London memories

A year ago, my boyfriend and I went on our first trip to London. I got on a plane for the first time and was very excited and also scary at the same time. But I liked the experience and would definitely do it again. Don’t let me even bother to explain how our bags arrived home the day after us… but at the end, everything was fine.

  

My first time on the plane

 I think this was mostly my wish, especially because of my love to British royal stuff. I always wanted to see Kensington palace and other places related to princes Diana. I was lucky enough to see exhibition of her most famous dresses.

Exhibiton of  Diana's dresses in Kensington palace

Those few days gone by very quickly and I think that my experience of England was quite superficial in one way. I don’t know if I was truly aware of the fact that I was actually in London and realizing my longtime wish. There was a lot of walking, driving by subway, visiting to museums and junk food. We were not really proud of ourselves because of that and made an agreement that we’ll do better on our next trip. Supposedly typically cold, windy and rainy May was very sunny and hot. We stayed in older mansard apartment, so nights were a bit shorter and quite uncomfortable.

Kensington gardens

I must admit I was slightly nervous about terrorist attacks, safety measures were on higher level and that was noticeable. In that week there was attack at Arianna’s Grande concert in Manchester, but even very closer than usual, that seemed so far away. I’m not racist by any mean, but I’m not used to being among so many people by different nationalities. That made me feel slightly uncomfortable.

Food talk - I was disappointed with our trial of fish and chips variation, it was super greasy and tasteless. Oh but we discovered ˝Pret A Manger˝, which was very good place to eat a healthier meal. I had high hopes for coffee and cupcakes as well, but left disappointed. Maybe I should explore more, but I did really enjoy cheap chocolate from a local supermarket.

Kensington palace in the background

Best part? It might seem stupid, but I love to sit and observe people, it might be just usual street life or daily commuters on public transport. Regrets? I regret not taking some more time to take pictures and on that way collect my own memories. But I believe I will travel to London again and correct that.

My Krištof and London eye

It was just a year ago, but to me it feels quite far away. My impression of London was that it is somehow gray and sad city, probably because of their traditional architecture. Anyway I liked it very much and would like to return.