Hoide Paark 27-10-10

(Yes, one of us is a Bristolian : ) )
It's Wednesday! More specifically the last Wednesday of the month, which means International food stalls at UCL : D Following our new-found tradition, we had empanadas and crepes and then hit the streets. As it was beautifully sunny today (a rarity here in the Big Smoke) we decided to take a stroll in Hoide Paark (Translation: Hyde Park) Having agreed to meet an old friend at the bandstand we proceeded to amuse ourselves with a leaf fight (yeah, we're 8 not 18 : D ) Half an hour later, suspecting something was up, we checked in with our friend...turns out he was at the OTHER bandstand...on a page of the A-Z we successfully skipped : D Checking our watches, we sprinted across Hyde Park (exercise for the week!) only to discover he was behind us (in true pantomime style) After exploring the Imperial accommodation with green eyes, we headed back through Knightsbridge (admiring the estate-agents' windows on the way past!) and reached our Mecca: Harrods : D Zooming through the hallowed halls, we discovered the wonders of non-alcoholic chocolate and lobster while making a beeline for the Krispy Kreme stand. There, fearing our student budgets wouldn't quite cover it, we fled the scene of the crime. Ah well, give it 10 years, we're at UCL after all : p

Next time: Impromptu picnic at Regent's Park and attack of the pigeons
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The Muffin Man does NOT live on Drury Lane 16-10-10

Aujourd’hui we decided to head south to visit Leicester Square (Chinatown! And the Odeon!) and Trafalgar Square. Feeling lazy, we Tubed it down to Leicester Square and emerged into a flurry of people packing up the Moon Day decorations. Despite being sorely tempted by the Chinese lanterns, we put our blinkers on (something we are now very accustomed to doing : P) and headed on. Chinatown, although beautiful, RED and ornate is VERY unsuitable for vegetarians : ( so we moseyed on down to Trafalgar Square. Amid a shouting match between campaigners, we soaked in the very London-y atmosphere and successfully avoided the pigeons ; ) Feeling rather skint by this point, we dug out the trusty (pink!) A-Z to plot a new route back and decided to sacrifice the Tube fare home for a muffin from the famous Drury Lane. HOWEVER, we were shocked and appalled to discover how grievously we had been misled: there is no muffin man down Drury Lane : (

Next time: Farmer’s Market II and counting the bandstands in Hyde Park…good times : )

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