London: O2 Arena

Our short tour in London was capped with a dinner at O2 Arena courtesy of Clark, who celebrated his birthday the week before our visit. Tired from the tour I didn't manage to have pictures taken with the arena as background. We went straight inside to have a look around.

Clark treated us at Nando's, a Portuguese restaurant specialising in chicken (reminds me of Max's in the Philippines). It was obviously a favourite among diners as there was a long queue when we get there. Clark told us to have a look around the arena while he queued.

We walked around until we saw a dome with the sign "O2 fanspace" and went inside. It is supposed to be a place to chill out which I welcome very much. The kids does not understand the word chill out obviously, as they treated the place as playground.

London: City Hall

After our sightseeing of Buckingham Palace, we went to London City Hall. Not only is the city hall a great space to enjoy it is also close to two famous London tourist attractions. Opposite it is the Tower of London, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Near it is the Tower Bridge.

Here are some pictures taken in the city hall. The kids had a great time frolicking around in the grounds outside the city hall.

London: Buckingham Palace

A week ago, we went on a tour of London together with Clark, who is Daisy's cousin, and his family. Since it was a short tour, we only went to see Buckingham Palace, London City Hall and ending with dinner at the O2 Arena.

Here are some pictures taken from Buckingham Palace. Pictures from London City Hall and O2 Arena will follow in the next posts.



My family with Clark and his boys.



Cean in front of the magnificent palace gates.




Cean in front of the Victoria Memorial.

 

Military guards in red uniform marching in unison.

 

Horse-riding military guards on parade.
 

Holiday Souvenirs

London, UK: Model of Tower Bridge over the river Thames

My brother Jay and Mel, his wife, visited us last May for a week before going home to the Philippines for their scheduled holiday this year. I toured them in some of London's famous landmarks like Big Ben, House of Parliament, Tower of London and many others. As remembrance of their visit to these London landmarks they bought souvenirs such as fridge magnets. Aside from taking photographs, buying souvenirs from our holiday destinations is usually the next in our to-do list, is it not?

But buying holiday souvenirs is not enough for photographer Michael Hughes. He likes to photograph them in front of the real tourist hotspots. In fact, he has travelled the world doing just that. Now, that is cool, don't you think? I would like to do that in our future holidays. Actually, I don't have to wait for our next holiday. I will buy a souvenir of Peterborough's famous landmark, Peterborough Cathedral. Once I get a photograph I will publish it in this blog. Watch this space!

Maybe you would like to do it, too? When you have published it in your blog please let me know and I will have a look. If you don't have a blog but you want the world to know I can publish it in this blog if you like.

Picture credits - www.guardian.co.uk