Much like the last couple of weeks, this week has been dedicated to seeing everything I wanted to in London, and I can safely say I pretty much saw everything I came here to see, and more.
Sarah and myself headed via Regent's Park to the London Zoo last Thursday, which was alright, despite the average weather throughout the day. The Australian exhibit was somewhat amusing, and animals that probably weren't used to such weather were soaked in rain and shivering. London Zoo is really poor in comparison to Perth Zoo, and also a lot smaller, although I haven't been to Perth Zoo in ages.




London Zoo
After the zoo, we caught the bus over to Camden, and walked around Camden Lock, and Camden Markets. Markets over here are everywhere, and are good places to pick up heaps of cheap clothes and awesome food. We'll probably head back there to pick some stuff up after we come back from Spain etc.
On Friday, I headed out for a day to explore central London a bit. I got off at Victoria Station, and walked past Little Ben (smaller version of the riverside one), past Victoria Palace (theater which Billy Elliott is being performed at), and towards the river. I then headed to St James's Park, and past the Churchill War Cabinet's on the way. After walking along the route of the Horse Guard, I passed Downing Street, which had a heap of heavily armed police.





I headed back to Southbank, which was considerably less crowded than when I first walked along there in June. It's a lot more relaxing and quiet this time of year, and all the tourist places are cheaper, and less crowded, which is good. I crossed over the river, and walked towards Temple, via Somerset House - which was made out to be St Petersburg Square in the James Bond movie Goldeneye.


Southbank

Somerset House
On Saturday, we headed to Portobello Market in Notting Hill. So many people, and so many stalls, it was kind of like the Royal Show, only more antiques and random junk people had in various buckets and crates on their tables. Some guy was selling old Slazenger cricket bats, complete with missing grip and peeling stickers. Who buys this stuff?


After exploring the market, we headed back to Fulham, via a stop off at Brompton Cemetary - which is a somewhat 'famous' cemetary, and also had parts of Goldeneye filmed there.

Brompton Cemetary
So, we moved out yesterday morning, and after getting settled into the hostel, we headed back to Baker Street, and went to Madame Tussauds. If you book online, and go late in the day, the entrance price is slashed from £27 to £12.50, so we took full advantage of that. It was pretty cool, and worth £12.50, but if I had paid £27 for it, I might not have been so impressed. We then headed back to Brick Lane, the heart of curry in London, and decided to head to an all you can eat Indian Buffet. Once inside, the place was PACKED, and the buffet was disgusting, but we were so hungry we didn't really think about the possible health ramifications until after we had eaten. Luckily, we didn't get sick, but thinking back to the state of the place, I think it was a bit of a roll of the dice going in there.



Madame Tussauds

Brick Lane
I think at this stage we will be home in about 3 or 4 weeks.
Until next time,
Ciao.