Feb

06

:: “The funny thing is, London is an incredibly interesting city, it’s very sexy and different, with the Thames winding through it like a snake..”

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“How come everytime you come around,

My London, London bridge wanna go down like,

London, London, London, wanna go down like,

London, London, London wanna go down like..”

Ok enough about “Fergie Fer and me love you long time”.. when we went to London, luckily nothing “went down” as such… Everything was great despite the cold winter chill.

I loved London when I was there 4 years ago and still feel the same way this time we visited again. I always think that European cultures, people and joke suit me more than any others, I guess in a certain way it’s very similar to the Australian way. I mean don’t get me wrong, I love other places as well but Western Europe is amazing, I guess what I love the most is the structure of the city. The distinct European architecture such as the cobble stone lanes, narrow little villages, the medieval castles/churches, buildings, etc.

I know not many people don’t really like London due to the crowdedness, dirtiness, people being rude, and the weather is miserable. However, despite of all that, to me the city has so much character, lots of old little cafes/pubs, markets, the underground tubes and buses are so efficient, and not forgetting the live musical plays in theatres.

We saw The Phantom of The Opera in Her Majesty’s Theatre. Hands down it was the best play I’ve ever been to. The tickets were a little pricey, but it was worth every penny. The story was about a Phantom (like a ghost) that lived behind this Paris opera and he fell in love with this girl called Christine who was one of the actors that played in his opera. I’ve never seen such an amazing play.. I loved it so much that I bought the CD and I think Saj might be sick of the songs by now coz I constantly play it… 😛

Well, London was our last stop before we headed back home and we made the most of it by doing a lot of the major sight seeing, we visited The Big Ben, London Eye, London Aquarium, The Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Harrods, and Tower Bridge to name a few. We also visited Saj’s aunty Sharmini that lives in London, she took us to the Saturday market, shopping centre and had a home cooked meal for lunch. We had a great time spending our last day with her and hope to see her again soon.

Well, good things must come to an end and after spending 5 nights, we were ready to say goodbye to London and headed home and start repairing the financial damage that we’ve inflicted over the past 6 weeks traveling! 😛

I love traveling, it opens your mind and you learn so much about people, cultures, and places. As a former STA Travel adviser, I would say…

“We know because we go…”