London is always a good idea. Ever since my first visit, I knew I would come back here one day. And now my life goal is to earn enough money to life there one day. I am aware that it seems utopistic, but once you have fallen in love with a city it´s hard to forget about it. My recent trip to London has been... inspiring. I spend five days of walking and cycling through London and I must say, it´s tiring. But it´s well worth it.
We booked our accomodations over Airbnb and I highly recommend it! We lived in Shoreditch and our host was very lovely! So here is to everyone who has to prioritize their money and still wants to have a nice bed to fall asleep at night! :)
The first day I was trying to pound all sights. But to be honest. If you are in London, almost everything appears to be a sight. It might be an old, creaky door or the famous red busses, it makes your heart cringe and your hands fiddle with the camera. The city is just full of quirky things at every corner.
Being the typical tourist, I went on a boats tour and I must say it was the best idea ever. Fortunately we catched a sunny day and it was mesmerizing to cruise on the river. I even caught a sunburn haha. It was definitely worth it. Another recommendation which I mentioned above is to hire cycles sponsored by Barclays. You can´t really miss them, they are everywhere in the city. It costs only 2 pounds for 24 hours which is way cheaper than the sub and you see so much more of the city! But it´s fair to say the traffic is quite.. hectic and it needs time to get used to driving on the left.
It´s hard to choose what my favorite part of London has been. It might be the vibes in the street, the Tate modern (which is free & very inspiring and not to forget you have a lovely view from the café on the Harry Potter bridge in all its glory), the lovely Parks, the Camden Lock Market (I bought an old Polaroid Camera for 25 pounds), Whole Foods or just the good old Big Ben. Oh and not to forget probably the best shopping place in the world!!
I really can´t choose.
But maybe.. well there has been quite a unique incident. Since over a year now I am keeping up with Charly Cox blog Style the Natives. You probably heard of her already. Well, I saw her posting about this show called Then (incredible, incredible show and done by so talented people! Go watch it or get involved! :) ) and that she´ll be hosting the Q&A afterwards. Me, being the massive (secret) fangirl bought tickets for the show. You can´t blame me, it was too much of an coincident that I am exactly at this time in London, to not buy it. I saw her in the lobby before the show and I was too scared to go up to her, actually I hid in the bathroom haha :D But somehow I got my self together and managed to crab a hold of her while she was just getting of the phone. Believe me, it took all my guts to tell her how much her blog means to me and that she´s such an inspiration for me. I am not exactly sure what I expected her to answer to my love-confession since I didn´t plan anything at all (way to go, I stuttered the whole time). But: she was the sweetest person on earth. I am glad that it meant a lot to her, because that´s why I did it. I wanted her to know that she touches a lot of hearts.
Yes, that was a pretty impressive moment in London and I won´t forget it.
If you want to see the marvelous view over the city, then climb up the Primrose hill. You can spot many couples spending the last ray of sunlight romanticly cuddled together, but you still can enjoy the view if you are a single pringle like me haha. It´s definitely wort it, even if its a little bit cloudy like it was when I was there.
Well, how to end an endless story about being in love with a city? All I can say is, crab your bags and go! Wherever you wanna go, just go! And if its London, go right now!!! Haha, but I´m serious, this city has been breathtaking and I will visit London all my life.
I will leave you with some snapshots (sorry if they are not the best quality I took them with my phone) of London who will always stay dear to me heart,
hope y´all have a lovely night x
hope y´all have a lovely day & night x
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