LONDON:
Friday the 15th
Mind the gap please.. and I did. I spent the weekend in London. In two and a half hours the Eurostar brought me from Brussels to the St Pancras station. The hostel that I booked was like on 10 minutes walking distance. It called the Generator and it was really a good hostel.
I dropped my luggage in the room and walked to Covent Garden. On my way I stopped to eat a little snack. It is not really easy to find something healthy for dinner! The menu is alway offering fried or toasted or fat food... big city life I guess... And London ofcourse also famous to charge his service.. I had a nice eveningwalk in Covent Garden and went back to the hostel for a drink in the bar and met some nice people.
Saturday the 16th
Really looked forward to this Saturday, because I planned to meet up with Kath. A British miss that I've met last year on my trip on Fraser Island in Australia. I first walked to the subburb Clerkenwell. Nice to see some small streets, cosy houses, .. this is the neighbourhood where Charles Dickens was born.
At lunch time I've meet up with Kath outside the Tate Modern. I didn't found an underground station nearby so I took a double decker buss and acted like a real tourist by sitting upstairs in front of the window. It's really amazing how the public transport in London is organised!!
Sunday the 17th:
In my hostel room there were 2 girls from Canada who asked me if I wanted to join them on the Jack the Ripper Tour. But I kindly rejected this offer... Went to Camden, the famous street markets. Took a picture of a guy of a jewelery market booth, but he got really pissed and told me first to ask if I wanna take pictures of him. He was actually correct but I was surprissed of the way he got angry for this.
At 1pm I went to Covent Garden to meet up with Kath again. Covent garden is really a happy place. We saw a friend of Kath overthere as well. I left early, because I wanted to go to the docklands. But my plans got mixed up a bit. The DLR, a kind of train, didn't work propper and the line I needed wasn't working that day. I went with the rail service bus, but it took like ages to get there. I walked around at Canary Wharf and it's architectural area. I'd love to go to Greenwich as well, but I ran out of time and it start to get really windy and cold. The bus back got stuck in a traffic jam, but actually I liked it. I had a little bit of sight seeing of the real touristy stuff of London (London Bridge/ Tower Bridge / Westminster Abey/..)
I Took an evening dinner in the hostel and had a nice chat with a Swedish girl. We had a few drinks in the bar and then I went to sleep.
Monday the 18th:
At 4pm I had to be in St. Pancras station to take the train back. The morning and lunch I have spend in the Tate Modern museum. And I still could use more time in there. This is really a must see in London!!!
More pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyesofsarah/
Mind the gap please.. and I did. I spent the weekend in London. In two and a half hours the Eurostar brought me from Brussels to the St Pancras station. The hostel that I booked was like on 10 minutes walking distance. It called the Generator and it was really a good hostel.
I dropped my luggage in the room and walked to Covent Garden. On my way I stopped to eat a little snack. It is not really easy to find something healthy for dinner! The menu is alway offering fried or toasted or fat food... big city life I guess... And London ofcourse also famous to charge his service.. I had a nice eveningwalk in Covent Garden and went back to the hostel for a drink in the bar and met some nice people.
Saturday the 16th
Really looked forward to this Saturday, because I planned to meet up with Kath. A British miss that I've met last year on my trip on Fraser Island in Australia. I first walked to the subburb Clerkenwell. Nice to see some small streets, cosy houses, .. this is the neighbourhood where Charles Dickens was born.
Clerkenwell:
At lunch time I've meet up with Kath outside the Tate Modern. I didn't found an underground station nearby so I took a double decker buss and acted like a real tourist by sitting upstairs in front of the window. It's really amazing how the public transport in London is organised!!Lady on the public transport:
Sitting on a bench between the Tate modern and the Thames I saw Kath appearing. So nice to see her back! We went for a dinner and walked on the Thames Path, went to Spitafield markets, city centre,.. in the evening we went for dinner and a drink in Clapham, which is in the South of London. Not really a touristy area, it was the subburb where she stayed at a friends place. Funny to see how the going out spirit is here the same as in Australia. Girls over dressed up, a little bit cheap and the guys, looking all the same...
Sunday the 17th:
In my hostel room there were 2 girls from Canada who asked me if I wanted to join them on the Jack the Ripper Tour. But I kindly rejected this offer... Went to Camden, the famous street markets. Took a picture of a guy of a jewelery market booth, but he got really pissed and told me first to ask if I wanna take pictures of him. He was actually correct but I was surprissed of the way he got angry for this.
At 1pm I went to Covent Garden to meet up with Kath again. Covent garden is really a happy place. We saw a friend of Kath overthere as well. I left early, because I wanted to go to the docklands. But my plans got mixed up a bit. The DLR, a kind of train, didn't work propper and the line I needed wasn't working that day. I went with the rail service bus, but it took like ages to get there. I walked around at Canary Wharf and it's architectural area. I'd love to go to Greenwich as well, but I ran out of time and it start to get really windy and cold. The bus back got stuck in a traffic jam, but actually I liked it. I had a little bit of sight seeing of the real touristy stuff of London (London Bridge/ Tower Bridge / Westminster Abey/..)
I Took an evening dinner in the hostel and had a nice chat with a Swedish girl. We had a few drinks in the bar and then I went to sleep.Monday the 18th:
At 4pm I had to be in St. Pancras station to take the train back. The morning and lunch I have spend in the Tate Modern museum. And I still could use more time in there. This is really a must see in London!!!
More pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyesofsarah/
3 comments:
nice story..nice pictures..
greetz
Ik dacht al dat ik die ieniemieniekamerkes van ergens herkende (die'k op den facebook gezien heb)! Ooit nog in The Generator verbleven op schoolreis. Vond ik vreselijk: kleine kamers (I was claustrofobian back then (nu nog eel klein bischen)) met zo'n cijferslot, brrr.
Maar wel goede locatie of course.
zeg, je hebt nog veel betere fotie op je datingsite staan (heb ik gezien, ergens, toevallig).
uploaden die hap!
bno
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