We started the morning with a visit to Greenwich Market.
We actually wanted to look for gifts and souvenirs for our friends and family but didn't know which of the stores in London that offers variety of choices with good price to choose from. After googling, we found that Greenwich Market is one of London's best sources for arts and crafts, unique gifts, and rare antiques and collectables, so to Greenwich Market we went!
You can find book stalls (that sells books for as low as £3 no kidding! I got one of my Sophie Kinsella's here :D), and many handmade & unique crafty materials here in Greenwich market. They also have small boutique shops that sell adult and baby clothes surrounding the market.
That's Mr Humbug candy shop you see back there - the shop is so cute, I couldn't resist asking my husband to pose for a picture! :D We couldn't find what we were looking here though, but what we did find is this fresh, homemade Brazillian Churros that taste so, so good!
If you'd like, you can also coat the churros with cinnamon powder. At first, we ordered for just 1 set just to try them out. After trying them, we ended up getting another 5 sets hahaha. The best thing is, buy 6 get 1 free, so we had 7 sets of churros that morning! :P So, so good I tell ya!
Before we left Greenwich Market, we stopped by one of our favorite places to shop in London - Marks & Spencer Simply Food. Over there in London, M&S Simply Food is like mamak shop here, you can find it everywhere.
The best thing about it is, it has all the food you want - breads,
fruits, chocs, cakes, truffles, sandwiches, salads, pizzas -- basically anything you can think of!Sighs just thinking about it makes me miss London already.
See what I mean? Endless and endless of choices! But the best thing about M&S Simply Food is that they have a section called "Prepared Meals", where they have pre-cooked chickens, seafood and pastas, ready to eat!
But of course we could only picked those seafoods ones, but that's good enough!
Looks good, don't they? :D Oh and they also had this really cool self-service cash counter, where you scan all the items in your basket, then slot your money into the machine according to the total amount shown. Super smart, super efficient! Sighs I only have good things to say about the store, really. :P
After that, we then headed to central London again. First stop, was the Green Park.
Serene. That's all I can say. Serene, green and clean. I don't know how, but they manage to keep the park really clean, we can hardly find any sampah around the park! And there was always someone sweeping the grass to sweep the fallen leaves away. Efficient okay. Kalau dekat Malaysia.. (you complete the sentence yourselflah :P)
Dried maple leaf!
Just as we were about to leave the park, we saw an extremely cute squirrel running across us and we kept squealing and trying to lure him to come closer to us! The people there must have thought we were a bunch of weird jakuns, but c'monnn, how often do you come across cute brown & grey squirrel like this in Malaysia right? :D
Comel kannnn! :D After that, we left the place and stopped by the famous Buckingham Palace for a picture.
Checkout the guy with the oversized hat. Always have wanted to see this guy in person! :D Wanted to go up close and make funny faces and crack the guy up, too bad the place was gated!
Anyway, the day was getting dark so we picked up our pace and stopped by the Trafalgar Square for more pictures.
There is also a wishing fountain there where people throw money and wish for something they want, hoping for it to come true! Ishhh. Kurafat, kurafat :P Some sources say that the coins are collected by the Greater London Authority and it is assumed to be for charity, but hmmm.. who knows right? Heh.
After that, we rushed to Camden Market to get the souvenirs we were looking for. Camden Market was awesome, but not exactly a place you'd want to bring your kids and family to la to be honest. Tempat tu macam "gelap" sikit, if you know what I mean. Lebih kurang Petaling Street dekat sini lah, senang cite. Banyak kedai tatoo and rare items dekat situ jugak. (Images below Googled)
Yeay, a souvenir shop, finally!
Anyway, something exciting happened while we were here. Well, exciting for us that is hehe. Just as we were about to leave the place, we actually bumped into my elder sister's in law's family that happened to be there at the same time! Ha kalau dah jumpa orang sekampung, memang riuh ah satu Camden kan! It really is a small world after all. :P
Once we said goodbyes, we headed back home, feeling all tired and ready to hit the sack. But not before dropping by more London's iconic attractions, like the Eye of London.
Notice I was not wearing any winter jacket at that time, because again, we were so tired and couldn't wait to get home so I couldn't be bothered with jackets and all! Tapi nak amik gamba jugak, so tinggal je lah jacket dalam kereta. Them jackets are really troublesome I tell ya!
Then, we stopped by the Palace of Westminster to take a picture with the famous Big Ben. See that clock tower at the back of us? That's Big Ben!
Yes, me without my jacket again hehe. After that whole day of just walking and going places, we finally headed home.
The next day, we spent the whole day at home, just resting & packing our luggages to our next destination - Paris! But before we left for Paris, that night, we stole some time to visit some of London's iconic attractions, like the Harrods building.
And Selfridges &Co. (People kept asking us to checkout Selfridges, and we did -- twice! But both times we came, they closed early! :((( Oh well maybe next time. Err, next time? :P )
And that wrapped up the places and memories we had in London. Hectic, freaking cold, but definitely fun :) Next up, would be my update on our experience in Paris! Not exactly the "city of love" we had in mind, but.. well, I'll reveal why in my next update! ;)
Until then! <3
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Gud one! Enjoy.
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