Chapter 82 - Bath, London, United Kingdom (Day 2)

Holla! In Day 2, we went to another part of London that is Bath. Known as one of the world heritage sites, I personally look forward to it. Probably, that was due to the drama exposure by "Triumph in the Skies 2" where Captain Cool, Captain Tong and Holiday had wonderful moments in Bath. 

So, here's my journal in Day 2, London.

Enjoy reading :)

Woke up at 6am in London! Once I freshened up, I headed to the hotel's lobby. Woah-la! It was quiet yet cold along the street of London. So peace and calm...That's life...

 Breakfast in the hotel

It took us about 2 hours and 45 minutes to reach Bath. By that time we reached, it was already lunch time hence, we stopped by at Green Park Brasserie. 

Selfie in front of the restaurant.

 For lunch, we had mushroom soup, roast chicken and caramelized oranges - the oranges were really sweet but I didn't manage to take a shot of it - couldn't resist my temptation though

Buildings in Bath - it was brilliantly built and structured.

Oh ya, the buildings are not made by bricks but are made by limestone

As we strolled along the street, we stopped for a few seconds to take a wefie shot. 

Temperature on that day was quite cold too - if I remember correctly, it was at 6 to 7 degree Celcius

Our first official stop in Bath was at Royal Crescent! As we came out from the coach, we were welcomed by a sudden gust of cold wind. 

Greetings from Royal Crescent, Bath, United Kingdom

Next, we went to The Circus.

It is an example of Georgian architecture where the "circus" means a ring, oval or a circle.

 A 2-seconds stop for a photo as we were walking to Roman Baths

Roman Baths which are built around thermal spring.

You can spend more time here to learn the lifestyle of Roman 

Shots inside Roman Baths

After Roman Baths, we went to the magnificent Bath Abbey, an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery

Check out the architectural of Bath Abbey

By that time we completed our tour at Bath Abbey, it was already 430pm.

London gets dark at about 5pm so that means we had to leave to the city by then.

 See the amazing view of Bath, London

Traffic was really bad and we reached to the city at 830pm.

We finished all the food within minutes - it was either due to the nice food or we were just too hungry.

Lady luck was not with us on that day. As the coach operator cannot afford to be on the road for more than 12 hours, he left us behind. That said, we boarded the London tube back to the hotel and thankfully, it was super convenient. Initially, we thought of going to somewhere else but we were quite tired by the time we reached hotel hence, we called it off a day after refreshing ourselves.

After all, Day 3 would be another busy yet exciting day.

Regards,

Foodiestravel

Chapter 81 - London, the Land of King (Day 1)

I'm back!! Hahah..like two weeks ago. Truly blessed that I had the chance to visit London this year despite a short one. I spent about 8 days and 5 nights there yet, time didn't seem to be sufficient. I went to a number of places which I would certainly share with all of you here.

Overall, I love this place so much! I love London, not just the cold weather where we experienced zero degree Celsius but the lifestyle, work pace are certainly amazing to me. 

No doubt to say that you have to walk a lot when you are in London. In a day, I can literally walked more than 10, 000 steps and of course, I enjoyed it despite that my legs were aching at some point. As it is about 8 hours time difference between Malaysia and London, I did not start my day with a pack schedule. Once we stepped into London, we had a city tour followed by a good proper Chinese meal in Chinatown before checking in to Lancaster Gate Hotel.

The hotel's location is fantastic for us because it is just right opposite the Hyde Park and is a walking distance to the first Hard Rock Cafe, Oxford Street and Winter Wonderland.

I shall let the photos to illustrate how my Day 1 was in London =)

One of the meals that I had in MH flight that flew for 13 hours.

All I did is eat, sleep and watch movie.

Upon reaching the Heathrow airport - it was freaking cold with zero degree Celcius.

The first stop where we came down from the bus to breathe in the cool air while taking some selfie shot. Wah-la, London welcomed me.

 One of the shots taken during the city tour - look at how healthy the Londoners are - they cycle around despite the cold weather.

 Selfie shot taken in front of Buckingham Palace - So happy to see the sun

Buckingham Palace, London

Buildings in London. Truly amazed with their architecture.

Big Ben, one of the iconic tourist spots in London

Selfie shot again in St Paul Cathedral's Garden - we took a toilet break here while feeding our beloved tummy with sandwiches from Pretz.

 Photo taken in front of St Paul Cathedral

 Here I am, standing near to The Shard (the tallest building in the European Union) which is also referred as the Shard of Glass

 Shot taken in front of Tower Bridge - amazing view and breathtaking scenery

 One of the unique places that I saw during my city tour

 Hunger kicked in and we stopped at Chinatown, London. 

Hello Chinatown!!

Headed to New Loon Fung and had a variety of Chinese food. I like it but I couldn't eat much at that point of time. Probably, that's due to the long flight. After the lunch, we got our local SIM card done- by that time, it was already late afternoon and soon, we checked into our beloved hotel, Lancaster Gate Hotel. Took an hour to relax before we headed off for our dinner.

Dinner was at The Prospect of Whitby, River Thames. Personally, I feel that it is quite far for us to travel all the way from our hotel to River Thames, just to have the fish & chips. We were quite tired by the time we reached perhaps due to the bad traffic jam as well as our long flight. 

We headed back to hotel after our dinner and called the day off. 

After all, Bath was our main destination for the second day.

Regards,

Foodiestravel