London Vacation

Last week , I went to the  UK on the 14th of June . London is my dream place to go , my lovely  sisters  and  family members  had given me a such  wonderful treat. A dream come true. I am so happy.  Nas had a workshop and meetings  there so I followed. We took the  Air Asia flight to Stanstead. airport. It was a 13 hours flight. . It was cool in London even in summer . He he.

The next day we took the National Express bus to Victoria station. The journey was 2 hours . We left our luggage and started to walk towards  Buckinghams Palace. We stopped at the Buckinghams palace gift shop. I liked the hand creams. Then we took pictures in front of the Palace , then we walked to Greenpark station. The walks were long. I have not walked this far . We took  the travel pass for GBP 6 for the day.  We used the tube to Oxford Street. I first went to Boots to buy an eye cream. Then we had lunch at Raj restaurant  at Berwicks road . Then we went to Hamleys and John Lewis to buy Liz Earle clean and polish  . This is London , with the  cool weather ,  beautiful buildings and  courteous  , friendly people.
The tube is highly  efficient and true to time.  There were many tourists and Oxford street is packed and there was sale not that I buy much things. After that we took  the train to North London for Nas workshop.

We went back to London on the 17th June from the Liverpool street station we walked to the  Club Quarters in Gracechurch street. under the grizzling rain.   Most of the shops will be closed in the weekend , we were told. We browsed around Leidenhall market  after freshing up  , the place is  quite eerie though  .
It rained that night and we had dinner at Itsu restaurant. M & S was on the opposite road. The next day , we took the Original Tour bus in front of the London Bridge station. It was a long walk from site to site nonetheless it was very nice. My legs were  cramped. I love  the buildings and soak in  the atmosphere. I liked Club Quarters hotel and the market .

We stopped near the Big Ben and Parliament and walked towards  Tralfagar square . There was a West End concert and it rained. We also briefly visited the National Gallery.  After that we took the tour bus back to the Buckingham  Palace gift shop for gifts and then to  Marble Arch towards Oxford street.  I went to buy another set of Muslin clothes and had lunch at the  Selfridge food hall on the 4th floor . They have halal food, we had chicken bryani and lamb shwarma.
  Nas bought  some gifts for her children. After that we set on again on the bus tour towards the hotel. We stopped briefly near China town and bought some Lebanese food. We reached the Monument station and walked to the hotel and reached about 9.30 pm. The next day  we went to vist Harrods but time is pressing. We reached Harrods about 10.30 am but the store is opened at 11.30 am  and then we were off to catch a flight to Waterford. 

We then spent the next  evening at the Waterford chrystal shop at Waterford town. The chrystal were lovely ..  I also bought a perfume bottle for Euro 28. A beautiful bottle , I have to buy some perfumed oil . Catching the train on time, on the tube with luggage is tiring and challenging,  I slept like a log most of the nights . The last day was spent on last minute gift shopping . It is a wonderful experience  to visit  this vibrant city steeped in tradition  and I have enjoyed this vacation immensely. Good day.