Honeymoon - London

London

• 4/23/2010 Friday
• British Museum - We only had 1 hour to visit and saw most of the worthwhile exhibits. It's a museum that you can spend 10 hours or 1 hour and still not satisfied. It was funny to see how British Museum defends its possession of the Greece artifacts (and later in Athen's Acropolis Museum, watching a video using the word "looting" to describe Lord Elgin)

• 4/24/2010 Saturday
• Tower of London - A bit boring to me but since everyone recommends it, here I am, to learn about Brisith history that I cannot remember. The White Tower was impressive and the Crown Jewels were gold-shiny!! We spent 3 hours here walking = tired legs
• Tower Bridge  - looks better on the outside than inside. We were also lucky to observe not 1 but 2 bridge "openings" to let a ship through
• Covent Garden - A crowded area (similar to Yonge & Dundas in Toronto) with lots of stores/restaurants/people
• London Eye - Initially thought it was closed at 8 pm but turned out it was 9 pm closing. We got on, took lots of pictures and came down. It was cool to see London from up top, but not that exciting really

• 4/25/2010 Sunday
• Harrods department store - Truly an world-class luxury department store. The inside is fancy, beautifully decorated, and a must-see in London for a tourist (in-store items are not must-buy though due to the high prices)
• Buckingham Palace - Walk from Harrods to Hyde Park, and then the Palace, took photos
• London Marathon - We were "lucky" to be in town for the Virgin London Marathon. Crowds all the way from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Bridge, stop-and-walk traffic throughout. Happy to see the city alive without interrupting our activities!
• Westminster Abbey - Impressive building structure, took photos
• House of Parliment / Big Ben - Usual must-take-photo buildings
• Thames River Cruise - Took the cruise from Westminster to Tower Bridge and back, with onboard commentary fun and informative

Notes

• We took advantage of the Days Out 2FOR1 offers wherever we can (actually, all of the above paid attractions)
• We purchased Travel Card 1-day pass (about $5.6~$7.5 depending on the zones) to use the 2-for-1 offers, and they allow us to travel unlimited on the Bus, Subway in Zone 1-2
• Due to the limited shorten time we have in London, we did not visit many restaurants to sit down and have a good meal (sorry honey), therefore doesn't have much comments on the food.

Overall

• London is indeed a great large city to visit for days or weeks, like New York, Paris, Taipei, or Toronto
• Bus is the best way to travel as Subway is not luggage-friendly and always crowded and hot
• People are friendly in London
• Things are okay-expensive in London
• I however probably am glad to say I have visited London (crossed off my To-Go places), and won't need to visit anytime soon