My Week in London Part Two

Not too sure where to start this one. I guess I have learned a lot even in this one week. A lot already...and it's only week one!

London is incredible! The connecting station to where Dad and I are staying is Tower Hill - the Station one would take to go to The Tower of London and Tower Bridge. We kind of stumbled across it, but it was breath-taking to see such a gorgeous castle/palace-type thing right before us. England is a place that is so full of history and culture.

In particular, the castles tend to catch my fancy. This week we went to Hampton Court - the summer house of a few Kings and Queens but most significantly King Henry VIII. What an incredible castle. The fact that Henry VIII once walked down these corridors is so fascinating - history was made in the staircases and banquet halls.


- Hampton Court: from the inside

It is not too cold at the moment, in fact with 3 layers it is quite nice. Right now it is Sunday and we arrived here on Tuesday - and it had not rained until about Thursday. I was quite frustrated at the fact that it hadn't rained yet. Alas, it rained while we were in Camden at the Markets. The Lock here was quite interesting and the place was made even more beautiful with the rain.

It is also fun dressing up each day. First goes stockings and jeans, then jumper and bigger coat, then trench/outer raincoat, and finally gloves, beanie, boots and scarf. I love this aspect of winter fashion - people watching becomes even more interesting to see the types of boots, hats and jackets that people wear.


- Trafalgar Square with Dad

Other places I've been this week include Covent Gardens (loved it there!), bought lollies (or sweeties as they are more commonly known as here) at this amazing sweet shop (by the way strawberry bon bons are INCREDIBLE!), Trafalgar Square, Oxford Street, Regent Street and today we did Millennium Bridge (the one from Harry Potter) as well as Hillsong at the Dominion Theatre. London also holds amazing buildings including Parliament, Big Ben, The London Eye, The Tower Bridge and Tower of London. It is exciting to walk down the street and see these structures - really exciting!


- Big Ben & Parliament

Tomorrow is the big day! I go off to The Lakes to start my job. Praying that I'll find a great friend (not really looking for a husband haha) and meet lots of wonderful people. Look out Ambleside - here I come!