Get around in London

December 31, 2014

Get around in London - Part I

What you need is the schedule even though you prefer free and easy traveling. So, travelers still remain to do some research before departures. Otherwise, it gonna be lost around the city and torturing your legs. Below is the example of the itinerary that could helps. Foremost, remember to get an Oyster Card when you travel around London city where it is so much convenient. The Oyster card can be purchase in the tube station of London Heathrow Terminals.

Oyster Card

Either reaching London Heathrow Airport in the early morning or in the evening, just shift along the way you like and this is the the top attractions in London for travelers.

Day 1

Yauatcha, Soho for Dim Sum

Steamed Dim Sum

Congee

Sticky rice in lotus leaf

London style of Char Kuey Teow

Yauatcha
Add: 15 - 17 Broadwick Street
Soho, London W1F 0DL

Hours Of Operation
Mon - Sat : 12:00pm - 11:30pm
Sun : 12:00pm - 10:30pm

Visit London Chinatown and Piccaddily Circus after the morning dim sum since it is just few minutes walk.

Chinatown

Next, travelers can be given the choice of shopping from Piccadilly Circus through Oxford Circus road. There are few shopping stores around no matter the common brands that you have known or even branded stores is all around here:

- Burberry, Ted Baker and many more are just along the Piccadilly Circus street
- Hamleys, the oldest toy retailers in the world
- Topshop, H&M, Nike in Oxford Circus
- Selfridges, well-known international brands stores
- Primark, the cheapest and largest stores in Oxford Street
(*exit from Marble Arch tube station nearest although you can walk from Oxford Circus street)
Hours Of Operation : 8:30am - 10:00pm

If you tend to visit the other attractions rather than shopping then goes for Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace and Hyde Park that remain in the same Piccadilly line. When the time comes to the afternoon, follow the habits of Londoners that prefer to grab a sandwich for lunch instead of dining and enjoy in the park (Summer period).

Dinner in Harvey Nichols for Burger & Lobster, and why not Soho? Is just to avoid the long queue especially on weekends. After dinner, walk around the Knightsbridge where Harrods (designer stores) is located.

Harrods
Add: 87-135 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge,
London, SW1X 7XL

Hours Of Operation
Mon - Sat : 10:00am - 8:00pm
Sun : 11:30am - 6:00pm

Day 2

Visit iconic London Eye and Big Ben in Westminster tube station

London Eye

Big Ben

Night View of Big Ben

Get the tube to Borough tube station to the London's most renowned food market (Borough Market) for delicious foods such as St John Bakery Doughnuts and Monmouth Coffee.

Borough Market

On sunny weekend

Borough Market
Add: 8 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1TL

Hours Of Operation
Mon - Thurs : 10:00am - 5:00pm
Fri : 10:00am - 6:00pm
Sat : 8:00am - 5:00pm

Then, the London Bridge in Tower Hill station where comes along the traditional English song:

London Bridge is falling down,

Falling down, falling down.

London Bridge is falling down,

My fair lady.

Eventually, this iconic bridge is known as Tower Bridge.

Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge

Night View of Tower Bridge

What do you think of different outfit in the same destination, Tower Bridge?

On the other hand, take the bus ride (RV1, if I'm not mistaken) from Tower Bridge to Covent Garden and ready to grab a snack of Shake & Shack that popular in New York.

Covent Garden

Shake & Shack

Shake & Shack
Add:Covent Garden, 24 Market Building, The Piazza
London, WC2E 8RD

Hours Of Operation
Mon – Sat : 11:00am – 11:00pm
Sun : 11:00am – 10:30pm

After the meal, let's show a hidden area in Covent Garden where I called it as a secret garden - Neal's Yard. The reason to calls it secret garden was because it kinda hard to find this area if you are not familiar with Covent Garden. Meanwhile, the buildings here is beautiful when the sun light shine over the walls.

Neal's Yard

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Neal's Yard

A greenery garden

Next, at the Covent Garden take the Piccadilly line and change to Northern line at the King's Cross St.Pancreas station. Leave the train in Camden Town station. Often, Camden Town is best known for local foodstuff markets and famous for punk. So, walk all the way to experience the culture different and go dinner in the Top 1 Fish & Chips - The Poppies.

Fish & Chips

The Poppies
Add: 30 Hawley Crescent, London NW1 8NP

Hours Of Operation:
Mon – Sat: 11:00am to midnight Sun: 11:00am to 11:00pm

Day 3

- Duck & Waffle for breakfast
Refer the following review: http://yvetteleow.blogspot.com/2014/12/still-wondering-what-to-eat-in-london.html

- If you planning to go other part of UK or Europe, next visit will be King Cross St. Pancreas station.
Are you being curious of what can we do in the train station?

London King's Cross station

London King's Cross St Pancreas station is well-known by everyone and of course, with the Harry Potter's 9 3/4 platform in King Cross Station. Secondly, the sculptor - Paul Day (The Meeting Place) with thirty feet tall that means to greet the travelers when they arrive in London. This is the well-known statue in St Pancreas station and as well more Asian knew this statues due to the Hong Kong movie 'Triumph in the Skies II' where they taken a shooting scene here.