Finally - A weekend in London!

We dedicated this past weekend to discovering London - atleast a small part of it. London has soo many things to see, to do.. no way we can finish seeing everything in these 10 weeks. The vibrant Camden or the fancy Canary Wharf, the charming Covent Garden or the happening Soho, the quieter St. John's Wood (where we live) or the ever busy Oxford Circus/Piccadilly Circus and I could go on and on...there is something for everyone!

On Saturday we went to the famous Portobello Market in Notting Hill - the world's largest antiques market! It was 1 mile long, lined by all these shops selling antiques, jewelry, clothes, bags, you name it...and sooo crowded but soo much fun!




The 2.99 pounds Lebanse "all-you-can fill in your small foil tray" buffet was delicious!!!
After that we walked around Notting Hill a little bit, then to the Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. It was a GREAT day and everyone was out enjoying the weather. We passed the Royal Albert Hall and the Albert memorial. On each of the corners of the memorial are large sculptures representing the four corners of the world. Africa is represented by a camel, the Americas with a buffalo, Asia by an elephant and a bull for Europe.

We had our own little picnic in Hyde Park with a lamb sandwich and some beer. :)

We then headed to Chelsea to see how the rich guys live! We took a little walking tour, starting from King's Road, to some Old Church street, to the Chelsea Embankment and back and passed the 'Cheyn' area which had all the fancy houses! Many rich and famous people live in that neighborhood. All we could do is wish.... *sigh*.




On Sunday we decided to go to different hemisphere or better still stand between 2 hemispheres! Yes we went to the Greenwich meridian or the 0'0' longitude. Erin joined us as Mike had to work. (Poor Mike!)

Mr. Mohan and the sundial. The sundial doesn't support daytime savings so it was 1 hour behind!

There was a long hike to the Royal Observatory through the Greenwich Gardens and Erin did better time than me even with Baby Featherstone in her!

The tired us..

It was really crowded but we managed to take some cheesy pictures! :)




Mike finally joined us..... here are Mike and Erin enjoying our most expensive plate of nachos ($14!)! They were really bad too...We then walked around and saw the Queen's Palace and the Royal Academy. Unfortunately the Cutty Sark was under conservation and not visible.