VL Travel

Heathrow Airport

My flight is at 10pm London time but I've been here since 6pm. So eager to go home. Plus am worried to park the luggage at the hotel cos there's really no special room to house the luggages, I was told to just park it under the stairs along with other luggages. Since I'm guarding the 2 LVs like my life is dependant on it, I thought better to be early at the airport with my luggages with me. Ha!

Pret a Manger

Forgot to mention the earlier entrance fee to St. Paul Cathedral. £10 for entrance fee and £3 for audio guide. Back to Pret a Manger. This is apparently one of the famous fast food chains in London. They sell a variety of sandwiches, salads, pastries and even sushi. It was 1pm and I was feeling hungry so I ordered a cappucino, a doughnut and a pastry. It was rather yummy and it cost me £5.91. Damn expensive.

St. Paul Cathedral

Today's the final day before I take the plane home. The final place on my trip itinerary is St. Paul Cathedral. Here's the church where Princess D got married as well as where Her Majesty celebrated her 100th birthday. However as per all churches, funerals of well known people are also conducted here, for example Sir Winston Churchill. The interior of the church was truly magnificent. With huge paintings that depicted the angels of gods on the ceiling as well as colourful mosaic pieces forming arts pertaining Christianity.

Reunion

I met up with Jo today. I've known her for 15 years now and the last time I saw her was probably 5 years ago when she decided to just pack up and come to London. She treated me lunch at Covent Garden, a drink at one of the pubs and drinks after dinner. For dinner, she took me to China Town for some "ma lat" dishes. It was pretty nice. Better than the Golden Pagoda I went earlier. The meal was shared by 4 of us - Jo, Yuki and Gong Di. And it cost us £21 each! Pretty costly!

Tower Bridge

I went on a circular boat ride today at River Thames. The ride cost £6. And along the river saw (1) Houses of Parliament aka Big Ben (2) London Eye (3) Tate Modern (4) London Bridge (5) Tower Bridge (pict above).

Arc de Triomphe

This is apparently a national symbol which Napoleon conceived as a symbol of his military might in 1806. Today it plays a central role in many of France's key commemorations. But to me, it's an arch lor. A big ass one!

Tour Eiffel

In Paris, Eiffel Tower is spelt as Tour Eiffel. Tho from pictures, the tower look small, it real life, it is really huge! From an untrained eye, the base of the tower spans across an area of 9 Olympic size swimming pool! And the entire area is just full of tourists! If you take the elevator, you'll have to line up. If you take the stairs, you'll also need to line up. Plus every level you go to is charged differently if you take the elevator. Level 1 - 57m at €4.50. Level 2 - 115m at €7.80. Level 3 the top level - 324m at €11.50. And if you decide to take the stairs, you're charged too... €4.00. Absolute madness. Everything is chargeable and the amount of people there is enough to fill a stadium!