It was a boiling day yesterday and being stuck on tubes and trains wasn't great! Canary Wharf was pretty cool and we decided to have lunch at the Slug and Lettuce.



The journey back into central London was literally hell on earth. We had to take special overground tubes that people were literally cramming themselves onto. They were packed full and everytime we stopped at a station, more people would try and squeeze on, it was ridiculous! Then one of the trains infront of us had some sort of passenger emergency which caused our train to be delayed. It was a boiling hot day and there were loads of people crammed onto a small train which was horrible! People were hot, sweaty and smelly and literally leaning on eachother and we were stuck like that for about an hour, it was so frustrating and I just wanted to get off! So after we FINALLY got off those horrible trains we made our way to Oxford Circus where I have been based all week. We just had to go to Topshop but it was so so busy that we could barely look around properly so we decided to head to Carnaby Street which Vince had been looking forward to all day! The main reason we went there was because there is a piano in the middle of the street that anyone can play. He couldn't wait to play it. He started playing a song of his own that he made up that was amazing to watch, he is so talented! He got a massive crowd watching him and when finished they all clapped and cheered which made him jump, haha. They were disappointed when he left aswell.



We then took a walk to Piccadilly circus which we visited just over 3 years ago on a College trip. It's weird going back, but it was absolutely packed and unfortunately there were huge thunder clouds hovering above so we stayed for a little bit and then headed to Covent Garden.



When we got to Covent Garden it started raining, but not for long. Last time I went to Covent Garden I was quite disappointed, the shops aren't great and there weren't many performers today. I had a good look in the David & Goliath shop and the Tea shop where I tasted different flavours of tea but all in all Covent Garden was a bit of a let down so we didn't stay long. Camden was up next and although I was pretty sure all the stores and the market would be closed for the night, we set off anyway. After MORE delays on the tube we finally made it and guess what, everything was all closed up for the night which was disappointing so after a brief look round we headed back to Piccadilly Circus to try and find somewhere to eat.

It took us AGES to find anywhere to eat. All the restaraunts were quite expensive, we even went in one where the electric had gone so they were using candles on all the tables. We headed back to Oxford Street and found a nice little restaraunt called Garfunkels where we had a nice meal to round off the day. It was a good day but I was a bit gutted about Camden, so next time we go we've planned to see it differently. We're going to make sure we go to Camden early, visit Greenwich park at Sunset and Piccadilly at night. :) I definiately want to go to Madame Tussauds aswell. It was a great day, something different from the norm!!

Bye bye London!



Today was a pretty relaxing day as I spent most of it in bed! I ventured out around 2pm and went to Asda to buy some food for dinner and I cleaned up the kitchen, finding out the hoover is broken, in the process. It doesn't suck anything up properly? I've also found that theres a few bits dotted around the house that I don't know if I can take with me or not, depends if I have any room in the car! Vince cooked an awesome dinner, it was basically a roast dinner but with sausages instead of chicken/lamb. It was so filling, I'm still stuffed! Tomorrow I'm treating us to a Chinese takeaway. :)

I'm currently sitting at the computer with Glasonbury 09 on the TV and I can still hear the beats of next door's music. They have literally been playing it all day long at full blast. I feel sorry for whoever is moving in here on Wednesday, it's SO annoying. People just don't have any consideration. Every time I play music I always worry if it's too loud and annoying people but then I think, why do I care? Because obviously no one else is concerned that it's 11:45 at night and they have music blasting from their stereos.