#Throwbackthursday - London Reminiscing

Originally published inward Oct. 2009

London London London ... I honey London. In spite of it's weather, high currency central rate, not-so-friendly-people, ... I withal honey it. I landed today forenoon inward to the urban meat alongside clear sky, piddling Sun smoothen in addition to pleasant temperatures (by London standards). Strolled around Central London for v hours ...absorbing everything that crossed my eyes. P.S. The urban meat has such awesome fashion sense. It's perfect for me equally I similar to wearing clothing classy in addition to quirky, both at the same time! And at nowadays that I am skinny, I tin 'legally' stone that manner (it's proficient for my ego sometimes to role the give-and-take skinny, instead of fit).

Flying into London also made me jog downwards the retentivity lane ... (I honey revisiting my 'happy memories' in addition to reliving them every gamble I get). The showtime fourth dimension I came to London was inward May 1996 (seems soooo long ago. I was only 14! Wow!). Oh! but I brutal inward honey alongside the city, instantly. As a kid, I had heard from somebody that Heathrow was i of the busiest airports inward the footing in addition to a flying took off (or landed ... can't remember) every 2 minutes. So remembering this anecdote,when nosotros got out of the airoport, I kept looking into the heaven to count the issue of airplanes I could see! (Silly ... but cute ... at nowadays that I think)

The cool in addition to moisture atmospheric condition was a welcome escape for me from the Indian Summers (especially Delhi inward May = Burning Hell). I guide maintain ever hated humidity. It makes me extremely irritable. How tin you lot peradventure smiling alongside elbow grease dripping downwards your face? London was pleasant. It rainded a lot but I didn't come across that equally a problem. It only meant nosotros had to purchase & role colorful umbrellas in addition to may hold out fifty-fifty wearable brilliant floroscent rain-coats *big.smile*. Besides nosotros were using cabs to teach everywhere, so what's the large fuss :P

The dark cabs were so adorable in addition to cute,too. I loved riding inward them (even subsequently inward life when I wasn’t a tourist, I liked using them once-in-a-while). For some argue I distinctly think humming the vocal ‘chup breadbasket raho … chum hum rahien’ (From the painting demo – Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin, click hither to listen) the showtime fourth dimension I sat inward the cab, all the agency till the hotel.

I was also quite taken yesteryear the florescent vests, that I saw all the police line officers were sporting, piece riding their cool bikes. You tin empathise my attraction to fifty-fifty their vests, considering I was comparison everything to my dwelling country.

The whole trip was amazing but the cherry on the top was our remain at The Ritz Hotel (highlight of close … if non all my holidays is the accommodation). Our luxurious Suite alongside authentic English linguistic communication décor made me experience similar The Queen herself, of course, I hadn’t seen The Buckingham Palace yet!

It was on this vacation in addition to hither at The Ritz that I discovered my 2d favorite English linguistic communication painting demo of-all-time - Dirty Dancing. For the distich of days that nosotros were at The Ritz, the painting demo kept re-running on i of the channels, in addition to therefore I ended upwards viewing it several times inward simply i trip.

The hotel was equally posh equally it gets, from the doorman, to the receptionist, to fifty-fifty their housemaids! At times it seemed they were serving The Queen, in addition to nosotros were non upwards to their standards! Haha ... I think that i of the days nosotros were refused to come inward the Breakfast Room inward spite of beingness their line of piece of employment solid guests occupying 2 suites. Why? … Apparently nosotros were non appropriately dressed for that room, equally nosotros were inward Jeans in addition to sneakers. Since nosotros were heading out to Windsor for a twenty-four threescore minutes menstruation trip, direct after the breakfast, nosotros didn’t think it was necessary to dress-up simply for a mere breakfast. Of course of written report nosotros were wrong! Although they did brand an exception in addition to allowed us to guide maintain our breakfast, but only alongside a warning. Fancy, right?!

We did the consummate tourist-y thing … seeing the urban meat on the scarlet rider vehicle (which is all over the footing now, but i time was a London novelty). I institute Buckingham Palace quite top-notch royalty. London Museum made me real angry. They had all these jewels in addition to artillery in addition to of course of written report the Kohinoor, from our province (which I withal believe, they should supply already!). I didn’t guide maintain whatever involvement inward Natural History Museum, so that was a deadening component of the trip. Harrods seems quite ostentatious. London optic wasn’t built yet (it was only opened inward 1999), which I visited alone, several years later, earlier leaving London for proficient inward 2006.

The see to London, England has ever been special no affair how many ever cities I visit. 

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