When East Meet West . Vol 5: London Day 7

Part of information extracted from Wikipedia.

It was almost the last day of my stay with The Duck. Sobsss... Feeling less adventurous and for the sake of our thinning purse, I decided to just walked around London. Catching glimpse of places I had yet to visit. Weather was pretty fluctuated with drizzle this moment and sunny the next.

Hiked up the hill situated in Greenwich Park early in the morning, just to see this Royal Observatory, Greenwich. It played an important role in the history of astronomy and navigation, and is best known as the location of the prime meridian.

(top) The Shepherd gate 24-hour clock

(bottom) Standard lengths - 1 yard (3 feet), 2 feet, 1 foot, 6 inches (1/2 foot) and 3 inches

Laser will be projected from the observatory marking the prime meridian line

Greenwich University which was built in symmetry

The taller-than-me sunflowers

The Greenwich Market

There were stalls selling accessories, antiques, junks, sweets, clothes, souvenirs, food, etc.

It started to drizzle by noon. To cover ourselves from the chilly wind and rain, we decided to go for lunch first before heading to our next destination. The Duck brought me to Wahaca, a Mexican restaurant at Canary Wharf. It is located within walking distance from Jamie's Italian.

(left) Citrus Fizz (£1.55). Freshly crushed lime, torn mint and sparkling water

(right) Hibiscus Water (£1.50). Homemade cranberry flavoured Mexican flower juice

We shared the Wahaca selection (£19.95) which consisted of a variety of street food. On the whole, I enjoyed the food a lot.

(left to right) Black Bean Tostadas and New Potato Taquitos. These two top my list of the day

Broad Bean Quesadilla with Green Rice and Black Beans

(left to right) New Potato Taquitos, Chicken Tinga Tacos and Pork Pibil Tacos

It then started to rain. Despite the tingling wind, the sole of my shoes were thinning and before long, my whole feet were 'immersed' in a pool of icy cold water. Pure torture!

The British museum is a museum about human history and culture. It owns a collection of more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originated from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.

There are departments of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, Greek and Roman Antiquities, the Middle East, Prints and Drawings, Asia, Coins and Medals, Prehistory and Europe, Conservation and Scientific Research as well as Africa, Oceania and the Americas. However, as much as I am interested in different cultural from all over the world, my feet troubled me greatly and I can think of nothing but going back soon. Therefore we just simply browse through the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan.

In front of the British Museum

Nevertheless, alas, we still haven't found the suitable birthday gift for my dad. Hence it wasn't yet time to go back. We headed to Westfield, one of the big mall there, hunting for presents.

Snog. Original flavoured frozen yoghurt with brownies. It's zero fat! Hehe

After we found what we were looking for, it was time to end the agony! We then took the tube back, stopping at Blackfriars on our way back to buy dinner. We went to Hare & Tortoise, one of The Duck's favourite Japanese Restaurant.

(left) Tori Katsu Curry (£6.50). Deep fried chicken in breadcrumbs with thick Japanese curry sauce, served with steamed rice

(right) Unagi Don (£8.75). Grilled eel fillet in teriyaki sauce, served with steamed rice, pickles and miso soup

Both the portions were generous and delicious, although the eel definitely fared well over the chicken.

My last night on The Duck's bed with Hippo covering my eyes from the light

I've finally completed posting on my trip to Europe. Definitely missing the great time there, especially the time spent with The Duck. I am very grateful for the warm hospitality and I was definitely pampered with all the good food and extremely interesting experience. Thanks to Jia Jia as well for helping me to carry my heavy luggage up the stairs, treating me chocolates and adding more joy to my visit. ^^