Daaaay 3 .... and 4

Had no pictures of Day 3 lol. Cos I very stupidly forgot to put the camera back in bag after taking it out to charge the previous night.

Not that it matters anyway cos we went to this teeny-weeny town called Brighton, which the BMW insisted on going. Frankly speaking I can't see what the big deal about it was. Sure, the pebbled beach is pretty and it does have a gorgeous view of the sea. But the skies were overcast and it was raining almost the entire day. So it's not like we have a nice Florida-like beach, with the warm sun and the golden sand. Instead we just spent the whole day playing arcade games. The only thing worth remembering about that place was my virgin trip to the casino:)

Unlike in Singapore, the casino's minimum age was 18 years old so we were all allowed to enter. It's a really small one anyway, with only a couple of tables each for Blackjack and Roulette and other games and a small room for Poker. Plus a few jackpot machines that's all. Meh.

So let's move on to Day 4!

Day 4 was by far the most exciting because we went back to Central London and visited some of the most famous places in the entire world.

Lo and behold, the Buckingham Palace!

It was around 11am, when the Changing of Guards took place, the event which everybody was waiting for. I couldn't get to the gates near enough without being suffocated by the crowd so I had no idea what went on inside the Palace grounds during the change:(

But I did have a pretty decent spot during the soldiers' march so yeah, I could live with that.

When the gates started to open again, the crowd stirred in excitement.

The soldiers putting all the music stands away after the changing ceremony

Goodbye, Buckingham Palace. You are totally awesome and one of the highlights of my London trip.

Next up, Westminster Abbey!

We didn't go into Westminster Abbey because 1) the queue was freakishly long and 2) it costs £16 just to go in. I'm sure it must be totally awesome inside but why spend $32 on it when I can see the whole thing just by going onto Youtube and searching for "The Royal Wedding", right?

Goodbye Westminster Abbey. I still love you even though later on in the trip, someone would teach me to totally hate churches and cathedrals but more about that later.

House of Parliament! Plus the Big Ben

View of the House of Parliament and Big Ben from Westminster Bridge:

Saw protest camps outside the House of Parliament!

Walking along River Thames:

Random pictures:

                                         A very cute patriotic English cab hahahah

                    I really regret not trying this. Not knowing what it tastes like is KILLING ME.

Guards outside some museum which I didn't catch the name of. Maybe the Queen's jewels are inside.

M&M's World!It's so colourful and happy inside! Didn't stay long though, cos we were in a hurry to catch:

                                            WICKED!!

I swear, Wicked is absolutely amazing. I'm kinda lazy to type out the whole story here but it's a twist to the story of The Wizard of Oz, involving the Good and Wicked Witch. Go Wikipedia to read la hahaha. No words can describe how impressed and taken away I was by this musical. I would definitely spend £46 on it again in a heartbeat.

(Actually, the tickets usually cost waaay more than £46 but we got last-minute tickets to that day's show, which always go much cheaper. So we were lucky:))

And now to end this long post with some treats for the eyes!:D Feast upon them!

No, it's not pictures of cute guys, although we did see tons of them. More in France than London really. That's why when I came back, you guys didn't hear me complaining about the lack of eye-candies here in Singapore, right? I've seen enough to last me, let's see....3 weeks? We shall seeeeee:)

Sure, they are no 1.75m-tall hunks with broad chests and muscular arms and stunning smiles but they are easy on the eyes, aren't they? Especially those cupcakes in the last picture! Absolutely delicious, even though it's slightly on the sweet side. I bought one because they look so sweet, my heart melted right there and then.

Alrighty, next up, we go to France! Stay tuned!:D