What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;
In the primal sympathy
Which having been must ever be;
In the soothing thoughts that spring
Out of human suffering;
In the faith that looks through death,

In years that bring the philosophic mind.

-William Wordsworth-

London Day 6 - Stonehenge and Bath

On Saturday, under Kelvin's clever guidance we made our way to see some famous rocks and pweety Roman buildings. Due to reasons *akhem* not printable here and stupid non-functioning ticket machines at Waterloo station and the extremely long queue of clueless tourists who don't know how to use the ticket machines, we missed the 9.40am train and had to wait an hour for the next. Nonetheless everything was pretty smooth from then on as you can see in the pictures below.

First stop, Salisbury. Apparently this town didn't get bombed during the war as they were using the spiral of the Salisbury cathedralas a marker. Disclaimer: facts may not be right as i didn't really hear the entire story.

Fields of gold. Very old cottage on the way to Stonehenge.

Stonehenge. Mum asks, "why is everyone jumping in front of the camera? What effect is that suppose have?'. So i say, "well mum, why don't you give it a try it"

Random shots taken while waiting for the train to Bath

Old or Hard street. Why, I believe it's both old and hard. Turns out it was Old Orchard with the C ripped out.

Roman baths

Tea at Sally Lunn's. Famous buns with cinnamon butter/ raspberry jam and scones with strawberry jam and clotted cream.

Hole in the wall

Royal Crescent Hotel, Bath

uh...and i think to myself, what a wonderful world....

Oh Bollywoodness, pengsan.

Shaun the sheep says hi!

And this is the view from the town of Bath. Me likey!

Day 5 - Buckingham Palace and St. James Park

Changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace. These are not the guards but more like the band. And they played famous movies theme songs like Mission Impossible and Star Wars. Guess the music makes the guard changing thing more dramatic huh judging by the "oohhs" and "aaahhs" of the crowd.

St. James park

Again. Admire our photography skills.

The lemon icing cupcake from a restaurant in the park called In The Park which was so sweet it gave me a headache for the rest of the day
Lawn chairs placed all over the uhm lawn in most of the parks in London. It seems that someone will collect money from you if you sit on those chairs hhmm.

Horse Guard Parade. Look how ah-dohhwable the horsie is teeeheeee.

Buckingham Palace from far

For once, something other than Starbucks. Pfft. So hard to find good coffee around. This wasn't that good anyway. Castro I miss you! Oh and that's Priscilla, Queen of the desert at Covent Garden. The musical I mean, not the woman in yellow.

London Day 4 - It's called Art

Thursday is vintage day at Spitafield's Market

Some other neat stuff there

Look Jason, SOCKboys!!

Whitechapel Art Gallery's worth visiting if you like contemporary art.

Mum insists on visiting a Starbucks everyday we're out. This one was rather yummy. Strawberry and cream frape

And along Whitechapel High Street, one can find many many wholesale shops run by Indians. Which reminded me of: "Let me tell you what we'll do. You, pick the cotton. And I, will get the t-shirts made. And together...we can wholesale"


The rest of the day was spent viewing final year art students' project exhibition and vintage boutiques along Brick Lane