Day 5 - 19th June, 2002
Went for a courtesy visit to the factory. After which Sunny dropped me off at a newsagents opposite his workplace. I bought a daypass from the newsagents and took a bus into the city. That was a really lovely experience and would recommend it to anyone visiting London. While travelling by the tube you miss out on the quaint sights of the city but you can see it all in the bus ride. Got stuck in a traffic jam at the over crowded Oxford Street so I got off there(instead of going to the last stop) and took a tube to Bayswater. Lunched at this cafe on the sidewalk and then kept on walking. Reached Queensway and roamed around a bit..took a bus to Notting Hill(Yes, it's the same Notting Hill of the movie of the same name) didn't know where the blue travel book shop was which Hugh Grant owned in the movie so just roamed about on the main street a bit and then walked up to god knows where and took a tube to Knightsbridge which houses the famous Harrods. The moment you enter Harrods you are overawed by the grandeur, opulence and the poshness of the place. You'll find everything you need but at a very high price. I spent more than a hour admiring all the designer labels and classy stuff it housed. I got out and started walking...I passed Hyde Park and the South Kensington area in search of a tube station. I finally decided to take a bus as it would pass a tube station at some point of time. After a while on the bus it yet hadn't passed a station so I decided to get off. When I asked a lady which bus to take for the closest tube station she told me it was the same bus I had just got off from!!!!!! I waited for another one to come and went back home. I didn't plan to visit Madame Tussads, the London Eye, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Hyde Park, Trafalgar Square and the other common touristy places as I've already seen them in my previous visits. It's better going to the common places as that's what any city actually is. And walking about is the best way...you get to see the lovely buildings and houses, the parks, restaurants, the Londoners(i don't know whether to call them friendly or not).
posted by elusion @ 8/06/2002 05:25:00 AM,
