Thursday, December 15, 2011

London Is Cracking & Bob’s Your Uncle! p.1

Murni & Big Ben Tower

Hello duckies. If you haven’t been following me on twitter, you might have missed my very sudden announcement of a short trip to London about two weeks ago. Yup, the hubby & I were in London, freezing our tropical tushies off. The decision to go was so sudden (as per usual for us if you haven't already noticed) that I didn’t have time to post a little something on the blog to explain my absence, much less time to even buy warm winter clothing & pack! So sorry to have left you folks without a peep… was tempted to write a short “hello from London” post but by the time the hubby & I were done gallivanting around town for the day, all I wanted to do was snuggle under the covers with a hot water bottle & try to regain feeling in my hands & feet. Yeah, I hate the cold.

Despite the initial rush (& cold), the hubby & I had a lovely time in London. As it was the hubby’s first time in London, we went to most of the major landmarks including Buckingham Palace, Houses of Parliament & Big Ben, London Eye, St. Paul’s Cathedral & notably spent a whole day at the Tower of London (which we think is well worth the 23 pounds + 4 pounds for the audio guide per person if you’re interested in English history like us). We also got to experience the thrills of Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park, shopped a little & ate our way through Portobello Road & Sunday Up Market, visited Greenwich to soak in the history of England, spent a whole afternoon at the Churchill War Rooms & went back to Liberty multiple times (not really to shop but to ogle) amongst many other things.

Between the hubby & I, I think we easily took over a thousand shots but I won’t bore you with all of them… just a couple here & a couple more at the next post then probably a little more at the next few other posts if you’re not bored to death of them yet. Hehe. Here you go… (Do scroll over the pictures to get a little description & check out Part 2, 3 & 4 if you haven’t already)

Houses of Parliament & Big Ben
a busker at Westminster
obligatory photo booth shot
riding an old double decker bus
stars at Oxford Street
carousel at Winter Wonderland
ice skating at Winder Wonderland

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

looked like you both had tons of fun! pity we did not get to meet up and this being in London at the same time..oh well..I totally lovely your mustard coloured coat! :) take care x

Murni said...

hey maz! yeaaah, i was bummed when we couldn't meet up. would've been nice to see you! hey, what's your email add??

Fenny Setiawan said...

I enjoyed all the post about your London trip. Seem you and hubby enjoy so much, love your coat though :) you looked warm in the winter weather with that color :)

Murni said...

glad you enjoyed the posts Fenny! we had the BEST time in London despite the lack of time to shop (too busy taking pictures & enjoying the sights)! hehehe. both of our coats are from Zara & they kept us relatively warm :)