Europe Trip: UK > London! (14/06/2007...Notting Hill, Kensington Park, Chelsea & Arsenal)

Finally this is my final entry for the Europe trip since LAST year! Hehehe...oopsie! *blush* =$

Amazingly I can still recall so many things that had happened a year ago...ha...it feels good to look back at all these photos too... =))

In one week's time I will be off to Taipei for my very first mission trip...gosh I can't wait to travel again! Hahaha...lol

Oh well, perhaps I should change this blog into a travel blog hor? Hehe... =P Chelsea Stadium!The newly renovated stadium at that time...so didn't manage to get in...Not a fan for them but I wouldn't mind to have a photo of this great place ya? =PNotting Hill!This is the town I have always been wanting to travel to...well ever since I watched and fall in love with the movie Notting Hill manz...hehe...lolVery interesting shop that caught my attention... =)Residential area right beside the Kensington Park and Kensington PalaceSince the late Princess Diana used to stay in the Kensington Palace, many cafes nearby here named after her in the memory of her highness... Kensington Park!

It is so huge that you can see a normal walking path in the park is pretty equivalent to the width of our roads in Singapore...or even bigger... =O

The Royal Princess of Wales Memorial PlaygroundI wonder if Prince Williams and Prince Harry used to play in this playground too...haha...lolA pond in the middle of the ParkQueen Victoria Statue and Kensington Palace in the backgroundA secret garden?! Kensington Palace (North Gate)I didn't go in as you need to pay quite a high entrance fee. Walking around the Palace is also quite a pleasure as the flowers in the garden is very well-trimmed and gloomed...so beautiful!Kensington Palace (South Gate) Kensington Park is a very great place to visit. I come here specially in memory of the late Princess Diana too...she will always be the most beautiful princess in our hearts forever... =)
Since this is where Princess Diana used to live, the residential area is also consisted of mainly the upper-class families...the classy designed buildings show all...I like walking around here! =PA mallAnd a nice church at the roadside!Since there is still time, I decided to make my way to the Emirates Stadium where the Arsenal team used to train and have their games held here. Arsenal, The Gunners!Again I am not a fan of them either but saw quite a few of their fans taking photos with the stadium juz like me! Hahaha...who cares?Tiramisu made by Daryl before my flight...thanks for keeping to the promise (in Venice as he was complaining about the not-so-nice tiramisu there...hahaha...lol) to let me try a great tiramisu made by him!Heathrow Airport

I don't know how I feel at that time: happy, sad, empty? =X

13 hours straight back home...I almost collapse into a deep coma right after I took the dinner on board...so tired manz... =X

Even till now, everything still seems to me like a dream...a very very sweet dream that has ever come true for me...yeah... =))

Europe Trip: UK > Bath! (13/06/2007)

Bath!Bath is a town near to the stonehenge. This is also where the Roman Bath was built here.You can see that the buildings here are slightly different from that in the heart of London.Old train stationThis place is made famous to the world for mainly for the Roman Bath and the unique characteristic buildings...feels a bit like you are in Rome huh... =)"Pride & Prejudice"'s author, Jane Austein, was born in Bath! The Circus!The Circus is a famous example of Georgian architecture in the city of Bath, begun in 1754 and completed in 1768. The name comes from the Latin 'circus', which means a ring, oval or circle.

Divided into three segments of equal length, the Circus is a circular space surrounded by large townhouses. Each of the curved segments faces one of the three entrances, thereby ensuring that whichever way a visitor enters there is a classical facade straight ahead.The City of Bath

This whole place has already been classified as UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Roman Bath!The Roman Baths complex is a site of historical interest in the English city of Bath. The complex is a very well-preserved Roman site of public bathing. The Roman Baths themselves are below the modern street level and has four main features, the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House and the Museum holding finds from Roman Bath. The buildings above street level date from the 19th century.Statues on the terrace The entire structure of the Great Bath, above the level of the pillar bases, is a later reconstruction.In the background is the Bath Abbey, viewing from The Roman Baths Gallery

Model of Roman Bath & Temple of Sulis Minerva as they would have looked at their greatest extent in 4th century AD

A gilt bronze head of the goddess Sulis Minerva [bottom left picture], which was discovered nearby in 1727, is displayed. The remnants of the Temple PedimentGorgons Head from the Temple PedimentSacred SpringRitual ceremonies that involves bathing are mostly held here.The museum houses artifacts from the Roman period including objects which were thrown into the Sacred Spring, presumably as offerings to the goddess. These include more than 12,000 Roman coins which is the largest votive deposit known from Britain.Spring overflowGreat BathFrigidarium (cold pool)Caldarium [middle right picture].

The floor has been removed to reveal the empty space which the hot air used to flow through to heat the floorThe Baths are a major tourist attraction and, together with the Pump Room, receive more than one million visitors a year.Sally Lunn's, home of the Sally Lunn Bun This place is the oldest house in Bath!

Sally Lunn Buns! =DD

Sally Lunn Buns (a type of teacake) have long been baked in Bath. They were first mentioned by that name in verses printed in a local newspaper, the Bath Chronicle, in 1772. At that time they were eaten hot at public breakfasts in the city's Spring Gardens. They can also be eaten with sweet or savoury toppings. Fudge Factory!Bath is a very interesting place to visit...hehe...lol1 day trip is pretty enough to see almost everything here...nice... =)

On our way back from our coach, we see the Windsor Castle from afar...woohoo! =D

Ya...I will come back to visit Windsor Castle next time ya? *wink* =)