Friday, August 23, 2013

Europe Day 15/16/17/18; UK, London

LONDON!!!!!! Most of my pictures are of the Harry Potter Studio Tour, which didn't meet expectations :/ BUT, a good experience nevertheless! Got to try the butterbeer, which wasnt really beer haha. Sorry if you're not a Potter fan!

Oh poor Harry. 



I was in their dorm!! Lol.

Entrance to Dumbledore's office. 




Umbridge :/






Jelly beans!! Should have bought one to try AHHH.


Photos are jumbled up oops.

Our guy friend went to Manchester Stadium by himself hehehe.

SO CUTE.










Fat Lady!







Where Mad Eye Moody was trapped.




BUTTERBEER!!!


We waited for ages to get this shot! There were many kids scrambling in and out of the car. 












Okay! Done with Potter! Now on to our second day in London. Walked pass Buckingham Palace during our free walking tour. Many many many many people outside the palace. 

We were in luck! First in line to watch the parade. 




Obligatory shot. Apparently Ben is the name of the bell in the tower.... I THINK.




Third day in London! Went to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, where the longitude is 0degrees. A place you can choose not to go, IMO. 

Went to the Borough Market after to try their nice local food! I had oysters for the first time in my life here. Okay. I had one oyster. A huge one. Wont be trying anytime soon though... But according to the rest who likes oysters, they found the oysters fresh and tasty!

We looked for the London Bridge after the visiting the market, and there it is! Quite a disappointment actually. It just looks like a.. normal bridge.

Visited King's Cross station too!! There was a queue to take this important photo for Potter fans. 

Everyone got a chance to take a jump-shot! Gryffindor scarf of course hehe.

THIS WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF ALL OUR MEALS THROUGHOUT OUR TRIP.
BURGERS AND LOBSTERS. 
We waited a whole three hours for this, and it was worth every minute of our time! We each got a whole lobster, and it tasted heavenly. Met a local outside the restaurant who said this 'Fuck the half burger, just go for the lobster!' Everyone in the restaurant was eating lobsters, which was not surprising. Who would choose burgers over lobsters??????? It was really really filling! Didnt finish the salad and the fries, both of which were really really yummy too. Sigh, I wanna eat lobsters now. 
It looks way better than the photo, trust me. 

Happy girls!!

We were all given this adorable... long bib?? Whatever you call it. Haha.

Jiahao happened to be in London while we were there. So he joined us for a day! Finally a male companion for Mx heheh. 

This is the view from Greenwich :)

Fourth day in London... was spent on shopping!! Primark and H&M <33333

We watched a musical while in London too! Billy Elliot! I enjoyed it alot, though some of my friends didn't. Mx actually nodded off during the start of the show. How could he???
Hehe London is a really good place for shopping! If we had more time in London, we will have gone to the countryside part of it. Time is never enough! Just like how clothes are. 

I really do miss travelling. :(