More sights around London
Britain at War
Pubs all over the place – I like the ones with flowers 🙂
One Hyde Park – one of London’s most expensive flats
Harrod’s during the day
at night 🙂 I always passed it but had no time to enter! You really take for granted the things that are right in front of you! 🙂 We lived a block away but ended up spending time in East London which is opposite this side of town!
Love the colourful facades of the stores
Colored bikes outside Jamie Oliver
Dado, our driver, told us that Michael Jackson used to stay in this hotel
Horses taller than the van we were riding
Fortnum and Mason, the grocery store of the Queen, where the shopping carts are gold! 🙂
[email_link]
I asked my friends, Suharto and Rina, to take me on a car tour around the city to familiarize myself with the city since I have not been back for ten years. I wanted to reminisce and one of the places we passed by was our school! Located near the Waterloo Station. The building is still there but the school has moved already
It used to be the Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children
Our school was part of East London. Before, East London was not really a destination but now the government has funded the redevelopment of the area and there are now many things to see and do in this area! Here in this photo is the Borough Market with the Shard in the background, all of which are in the East London area
Cathedral behind the Borough Market
is the Bermondsey Antique Market come between 4am to 7am for even better deals
Our main purpose was to visit the Shard! The tallest building in Europe ( for now) 🙂
You can’t miss it from any angle or area you are in
Window washing!!
The old London Dungeon
Underground station to get to the Shard
And here we are!!
Going up to scout the place
This hanging floral arrangement caught my attention – it looked like it was just floating in air
We were supposed to go up to see the view from the top for I think 30 pounds per person
But Suharto and James instead just showed me the postcard of the view! haha!!
More postcards from the souvenir shop
Click below to go to their website for more information
[email_link]
Upon arrival, we rushed right away to have lunch at the Borough market at Elliot’s. We were invited by my cousin since this is one of her favorite spots in London
She ordered all the starters and we ordered the main
Buffalo mozzarella and red pepper and basil
Artichokes ala qrecque
Ria recommended this so almost everyone ordered cheeseburger- so when it arrived – the dolly was full of cheeseburgers! 🙂
Click below to go to their website
[email_link]
From New York, we flew to London to visit the Queen! oops, I mean to meet the Mayor 🙂 We stayed in Beaufort House which is a serviced apartment located two blocks away from Harrods 🙂
It’s an old building but inside it is renovated- the Lobby
We got a three bedroom since we were a big family – we could not even fit so one couple had to stay across in a hotel. It’s nice because we can all stay together – and it has a living room, dining room and kitchen – and even laundry machine
This was our bedroom – I was not able to take the other two because it was not fixed at the time we arrived 🙂 The Master bedroom had its own bathroom and the two other shared one plus there was another guest bathroom
Click below to go to their website
[email_link]
The Foodie son was bringing me all these food stuff home! which were all yummy!!!
From the Foodie son, Jaime 
From our Foodie friend, Jerome. Look how OC and organized he is, he even categorized it! Thank you Jerome!!!
[email_link]
The Foodie son told us to try this, so we did! We lined up.
He warned us that it is the Halal Guys with a line since there are many other stalls that look similar like this one beside the LOVE sign
This was the one across the MOMA on 53rd street
And yes there was a long line
I wanted a photo of all the Halal Guys but they were so busy but this guy who served my chicken rice was kind enough to pose for me 🙂
Chicken and rice with extra white sauce
We crossed the street and sat on the stairs of the building
Watching the long line to the MOMA Free Friday nights and enjoying our chicken rice!
Previous entry: Free Friday Nights at the MOMA September 27, 2013
[email_link]
Recent Comments