London: Camden pt. Uno

On our second day in London, we went to Camden which is an area in northern London.  We went here because there were many charity shops and a huge market in the Camden Lock area.  By the way, charity shops is just the English version of thrift stores.

The thing I love about London are the old building and the compact urban feel of it.  Places like these are personally more photogenic and makes a nicer picture. 

Yes, falafel is awesome.

Oxfam was one of many charity shops we went to in Camden.  

I love this alley.

I thought this huge letter C is cool.

London: Millennium Bridge

One of my favorite memories of London was crossing the Millennium bridge from Tate Modern towards St. Paul's Cathedral. The views in all direction was amazing. There was the cathedral which was huge towards the north, Tate Modern to the south and nice views of the Thames to the left and right.

The details of the cathedral is amazing.

I still can't believe how big St. Paul's Cathedral is.  Even on the other side of the Thames, the cathedral already looked enormous.

I have no idea how much 40 tonnes of rubbish looks like, but I imagine is a lot!!

London: The Hays Galleria

Along the waterfront walk after passing city hall was this interesting place with a collection of restaurants, coffee shops and small store with a rooftop covering over the place called the Hays Galleria.  We got there during lunch time so there were many people out eating in the galleria.  The place is amazing with the tall roof covering the stores. 

London: City Hall

From Shad Thames, we walked west along the waterfront towards Westminster.  There was this cool but odd looking building which instantly caught my eye.  It turns out this egg shaped building is the city hall building.  The whole waterfront walk was amazing. 

London: Design Museum

From Shad Thames, we walked to the Design Museum which is also in the area. This museum is cool and the shop was my favorite part.  There were so many cool things I wanted to buy there.  Check out their shop.

There were many interesting design books and one of my favorites books is this one above.  They also sold this cool light bulb below, kind of pricey though but still awesome. 

London: Shad Thames

From the Tower Hill station we crossed the London Tower Bridge into the Bermondsey area which was south of the Thames.

Coming off from the Tower Bridge, we noticed this small street with many people going in the direction toward the street, so we decided to check it out. We walked through this small tunnel and stumbled upon a  cool small street/alley with many coffee shops, eateries and small stores.  The buildings were tall with many bridges connecting them together and the streets were all cobblestone.  The name of the street is Shad Thames and I wouldn't mind living here. Just a cool place to hang out in if you're ever near Tower Bridge.

Good Morning London

After a long trip with delays going to London, it was nice to wake up to a nice sunrise in London.

Our room had these cool letters above our bed, very cool.

We stayed at Nana's sister's place in North London by Green Lanes.  I love the window frames behind the couch.  They have many cool items which I adore.

We were stuck in the Barbican tube station, we waited forever for the Circle line to come so we could go to Tower Hill.   Apparently we found out later that the Circle line is one of the worst lines in London.  So we tried to avoid this line for the rest of our trip.

Coming out of Tower Hill, this building was the first thing that caught my eye. Finally, something cool to take pictures of. Unfortunately I didn't know what this building was called or used for, but definitely cool though.