A LONDON HEATWAVE
On Wednesday my sister and I had to head down to London for a drama school open day. All good until we realised that this particular visit, which had been planned months in advance, unbeknown to us fell on the day that just so happened to be the hottest July on record. Therefore we were greeted to the capital by temperatures of 37 degrees Celsius, an encompassing humidity and rays of beautiful sunshine that eventually turned a dull grey sky into a wonderful warm blue hue. London is a truly gorgeous place to be, and in the sunshine it just gets even more spectacular however when you factor in the humidity, it can be a little bit suffocating, to say the least... But, irrespective of soaring temperatures, I loved the chance we had to experience summer in the city, and that we got to enjoy the beautiful weather we've been waiting for, for so, so long, in one of our absolute favourite places in the world.
Because of the heat and our impending visit to Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, we didn't have much time to explore London and visit all of our favourite haunts like we'd normally do, or visit anywhere new, however we did manage to squeeze in a visit to Regents Park, a little exploration of Swiss Cottage (and a cheeky visit to Maccy's for the most blissful ice cold strawberry milkshake I have ever had in my life ever), a walk along the South Bank and Embankment, a quick trip to Tesco's for some tea and a teatime picnic in St James' Park (our favourite park in London). So all in all I think we did pretty darn good, and even though I ended up getting a heat induced headache, it was absolutely worth it because I just had the best day and I've gotten an even bigger appreciation for the beauty of our capital city. And with that, here are some of my favourite pics from the day for you lovely people to have a little look through...
PHOTOBOOK
A wonderful name for a pub!
The sis & I in St James' Park :)
Parliament looking like it was plucked right out of Madrid or Barcelona and plonked bang in the middle of London
Lights in the Royal Festival Hall that look very much God's Own Junkyard-esque...
Me in my yellow box // The sis taking a pic
Blinded by the lights...
My fave view from the blue bridge at St James' Park
Kicking of zee sandals and freeing zee feet to zee world
On the train down to London town
THE FESTIVAL OF LUUUURRRRVVVEEE
The beautiful tree silhouettes
Pretty architecture (ie. everywhere in London)
G'WARN ENGLAND!!!
Flowers on the train lines at home
Blurred pic of the old carousel on Embankment
HEAVEN IN A CUP
More beautiful buildings
Sunset on the railway
London Eye ft seagull in mid flight
Beautiful flowers next to the pond at St James
Building gradient
I see red.... (cool art feature at Royal Festival Hall)
Stunning sky outside the train window
Enjoying the park innit
V. london
Ice cream van, Big Ben, Big crane
Dusky railway line // The wonderful Nelson Mandela statue
Tubin'
Blue skies a plenty
Gorgeous garden at Regents Park
The sis a'snappin' away
Royal Festival Hall looking mighty fine
A quick pic in the reflective window!
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