London

London

November 2-4

Today we took a flight from Singapore to London. The flight was 14 hours and we were upgraded to 1st class! When we got off the plane we took a train to the South Terminal.It turns out that the hotel we were staying at was only 30 feet away. After we got all checked in to the hotel we turned on the TV and tried to stay awake by watching Dress to impress. At 8pm we went to bed. The next day my Mom and I had breakfast at the hotel (I was free!). At the buffet they had marmite, so I had to try some (since I like vegemite). I didn’t love it, but I didn’t hate it either. When we looked out the window that morning we could barely see anything because it was so foggy outside. Then we headed to the Airport to take the train to the North Terminal then the Gatwick Express to Victoria Station. An incredibly helpful man helped us buy a tube ticket that was good for the whole day. From Victoria Station we caught the tube to Leichester Square so we could get tickets for a show. There were tons of different shows like Matilda and Wicked etc. There were a lot of shows that were there the last time we were in London, including the one that my Dad wants to see, The Book of Mormon.  We decided to see 42^nd Street. We waited in a really long line to get the tickets, but finally we got them. As we were walking away, I saw this man that looked very English (almost everything that he was wearing had the British flag on it). We decided to go to a Michelin  starred Indian restaurant, so we headed toward Picadilly Circle. On our way, we saw a really small market that had jewelry and clothes. One of the shops that was there had the same exact shirt I bought the last time we were in London. After that we went to Gymkhana, the Indian Michelin  starred restaurant. We ordered butter chicken, Sag paneer and a dish that I cannot remember the name of that had spicy duck under a very thin dome of bread. The food was very spicy so the restaurant manager also gave us some sauce (which was honey greek yogurt) to cut the spiciness. After lunch, we went to Covent gardens. We went to Hotel Chocolate and we were greeted with a treacle chocolate as their sample. We went down stairs and found a Rare and Vintage chocolate box that my Dad is getting for Christmas. My favorite chocolate is 72% dark chocolate. It is a little bitter, but I love it. They added a new part to Hotel Chocolate since we were there in the Spring -- a cafe! So, my Mother just had to have a Christmas hot chocolate and I’m glad she did! It was a clementine hot chocolate with chocolate whipped cream and little chunks of dried orange on top with 2 chocolate snowflakes with it. It was AMAZING!

Because we were so jet-lagged, it was really hard to stay awake for the show, but 42^nd Street was really good and I am glad we went to see it.