Thursday, December 27, 2007
London: sightseeing + shopping
Didn't do much yesterday 'cept walked around in Luton town in the afternoon and went for dinner at an Auntie's new house.We woke up real early this morning for a pre-planned sightsee & shopping trip in London. First stop was the British Airways London Eye. Quite good timing for us because we could get tickets immediately and hopped on. We then parted ways with Rich(he was off to Selfridges) and walked towards Tate Modern.
Crossed the river on foot and took some pics outside St Paul's Cathedral. Then, we took the tube and headed to Covent Garden where the shopping part of the trip started(@.@) Uncle & Darling each bought a pair of shoes at Shellys. We did walk into almost every shoe shop we could see.
Rich came along later and we had lunch. We walked on towards Piccadilly Circus, half of Oxford Street and then on the Knightsbridge to Harvey Nichols. Harrods was closed since the sale will only start tomorrow. The amount of people on the streets shopping...is scary. I don't think I'll ever come down during the sales period in London ~ anymore...haha (I wonder how bad it was yesterday though...)
My legs were starting to give way around 5 and we were still walking =(. Finally stopped shopping and went for dinner at Pizza Express. We slowly made our way back to Luton around 10 plus where Uncle John picked us. Everyone was exhausted but I think those who shopped got good bargains.
Gotta go pack up for the trip back tomorrow. Heading off to Liverpool and then Manchester.
Oh, everyone and myself is amazed I didn't buy anything from the sales...HAHA