Let Our London Adventures Begins

The sunrise in London is really crazy early… I was shocked by the daylight when I opened my eyes and found out that it was only 4am in the morning. Surprised yet tired, I went back to sleep of course… haahahahaha…

Woke up around 6am eventually to freshen up and helped out in the kitchen to get breakfast ready for everyone as our Chef Mike was already preparing breakfast the moment he got up. We did not waste any time and set off to our Hop-on-hop-off bus ride since we had a long and tiring flight yesterday. 

We were thankful that we did not need to travel far to board this bus and we were the first few onboard and manage to get the best seats in the house… :0) The bus brought us for a wonderful city tour and we were just exploring the places on a relaxing bus ride. As the bus weren’t full, it gave us the freedom to move in and out of the sheltered area and that’s when I managed to snap many good pictures.

After having a 1-hour ride on the bus, we decided to hop off to visit the Tower of London. It was a very cooling day especially after the light rain in the morning. Since it was lunch time, we went to grab a bite at the Wagamama Restaurant which is located near the entrance of the Tower of London. The food wasn’t the best but it was okay though hubby and Chef Mike mentioned that the ramen was a total failure! 

We breezed through the queue at the Tower of London with our London Passes and we managed to join the tour too. The Tower of London is pretty massive! We broke away from the tour group as it was taking too much time talking and explaining the history of this place. We walked around on our own and managed to see quite a bit of the place like the Ravens, White Tower and even Crown Jewels where you get to see the crowns of the queens.

The Tower of London is too massive for us to finish so we decided to proceed to the Tower Bridge and we were really in luck to see the bridge opening up for a boat to cross. Learnt from the people in London that it does not happen very often. We were really in luck indeed to witness this while touring in London! Woohoo!!!!

We continued our journey to The Shard which is popular for their magnificent view of London from the top! The iconic tower has redefined the London skyline and is already an international symbol for London. A mixed-use “vertical city,” it offers more than 55,000 square meters of office space on 25 floors, three floors of restaurants, a 17-story hotel, 13 floors of apartments and a triple-height viewing gallery, as well as an open-air viewing floor on level 72. It is crowned with a steel-framed pinnacle and clad with shards of glass designed to blend into the sky. You are indeed on top of the world when you are up there with bars, ice-cream and popcorn carts around to keep you entertained. 

It was certainly a great adventure today exploring a small part of London and we were all tired out. We headed home for a simple home cooked dinner by our Chef Mike and chatted over the dinner. Now, we need a good sleep to recharge ourselves for tomorrow’s itinerary.