After a night's rest, we head out to the street of London. We went to Harrods after breakfast, it's not so much for shopping (coz both of us ain't rich) but more for the Harrods Market Hall, housing a variety of delicacies. Both of us were instantaneously attracted to all the delicious looking desserts (we both have a sweet tooth). We regretted having our breakfast earlier on as we are now too full to take anything... we could only wipe our drools dry, promised to come back next time. Although its only end of September, but Harrods is already gearing up for the upcoming Christmas with x-mas decorative and x-mas carols. It's never too early for Christmas.
We passed by Russell Square and met a man-size London bear on the way to the British Museum. How could we reject the opportunity to take a photo with the cute bear-bear?We had a short coffee break after that at Carnaby Street Square. As there is free wifi access at the cafe, Bel quickly took out her IPod Touch and started surfing for some information and ideas on where to go next. It's our second cappuccino of the day in London and both times they failed to our expectations. Bel decided that she's giving up coffee until we arrive in Italy. After the break, we had a short walk along Oxford Street before going to the Buckingham Palace. We just lingered around for a while, looking at the Palace guards, and also rest our feet at the forecourt of the palace. Strolling along the St. James Park, we had fun meeting some 2 and 4 legged friends (ducks, swans, squirrels)... Coming out of the park, we saw the famous old London red double-decker bus which is on private hire. Day 3
In the morning, we head to Borough Market, London's oldest food market, on the south bank of Thames. It's best to come here in the morning to enjoy the noisy, busy and bustling environment. Bring along a big shopping bag and a big appetite as you will be overwhelmed with a large variety of foods from all around the world. If you like desserts, make sure you try out the ultra-sinful yet extremely yummy Chocolate brownies (GBP2 per piece) from the Flourpowercity Bakery stall. It's ultra chocolaty yet not too sweet and leaves you yearning for more after each bite. Another must try when you are here is the great coffee from Monmouth Coffee Company but please be ready to wait in the very long queue. They have a stall in the market and a shop outlet setup next to the Borough Market, both with equally long queues. We packed coffee, brownies and a large beef burger and head over to the Thames river. 
After breakfast, we walked along the Thames river and took photos of the Tower Bridge and also the London skyline. We crossed the tower bridge, passed by the Tower of London and then took the tube to St. Paul's Cathedral. I've visited St. Paul's Cathedral on my previous trip with my sister so I wasn't intending to pay the fee again. Bel thought since we are going to Italy next, she too will save GBP10 admission fee. Please note that you could still enter the cathedral but you'll be limited to only the front portion of the cathedral hall. However, if you are only visiting London, I think it's worth paying the money to enter cathedral and climb up the dome for a good panoramic view of London. If you do go up the dome, make sure you stop and had some fun at the 'whispering gallery'. It gets its name because a whisper against its wall at any point is audible to a listener with an ear held to the wall at any other point around the gallery. This works only for whispered speech - normal voiced speech is not focused in this way.After St. Paul's we walked over to the Tate Modern but I guess both of us don't really know how to appreciate many of the modern（抽象）arts inside so we left the gallery fairly quickly. There's some kind of street festival as we were walking towards London Eye. Being here for the 3rd time, I wasn't very motivated to take out my camera for photos :p but just snapped some shots with my natural camera from God - my eyes. That night, we went for Bosphorus Kebab at Old Brompton Road as recommended by one of Bel's colleague. Its just a small store and we sat outside the store along the walkway. Felt like the 'mamak' stalls back in Malaysia. The food are delicious yet most importantly it doesn't cost a bomb.
Here are the photos from our London trip...
London with Belinda Sept 2008
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