Euro Trip, Day 16 (July 3, 2013) - London, UK
Moving to London by Eurostar train. We were told that the food stand would open at 12pm. At around 11.15 we already stood at front of the food corner to avoid the long line and empty stock. We became the first customer to be served. We went back to our seats and I saw the queue line was very long. Phew! There was only one woman serving us all. She was multitasking: preparing all the food and having the transaction at the cashier. Oh God.
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| Au revoir, Paris! |
Finally we arrived at King's Cross Station! I was very amazed with the station that it looks like an airport to me. Oh, and finally people speak English! While we were waiting for our bus, we exchanged our money into Poundsterling at the suggested money changer near the station. Then we came back inside the station. I saw a queue line and I was sooo excited about what they're queueing for: Harry Potter's Platform 9 3/4! We could take a picture and I absolutely didn't want to miss that opportunity. It was so magical and I felt like one of Hogwarts student. We could choose any color of scarf we would like to wear. I wasn't sure which house I'm in so I just picked Ravenclaw because the blue color suited my outfit that time. We could use our own camera or their camera but you'll have to pay afterwards and take it at the Harry Potter shop. I was getting more excited being there. Thank God I didn't think too long to join the line because after I had my shot, I saw the queue line was getting even longer.
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| Let's go to Hogwarts! |
We were going around the city. Our bus driver, even though he was already old with white hair, he was crazy and funny. He even gave porn tabloids and magazines to one of my tour friend (what?!), but he's a nice man, though. I forgot his name. We visited Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, and a place where we can have Tower Bridge as a nice background. I might have been in London for only a few hours, but I could tell I was already in love with this city! The people, the places, everything just suits me. I felt very comfortable being there.
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| Buckingham Palace |
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| Westminster Abbey |
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| Big Ben |
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| Tower Bridge behind me |
Then we were taken to the famous Harrods. This place is huuuge and it is very crowded inside. I even had to wait in queue to get in the restroom. Everything is available there. Clothes, souvenirs, food! Found lots of food with fancy packaging especially the chocolate. I didn't buy anything. Again, window-shopping is enough for me and at least I know how a Harrods looks like.
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| Spotted Nat Geo store |
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| This is what I had been looking forward |
We then arrived at our hotel and took our luggage from the bus, to find out that one of my luggage is missing. What. Kind. Of. Problem. Is This. When we arrived at the train station earlier, we didn't check our belongings again. We only saw that all of our luggage were being put to the bus at the station. We didn't make sure our luggage were there. We just trust the driver and the station crew. We directly reported the problem to our guide and he was panicked. He helped us finding the luggage by calling anyone that can solve the problem. And the worst thing is my dad said what's inside that missing luggage is our new things, including my brother's original jerseys and the luggage itself is the new one. Suck. We were still hoping much because we still had 24 hours until we finally left London.
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