Ok i'm finally getting around to doing this. Here is how i spent my wonderful holiday to the wonderful city of London....

Monday morning. had to get up at 4o'clock in the morning to catch an early flight (which i think always makes it more exciting don't you think??) so my sister and I left a dark, wet and cold Ireland having packed all our thermals, wooly jumpers, coats etc., only to be greeted by fantastic weather!!
Our hotel was in the Kensington area which is such a beautiful part of the city! our room wasn't quite ready having arrived at about 9 in the morning so off we went for a sunny morning walk in Hyde Park(wooo Queen venue!) and Kensington Gardens. its just breath taking there! but boy was it hot!! and after shedding a few of our many layers of clothes we dragged ourselves back to the hotel...
We decided we were much too tired to walk for the rest of the day so a big open bus tour was next. i'd recommend this as the best way to see the city! so with the sun shining and a recording of info on every landmark we passed,(free earphones and everything!) Marble arch, Oxford Street, St. Pauls Cathedral, John Nash Arcitechture, Big ben, Tower bridge, London Eye, Westminster Abbey-all this very touristy stuff that i supppose most people find boring but i just love it!! i love heaering all about the history of buildings and places and our camera was snapping continuosly!
The evening involved a very long search for the MASSIVE Topshop on Oxford street which we walked up and down about 3 times (and found out afterwards that its like a mile and a half long!!) looking for(and it was so worth it when we did-its like a fricken art gallery! *swoon*)

Tuesday. Another fantastic, hot, sunny day (i know i'm so caught up on this but Ireland's summer has been the wettest, coldest feck up of a summer so this was a big deal!) got up early and went back out on our bus tour, this time to get off at the different land marks: Hamleys toy store (a bit of a let down if i'm being honest), Picadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, etc. made a trip to the national gallery which is so amazing! there's a wonderful square with massive fountains outside and i saw lots of stunning art (including some that i had studied for my leaving cert, so i felt proud!) and also some of my favourites such as Monet, Van Gough(Sunflowers!! ) and Rembrahnt.
That evening me shopped some more on oxford St. where there was also a fantastic street performance of a guy who was playing guitar, drums and harmonica all at the same time whilst singing(such a cool guy, kinda Jimi hendrix meets Phil Lynott!) and then ......WE WILL ROCK YOU!!!! it was so totally amazing, even better than the first time!!! admitidly the seats weren't the best but it did't matter! we laughed, we sobbed, and we sang our hearts out!! and it was over all too soon....:tear)

Wednesday. (Sunny and sweltering hot! ) we went to Notting Hill which is such a GORGEOUS town!! my favorite shops were her-second hand record and dvd/video stores (wooo Rocky Horror Picture Show and Highlander both for about £8!), vintage clothing shops, art shops, used comic book shops, it was fantastic! and then of course there was Portebello market which has such a lovely buzz. we looked for the famous Travel Book Shop where we had planned to ask for Winnie the Pooh or the new John Grisham thriller. but alas, we couldn't find it...
next was Garden Lodge. we took pictures, we wrote messages (i saw Tinis message!) we hung around for a while but i felt kinda uncomfortable, like we were loitering or something...it was a poignant moment i can't quite describe it....i just saw the door and my stomach lurched and my heart was thumping wildly...
Money was running out fast so we went to Leister Sq. and just hung out there for a while to kill some time (inexpensively!) until the second show we were going to see started-Chicago. It was fantastic. Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child fame played the character of Roxie Harte and it was just amazing-set, cast, choreography, band-just class!!

Thursday. (not so sunny but still warm. ) before we went home we decided that we must see Abbey Road! THEE Abbey Road where the Beatles shot that famous photo! ([link]) it was so cool! there were a few other tourists there just walking over and back, over and back-it was hilarious! all the cars were stopping (as you do at a zebra crossing!) but we all just kept walking over it again and again trying to get the perfect picture! the locals must be so sick of it! so after many pics and messages on the Abbey Rd. studio wall and a trip to the little beatles Coffee shop by the underground, the plan was to go to Camden market but we became a bit lost for a few hours!! were wondering around somewhre ithink, in the north of London but we eventually found an underground and got to the market (very cool market! ) and then very exhausted (and happy!) we went home!

i'm so glad to have had the oppurtunity to go and visit all the places that i've always wanted to go!! sorry for such a long account but it was really for my beifit more than anything before i forget all the details!

Phew thats a lot off my brain and off my chest now! LONDON ROCKS!!