The day started early again for us as we got up at 4.00 am feeling hungry as we chose sleep over dinner last night. The last meal we had before this was lunch at Hard Rock Cafe yesterday.
To go out at this hour is rediculous. #1: Nothing is opened, #2: We might get mugged, #3: It's freezing cold outside.
So, I end up watching TV while Fred went back to sleep.
7am and we decided we'd better hit the streets. We had full English breakfast at this neat little cafe near Buckingham Palace.
When we finally arrived at the palace, we were so pleased that there wasn't any crowd here (too early) and for the first time during our honeymoon, we managed to take a photo together using the timer function on our little camera. No risk of anyone running away with our camera here!
Next, it was time to walk to Westminster to check out Westminster Abbey, Big Ben and Parliament House. As we were walking along the road, we passed by St Jame's Park in front of Buckingham Palace. There were beautiful little flowers sprouting out from the ground - haaaa, spring is coming! In this park as well, there's a path/trail dedicated to Princess Diana.
Finally we arrived at Westminster area, and had a quick look around these old historic buildings. Old and historic they may be, but they're still functional ie still being used for their purpose today.
In the background: Houses of Parliament and Big Ben (clock tower)Since we still had a bit of time to kill before going to Madamme Tussaud's, we went to have a look at St Paul's Cathedral.
As we stepped out of the underground, we needed to find a toilet - desperately. The cold weather here makes me wanna pee more often! Alamak, the only toilet around is this cubicle and we had to pay 20p to use it. Since we both needed to use the toilet, we dug deep into our pockets for change. The first 20p I found was for me. Next it was Fred's turn. Luckily we manage to find 2 x 10 pence. So in he went, and later haaaaa, relieved!
We could now go round to see St Paul's Cathedral with ease.
Time to go to another exciting place: Madame Tussaud's WaxMuseum. We took the underground to get there and once we were out of the station, I stopped by a little souvenir shop and bought postcards for Adam & Avie - I have to start teaching them about travels, postcards, sharing and the like.
Teddy postcard for Adam & Avie; London Cab and London sights for my scrapbook... he he he!We're at Madamme Tussaud's yeah! We bought our tickets online (cheaper by 10%) and we did not have to join the long queue to get inside. We approached Ticket Booth 3 and hey presto, we were greeted by papparazzi as we stepped out of our express lift.
These are just some of the photos we took with popular figures from the past and present. Recognise any of them?
Haaa, Madamme Tussaud's was fun, but our journey has to continue. It was time to go to the posh area of Kesington (which is actually near our hotel, just 1 stop away on the tube). Here we went into Kesington Palace, the last residence of Princess Diana. It was nice to know that Queen Victoria also lived (and grew up) in this palace before moving to Buckingham Palace. There was also an exhibit of The Last Debunte in the palace. Fred and I learnt the Waltz here in one of the rooms. What a shame we're not allowed to take pictures inside.
Took a snap (using timer again!) outside the palace gates. This gate was flooded with flowers for Diana many years ago when news of her death was announced.
Inside the palace, there was an exhibit of Diana's dresses. They are gorgeous.
At the souvenir shop, we bought a book for my mum - Diana's secret fan club member!
Outside Kesington Palace at the end of our tour. It's beautiful here and there are so many little squirrels running around in the bush and on the ground looking for nuts. See my handbag? I bought that at Harrod's yesterday.
We had makan at the Prince of Wales pub in Kesington. That's Fish & Chips, Pork & mushroom pie, and tomato soup. As you can see, Fred didn't like it when I stopped him from digging at the food before I finished taking pictures. OK darling, you can eat now! Interesting about this pub is that the bar and floor is only handled by 1 young lady. She welcomes customers, takes their orders, prepares the drinks, clean tables, collect payments, check to make sure everyone in there are comfy. The only thing she doesn't do is cook. The pub had quite a crowd and yet she handled it all with ease and was so cheery. Yes, we tipped her well.After our hearty meal, it was time to return to Westminster area (this time we got off at Waterloo station) and went to the London Eye. Again we bought our tickets online to get a 10% discount and so we don't have to queue to buy tickets again.
Fred admiring London lights from inside the London Eye capsule. I was too scared to look down so I kept myself busy by taking pictures!
A view from the top. I took this picture when we were at the top of the London Eye. This is the view of Parliament House, Big Ben and behind them, Westminster Abbey at night.
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