Souvenirs from Europe!

Alhamdulillah, I got such a kind friend. He travelled to UK and Europe and brought back a lot of souvenirs for me although I've been to those places before. Thanks so much! I really appreciate them! It's a lot you know! :)

My friend went started his journey at London, then to Amsterdam, Brussels, Rome, Florence, Venice, Tyrol, Luzern, Munich, St Goar, Paris and finished his tour in Barcelona.

So basically what I got are postcards, keychains, fridge magnets, coaster, bag, HRC Munich pin badge and HRC t-shirts from Munich and Barcelona. Yeayyy! :)

Photobook #3 - London

Photobook London

England

Summer 2011 & 2012

Westminster Abbey & Big Ben serve as the front cover. Significant landmarks of London.

First visit to London, with parents and my flatmates. :)

Red buses and Big Ben

River Thames at dusk

Tower Bridge

London Tube stations

Buckingham Palace, sadly no changing of guards that day. We're so frustrated.

Trafalgar Square and street performers. They said that the performers need to pass through series of auditions before they can perform in public.

M&M's World in Leicester Square. Everything is very pricey! =.=

I miss u London.. :)

Summer in London - Day 8

We had our breakfast in the hotel as it was served free of charge. Our breakfasts include a couple of toasts, cereals and fruits alongside with hot drinks. After breakfast, we checked out and took the underground tube to Victoria. There is a luggage storage facility at Victoria Coach Station for a price. After dropping our luggage here, we took the tube again to Westminster.

Westminster

At Westminster, we waited for our boat at Westminster Pier which is located just beside the tube station. Be careful around this station as there's a lot of Gypsy pickpockets. Last year, my mom's bag nearly got picked here. Opposite the tube station also, we could the the magnificent Big Ben which is a big bell on the tower which is located beside Westminster Abbey.

It's summer therefore a lot of tourists came to London for their summer holiday. The boat that we boarded got a lot of foreigners including from German. So we cruised along the River Thames under the bright sunlight. It wasn't too hot by the way, it was still cold due to the wind. Brrrr~

Along the journey, I could saw several landmarks of London located alongside the riverbanks such as the huge London Eye, Westminster Abbey, Tower Bridge, Tower of London and a lot of other historical buildings which I couldn't recall their names. There are just too many of them. XD

Oxford Circus

We took a stop at Tower Bridge and got off from the boat. We planned to go to Oxford Street therefore we took the nearest tube to Oxford Circus. At Oxford Street, my mom grabbed some tops while I didn't have the mood for shopping that day. Maybe because I need to save up some money for my next trip to Italy and Switzerland.

We had our lunch at Rasa Sayang Express which is located at the street. I had nasi lemak with chicken curry and also a few sticks of chicken satay.

Bayswater

After we finished our meals, we continued our agenda which was souvenir hunting. They said that the cheapest souvenirs could be found in Bayswater. This was kinda true because most of the souvenirs here are very cheap and we could bargained for more discounts. Sometimes they gave you free gifts as well. I bought a t-shirt for £5 each and fridge magnets for £1 each. The shopkeeper even gave me extra piece of magnet. Hihihi...For key chains, I got 12 for £10 which was reasonably okay.

That's all for our London trip this time. I really hope I can go back to UK to continue exploring other parts of UK which has their own unique landmarks and historical sites.

That night, we stayed at Travelodge Gatwick because our flight to Glasgow was at 7 am in the next morning.

What a long 8 days of journey. However, our next trip will be longer than this one. 

Alhamdulillah, everything went well during this trip. =)

Summer in London - Day 7

Assalamualaikum & Salam Ramadan~

This was my second visit to London after last year's summer. We had been here before during our summer break last year alongside Wanji and Duwe. When we reached London Victoria Coach Station, we took a cab to Hammersmith district. Our hotel is located there. This time, we stayed at Premier West Hotel for one night.

 

We had a quick rest in our room before went back outside to find lunch. We couldn't find any halal restaurant nearby, so we take the underground tube to Queensway. There, we walked to Malaysian Hall and had our lunch there. I had a plate of rich with fish sambal and cabbage and a glass of iced milo. =)

Then we took the tube again to Charing Cross as we need to go to Trafalgar Square and took a tour bus there. Since my parents' tour bus tickets were paid together with the CIT Travel, I had to purchase my own ticket. There are a lot of bus tour in London, this time we used The Original Tour - London Sightseeing. We started our journey from Trafalgar Square. The bus passed by several attractions but we just stayed on the bus throughout the tour since we already covered most of the places during our last trip here.

Trafalgar Square

St. Paul's Cathedral

St. Paul's Cathedral

River Thames

Tower Bridge

River Thames

London Eye

Big Ben & Westminster Abbey

Big Ben

River Thames & London Eye

London Eye

Hard Rock Cafe London

We took a stop at Hard Rock Cafe London as we need to get something from there. I wanted to buy pin badges while my brother had asked my mom to buy him HRC London t-shirt.

M&M's World

Then, we took the underground tube to Leicester Square. We're heading to M&M World. There are only 4 M&M's World in the world and other location includes Las Vegas, New York City and Orlando. Thus, it's best to visit this place while I was here. However, don't expect to buy a lot of merchandise here as the prices are ridiculously expensive. Fridge magnet could cost more than £6 or £7 each. So did the pin badge. I only bought a strips of magnets and a pin badge. Sorry kawan2, tak mampu nak beli souvenirs kat sini.. XD However, this place is great to visit with children because it is very colourful and beautiful. Such a great place to take photos. =D

Chopstix Noodle Bar

We had our early dinner here. Noodles with chicken dish. There were a lot of variety such as sweet & sour chicken, lemon chicken, salt & pepper chicken, curry chicken and many more. There's one Chopstix branch in Glasgow and their menu were merely the same.

Then we went back to our hotel.

Tomorrow we had one day left in London. We're planning to take River Thames boat tour as the tickets were complementary with the bus tour.

Cheers~