London 29 December 2011

Blog 29 December - London.

Christina

This morning at 6am Charles and I met at Heathrow Airport, London. It was so nice to see each other again after so long! We took the train to Paddington station where our hotel is. We were both tired (me from jet lag, Charles from lack of sleep) so we slept for a couple of hours.
Around 11am we walked out to Hyde Park which was lovely. Lots of squirrels and birds. Christina reached the low point of jet lag and so we walked back to the hotel for a nap.

After a little rest at the hotel we went to do some shopping! We headed out to Oxford Circus in the Bakerloo line. First was Liberty department store! It was super big and busy. Very pretty wooden building. Then we determined to go to Irregular Choice shoe shop in carnaby street - coolest of streets.. Charles bought me a lovely pair of shoes as my Christmas present! it is the coolest shop in the whole world.

We looked at lots of other shops around there too. It's a fashionable place. Lunch was had at a cute little restaurant which looked awful from outside but was lovely. We only went there because Pret A Manger was full, and I'm so glad it was! We also went to Vivienne Westwood (which we couldn't afford) and Urban Outfitters. But my lovely shoes were the only purchase.

Since we were so tired we couldn't stay out all night and got back to the hotel at about 5 and had take away food from the station for dinner (cornish pasties!). We watched Escape to the Country and it was just like being home. I kept falling asleep a little bit and consequently don't know which house they picked. It's now 10:04 and I feel like I've done pretty well today. It is so lovely to be together again! Now we can just talk all the time.