travelling with easy...
Written on Monday, January 28, 2008 by mummyvaio
Thursday,January 24th 2008...
Journey started with boarding the no12 bus to the monument.baby was constantly in the sling n i have a backpack on my shoulders n hubby a bigger backpack with the wonderful new camera...hehe...got off the bus...n down to the metro...to the newcastle airport.baby slept all the way to the airport after her "teetees"...checked-in with easyJet...n waited in the departure lounge...baby woke up n played a while with her...got on the plane n baby behaved really well.when the plane took off she had her teetees n drift off to sleep again!flight took only 45 minutes...landed safely at stansted airport...n walked to coach bay to go to london city on easyBus...which is not a bus...but a minibus/van...5pounds only!cheap!!!baby slept again all the way to london...n we arrived at victoria station after 6...bought some snacks from sainsbury,n headed to the easyHotel 10 minutes walking from victoria station....baby was very full of energy when we got to the hotel....the room was so small,yet quite stylish...i really liked the bathroom...small n compact...could i have one for daughter's room?hehe...hubby got out again to get us some dinner,found a halal curry shop nearby...n that were what we ate for two days in a row...whatever as long it is cheap n halal...n tastes quite good too!played with baby some more till she was sleepy...n off we were on the bed...zzzzzzzz....
Friday,January 25th 2008...
Spend the whole day on the hop on hop off bus...the popular red bus!very convenient since can easily breastfeed baby whilst enjoying the sight n listening to the commentary...luckily we went to london during winter because they have 48hours offer tickets,for 24hours price!!plus we got 2 pounds off each ticket for buying them online...original price was 19.50,n we got it for 17.50...child below 5 is FREE!before that we walked to the buckingham palace n took some pictures...the queen was nowhere to be seen...hummm...so we only took the picture of the guard,which we first thought was a robot!hehe...we hopped off at trafalgar square where a lot of pigeons lepak....there was the national art gallery...free admission yet we did not go in...not much of art appreciators.....,next...tower of london which is not so tall,n quite nice looking castle and tower bridge,which people always get confused with london bridge...the london bridge looks like any other bridge...the tower bridge is the one on most postcards...did not hopped off at london dungeon (scary...n idon't like scary places..) ,st paul cathedral,westminster abbey,big ben n parliament square...just took the pictures from the bus...then stayed on the bus n enjoy the day for another round before retiring to the hotel.
Saturday,January 26th 2008...
Woke up late..had some breakfast...n got on the red bus again..this time following the yellow line...which have live commentary...n very enlightening...i knew from the commentary where prince charles live now n saw his guards marching to n fro his gate...where the canterburry founder live,one of the oldest cafe in london was royal cafe...the london big fire was on the year 1616...( if i heard correctly) there is a garden named key garden...which to enter the garden you have to use a key...n to get a key you must have a property near the garden..n that sherlock holmes house was on 221 baker street ( but of course it was fictional )...what else...ouh n madam tussaud is not the person who made all the wax dolls...she inherited them from her employer (she was a maid) n soon became a collector...interesting ehhh...then we hopped off at haymarket n bough fridge magnets for ourselves,n hopped on the blue line red bus...blue line bus go to royal albert hall,where we hopped off...we wanted to see the kesington palace...but too lazy to walk..n the baby was cranky...we hopped on back n just ride the bus...it goes through a few museum...n harrods...took harrods picture from the bus only...since not interested to shop there.hop off to change to red line again to go to madame tussaud wax museum...that place was packed with people...but able to snapped few pictures..yey!then got back to the hotel n rest.
Sunday,January 27th 2008...
Checked out from hotel, n went to oxford street via tube...went into nikeshop,babygap,mamasnpapas nursery...but bought nothing...just bought london tshirts for fareehah,fikri n syakirin...some pen for bang min's children...ouh..they have beardpapa n uniqlo here too!then before 2pm went back to victoria station to have lunch...at almost 3 went back to the bus stop .... easyBus-->easyJet-->metro-->bus no12-->HOME!!!!
will uplod the pics to the fotopages when i've got the chance.
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