I spent the day with my boyfriend on the Southbank yesterday visiting the Festival of Britain. Despite regularly taking the 25 minute train journey into the city, I had never really spent much time south of the river. My granddad is a back cabbie and being the staunch Eastender that he is (born in Shoreditch) he refuses to cross the river to go down "sarf". He states that they are not quite right. Obviously I don't share the same opinion :)
001. Basking in the sunshine! Unfortunately the seem on my lovely trousers split and I had to take them back to Next after work today :( As they were in the sale I just had to get my money back. The hunt on eBay starts!
002. We ventured to the Clink museum in the afternoon. It was really interesting but we were in and out within 20 minutes as it was tiny! The Clink used to be an old medieval prison and they have various torture devices on display. Ouch!
003. I never tire of seeing the sites in London.
004. We refuelled at Pizza Express for lunch. Not bad for 40p eh? I love vouchercodes!
005. I cannot for the life of me remember what this art sculpture was called but I particularly liked this poem. It was a selection of poems from immigrants all spoken aloud.
006. The House of Parliament and Mr Ben :)
007. I wanted to take this ice cream van home with me!
008. Welcome to the giants house!
009. I never even knew this existed! We wandered off to find a toilet and stumbled across this little gem of random shops and cafes. That is the one thing I adore about London, you never know where you might end up and there are so many treasures just waiting to be found.
001. Basking in the sunshine! Unfortunately the seem on my lovely trousers split and I had to take them back to Next after work today :( As they were in the sale I just had to get my money back. The hunt on eBay starts!
002. We ventured to the Clink museum in the afternoon. It was really interesting but we were in and out within 20 minutes as it was tiny! The Clink used to be an old medieval prison and they have various torture devices on display. Ouch!
003. I never tire of seeing the sites in London.
004. We refuelled at Pizza Express for lunch. Not bad for 40p eh? I love vouchercodes!
005. I cannot for the life of me remember what this art sculpture was called but I particularly liked this poem. It was a selection of poems from immigrants all spoken aloud.
006. The House of Parliament and Mr Ben :)
007. I wanted to take this ice cream van home with me!
008. Welcome to the giants house!
009. I never even knew this existed! We wandered off to find a toilet and stumbled across this little gem of random shops and cafes. That is the one thing I adore about London, you never know where you might end up and there are so many treasures just waiting to be found.
oh no, a trouser malfunction :s argh.
ReplyDeleteI have seen virtually none of london, I really ought to make the effort!
Looks like you had a lovely day! I love living 15 mins from London and exploring the sights and being a tourist in my own city :) xx
ReplyDeleteSounds/looks like a lovely day was had. And 40p?! That is AMAZING. The trousers look lovely, such a shame they ripped - good luck with the hunt! x
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame about your trousers, they look lovely too.
ReplyDeleteThat chair is sooo cool!
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Looks so great, I'm lusting after the pizza! xo
ReplyDeleteLooks lovely, although I share your grandad's opinion and don't often go sarf of the river. Shame about the trousers they looked great on you! I've always wanted to go to that prison, didn't realise it was so small though :( xx
ReplyDeleteI adore your trousers x
ReplyDeleteWow, sounds like you and I had a very similar day last week recently, even down to the fact we had 40p pizzas! Haha! I love London, I really should visit it more often as I only live 40 minutes away, your pictures are lovely, glad you had a great day!
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i love your trousers, your blog is soo lovely to by the ways, i will be visiting it again very soon :)
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Your palazzo paints look fab on! I bought a pair but had to return them as they shrunk after one wash :( I love how summery they are though so I'm definifely going to pick up another pair (just this time from a different shop lol) xx
ReplyDeleteSuch a shame about your trousers! I'd really like a pair but I think they'd look stupid on my short legs haha.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you had a fab day out, I love finding things you never knew were in London. I have been to London a ridiculous amount of times but I would love to live there & experience finding new places every day.
Rebecca x
Love a day in London Town, now I've moved to Sussex it seems like a treat again.
ReplyDeleteGreat pics, love your trousers, you look fab in them!!
ReplyDeleteSadie xx