I finished reading Harry Potter yesterday night, or rather today morning.Had been dying to finish it off, before someone could tell me who dies ;) Kinda disappointed, cause I felt the book is somewhat incomplete.. it raises too many questions.. n I absolutely didnt want this person to die!! Don't wanna give away more but really.. I still wonder how X could still turn out to be good inspite of killing Y!! You really hv to stretch your imagination far and wide for tht..
Have been doing an internship.. well havent really been 'doing' anything much, so its kinda boring.. I'll talk abt it some other time.:)
Took an off today, was very tired, n not feeling too well ( I didn't noe u cud hv office fever too ;) It's good to jus stay at home for a day, laze around.. get up at 12 :D .. well i was reading HP till 4 in the morn so u cant blame me for tht!!
wanna carry on with my UK trip.. it just seem so distant now.lol.like i went there ages ago.
Anyways lemme jus refresh my memory and carry on.the next day, after coming back from Cambridge, went to London.Got up real early in the morning n took the 9 o'clock train. The train was nice, but didnt know that trains here are as unreliable, well atleast they apologise for delays :) Around a plc called ely there was some announcement,which was really not audible.A lot of people started getting off.. we were wonderin what was going on when this guy came up n said u hv to get of n go in a bus to cambridge n take a train from there. oh god.. it was funny kuch pata nahin tha..didnt know where to go, what to do.There was some problem with the train or the line.. got to know later they had started some work on the line that day itself.neways took the bus to cambrige n the train to london from there. The moment u get off the train in london u get to see so many ppl.. i mean its just full of ppl!! went to this station called king's cross.i even saw platform 9 3/4 there( strictly for HP readers :) they' specially made it there.. i mean its not a platform of ocurse.. just painted it on a wall.
neways then from there took the tube.There u get a whole day travel card for about 5 pounds per person by which u can travel on the tube n the bus all day in any direction.. for a certain area. then we took the tube close to buckingham palace.. a place called green park. they hv a lot of parks here. ppl just sit around.. som there to get tanned.. i cant understand their obsession with tannin.. i mean they'll wear as less as possible to get tanned.lol.n noone pays any attention i mean peoople dont stare at others.They dont bother which is so nice, they just let eveyrone do wat they want to.That's y i guess ppl r hardly self conscious here.They'll wear wat they want, do what they want..
Got to bukhingham palace, missed the changing of gaurds cause we were late.Took some pics there. victoria memorial ouside is huge n nice.The palace doesnt look all that gr8 from outside, but the number of ppl there.. oh god.. its filled to th brim with ppl.lol. seriously.. london is crowded!! but ppl of all shapes n sizes n colors.. its quite coloful actually.. vibrant, alive.. its an experiance just being with the ppl.. lookin at them..
well map in hand we went navigating our way from there.. on to a park called st james, then from there towards the cabinet war rooms, foreign office, towards downing street.Then from there towards big ben n parliament house, had a look around.. the thames,and then to trafalgar square.there's a fountain there in the centre.. huge one n ppl just sit with their feet inside to cool off.. nice cold water.susrprisingly didnt see any pigeons there..There was a dilli haat goin on there,quite crappy actually..A chat counter with chat for 3 £ !!
Met a few friends there who took us to a place to eat, which was right opposite london school of economics.One of them had so he took us inside lse.Saw the cafetaria.. n had a look around..its quite big.. all the builings r interconnected. not many students cause term was over here. went to the libraray.. god it was lik 7 floors o somthin.. cudnt go deep inside but was cool.
from there on to st paul' cathedral.. gosh iv ner seen such a beautiful building. it is so so beautiful, from inside as well as outside.. the carvings, the paintings on the ceiling, the pillars.. it was so majestic. the ceilin was the tallest iv ever seen.Attended a bit of church service, I had never seen it before so was quite curious.They just sing and hum.. but sounds v peaceful..
ok from there on to a place called covent garden which is not a garden even though its calld one.its upposed to be the cultural hub of london.. lots of restaurants.. ppl painted all over..lol. n wierdly drssed .. there were rickshaws too which the europeans love to ride on.more sophiticated than ours, with seat belts.lol.here at the centre was a guy perfoming.. they hv ppl from all over performing.. any sorta things.. this one was like balancin on chairs.. crackin jokes, dancin. its just anyone who wants to perform i guess.. collects money.. sorta like old time bollywood movies mein nahin hota tha.. ppl performing on roads with crowds around.
then to leicester square, which's got all the theatres, musicals goin on n stuff.. again very alive n kicking sorta place.. full of crowds.. i wanted to see a musical but they r soo expensive, unless u plan n book tickets in advance..
all these places were not v huge but they were so lovely..just walked around a bit..lotsa pubs here .. people close down shops n offices at 5 or 6, in most places. Though in london shops were still open till arnd 8..then their fav pastim is to drink at a pub or go watch theatre o movies or watever
This was just one day in london..
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