Hello world!
This very first entry marks the beginning of our journey to London.
It’s been a week, so what have we been up to since we bid goodbyes?
Let’s go back to last Sunday
After 14hrs of in-flight entertainment, babies crying, sleeping, babies crying, eating, babies crying, sleeping…
Finally, we arrive in London Heathrow airport
perking up with Starbucks
taking the tube to the city
Our hostel across the road
around the neighbourhood
As we stayed near the London bridge, we did some sightseeing
picnic by the bridge
hot bod!
Day 2 – House-hunting
all set to go~!
It’s a good way to see London while you are on the bus. From city landmarks to a mixed of foreigners living in the suburbs, you get to see it all. Sometimes, we are quite clueless as to where we are heading but thanks to the regular announcements on the bus and by asking around we manage to get to our destination. One thing good about London buses other than the announcement is, you only need to tap once when you board the bus as compare to tapping in and out in Sg. Think the first time we were really kuku and we tapped twice! Oh well, we learnt our lesson.
The first day of hunting wasn’t very fruitful. The places that we viewed wasn’t really to our liking. Location wise we felt it was pretty far from the tube and were over priced. Fortunately on the 2nd day we saw a post on gumtree of a very nice double room at an attic! wow.. we quickly called the advertiser to enquire if the room was available… IT WAS~! Immediately we made an appointment to view the house.
The trip there wasn’t very far as it was only a few tube stops to Stratford and the landlord offered to pick us up at the tube. The neighbourhood was pretty nice and peaceful, just 30 sec from the main road with rows of shops to our convenience. The attic was LOVELY… but jon said in the long run, climbing up and down those tiny spiral staircase will cause us to have tons of inconvenience… sigh~so sad.
The landlord offered another room on the 2nd floor, which was pretty big and looks relatively new. The rent is slightly more expensive than the attic but still considered reasonable. It has a big kitchen, a garden, and bathroom with bathtub. Overall it was quite good, so we decided to take it!
Here are just some random pictures we took!
the attic
the neighbourhood
well-wishing card from close friends on our little fireplace
Thanks for the Big Angbao Guys! Do come visit us soon!
the lucky ones get to sleep on velvety chocolate
what lies in these wardrobes?
the neat wardrobe
I ended up having 5 scarves! haa Can you spot? Red & white i bought myself, Grey one from ah yi, Purple one from my bro and Green one from J.
the messy wardrobe =P
what is J looking at?
ah...the ice cream truck outside...slurrrp
secret passage to narnia??
Grocery shopping
this is just half of what we bought
There is more…pillows, quilt, bedsheets etc… gotta be the most tiring day lugging all the groceries back.
What’s a better way to chillout after a long day than…
Cooking Time
potato carrot soup with cabbage, chicken and pork sausages which ended up like meatballs
Our first homemade soup and it’s yummilicious! Nice to have something chinese after all the pasta and western food.
We shall flood the end of this post with photos we took in the city.
Wellington Arch
The Royal Calvary happen to pass by and i managed to take a video of it.
outside the Royal Home
St James's Palace
The National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
had a hard time climbing up, think i stepped on J's shoulder to get to the lion
now we know where the Singapore Ducktours came about
taking a break by the Thames River
That’s all for now..hope you guys enjoyed the pics we took..more to come soon
Love, J and Yee
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