It was a tiring day yesterday and we woke up late and missed the morning's breakfast. We did some last minute packing and decided to check out since we cannot extend the late check out till 3pm. We left our luggage at the luggage room of the hotel and left to do the last bit of sightseeing.
Since we couldn't match the time to watch an Arsenal soccer match at the Emirates stadium belonging to Arsenal, we decided to visit the stadium instead. This stadium is much accessible than Hotspurs stadium. We can reached the Emirates stadium just by take the Tube.
A couple of minutes after we left the Underground station, the gigantic stadium appeared in front of us.
We walked around the stadium, peered through the glass and caught a glimpse of the interior. Read seats flood the interiors, contrasting the green fields. You can actually join a guided tour to see the interior but we decided to give it a miss because the Arsenal boys were not doing their practising at that time..... We spent a great lots of time in The Armoury , the souvenir shop.
Arsenal was actually the name of a British gun unit. And that's why it explains the 2 canons sitting prominently in front of the stadium.
We bought some t-shirts on sale for my bro and Alvin's bros. We were delighted when we can actually take home the clothes hangers free of charge and being Singaporean, I don't have to spell out what I had done...hee....
We met up with Yen one last time before we depart London for home. She brought us to a cantonese restaurant that serves dammed delicious roast duck in Bayswater. The restaurant is called Four Seasons and Yen told us it's the hangout of SIA cabin crews. True enough, it serves really delicious duck. As Alvin and me didn't had any breakfast, we had a hearty meal. Soon, it was saying goodbyes to Yen. We took a picture of her (with Alvin) so that we can showed it to her parents who last seen her since the CNY, beginning of this year.
Yen proceeded to work while both of us decided to take a stroll to Noting Hill since it was within walking distance and we wanted to digest away some of the lunch as well as to pass time. Noting Hill was quiet on a weekday afternoon and some tourists were seen. The walk to Noting Hill was pleasant and idyllic.
We passed by this toilet that appeared out of nowhere on the street. We decided to check it out was was caught by surprise the toilet is so clean. It actually clean and sanitirised the public toilet after each use. And if you cannot finish your business within 20 mins, sorry, the door will open by itself !!!!
We returned to Royal Norfolk to collect our luggages and take a rest before walking over to Paddington Rail station to catch the Heathrow Express to the airport. The ride was fast and it took only 15 mins to reach Heathrow airport. Renovations and roadworks were going on, possibly to upgrade the terminals to gear up for the Olympics for 2012. As well as to handle more passengers when the terminal 5 is built. Apparently, there were campaigns going on by environmentalists as they object to build another terminal in Heathrow.
And here I can tell you that you REALLY need 3 hours to clear the customs. You have to go through 3 x-ray screenings and the immigration counter, with endless queues. Shopping in the terminal is lousy and every eatries is packed with people. We managed to grab a table, have some pasta and pizzas first so that we won't go extremely hungry after we board the plane.
The plane took off on time at 2130 hrs and after a late dinner, we slept throughout the flight. Only waking up 2 hours before arriving into Bangkok, the return journey of 10 hours seemed to fly off so fast...... After a shrt 1.5 hours of transit in Bangkok airport, we took the connecting flights and arrive at Changi airport at 1830 hrs the next day.
Finally, the journal for my honeymoon is coming to an end. We really had such a good time in Europe, though we walked a lot, we felt recharged and I once again fell in love with Europe once more. Though Europe is an expensive destination but I know I will return, not in the near future but I will.
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