Back from UK!

終於有時間談談我們的英國之行la!

先講講我們的時間表...
14/Sept.:
15:00 From Raahe to Tampere
22:30 From Tampere to London
23:00 Arrived London Stansted Airport

15/Sept:
00:00 From London Stansted Airport to Victoria Station
02:30 Arrived Victoria Station -->Rosedene Hotel (The location was perfect for us, as it's very close to the Victoria Coach Station, but there was black mold on the walls. For what we paid (GBP 47.00 for 2 ppl), the room was ok )
10:00 Check out - Rosedene Hotel and checked in - Athena Palace Hotel (It's one of the best B&B we ever stayed. Staffs were very friendly and the room was clean, tidy and roomy. The only drawback was that it's a bit away from the center. It is very close to Turnpike Lane Tube Station which is in zone 3. Highly recommend!!! )
12:00 Finally, 我們終於開始我們的 London 之行 la

因为, 明天我們才可以 active our London pass and the weather was not very good, therefore, 我們 London 之行的第一個站就係 Bicester village (outlet). 個 Outlet 都幾多店但價錢並不是太便宜, so finally, I got a bag and a blouse and Polar Bear got a shirt only 此外，我們買了一條有 strawberry flavor o既毛巾予 Polar Bear's 姪女

Then, we went back to London center and got 3 sets of 3£ M&S food set (1 drink, 2 sandwich and a snack) for dinner

16/Sept:
First, we went to The Britain & London Visitor Centre to collect our London pass, then we went to....
1) Westminster Cathedral
2) Royal Mews





3) Buckingham Palace (外面 )





4) St. James's Park







5) Horse Guards
6) Big Ben and Hse of Parliment (外面 )



7) Tower of London



8) London Bridge ( 升降機壞了, 要上去塔樓o既話就需要走 200+樓梯, as Polar Bear's keens 不能走這麼多樓梯, so we gave up )



9) HMS Belfast









10) Dinner: Park Lane Restaurant (recommended by some internet websites)





...um...食後感: very normal, even with the discounted price (50% off the total food bill)

Hehehe, I just found out that we had went to many places on 16/Sept.

17/Sept:
1) St Paul's Cathedral



2) London Bridge Experience and The London Tombs
3) Southwark Cathedral
4) Kensington Palace



5) Marks & Spencer and Boots 買手信
6) Dinner: China Town! In the beginning, I was thinking to go Wong Kee which was Highly recommended by one of my best friends ..... but I also wanted to introduce Beijing Duck to Polar Bear. Therefore, we finally went to another Chinese restaurant to have Beijing Duck (half), fired rice and fried noodle. We were so full that needed to pack half of the fried rice back to the hotel as home package!
After we started to enjoy our dinner for awhile, a Finnish family came in and just sat next to our table. 我想他們從來沒有吃過北京烤鴨, so, 當他們看見我們吃北京烤鴨時, 他們也 order 了北京烤鴨. 開始的時候他們猜想北京烤鴨 = normal dishes (1 人 1 碟), so they (5ppl) ordered 5 x 北京烤鴨. Lucily, 服務員即時解說 it might be a bit difficult for 5ppl to finish 5 北京烤鴨, so finally, they only ordered 1.5 北京烤鴨 ... and may be some other dishes too

18/Sept:
1) Albert Memorial



2) The Royal Albert Hall(外面 )
3) Science Museum



4) 14:15 From Victoria Station -->London Stansted Airport
5) 18:00 From London Stansted Airport --> Tampere
6) 22:00 Arrived Tampere

19/ Sept:
From Tampere back to Raahe

We were very tired after the trip, but it was a very nice trip for us!!! We enjoyed it very much !

Moreover, there are still half of the things waiting us to see in our nest London trip 呢