this is the way to live [London]

driving into London Chinatown just for dinner
buying ramen yummy ramen for friends
knockoff pocky definitely not as good as real pocky!
meandering around Chinatown
navigating the Chinatown alleyways for Hong Kong Cafe by a friend on the phone
salivating over crispy golden ducks hanging in store front windows
London night time sightseeing by car
taking city pictures through rainy windshields
leaning out the window of the moving car into the rain in order to get better shots

walking halfway across London and seeing it all again in the daytime
Trafalgar Square
Nelson's Column

Buckingham Palace
Westminister Abbey
Thames River walk
not getting to the Tower of London
random sculptures along the sidewalk
obligatory London telephone booth pictures
walking walking talking learning just looking window-shopping where are we going
riding the red double-decker city bus around Hyde Park
Harrod's posh-ness
Harrod's restroom posh-ness
Harvey Nichols being the same as ten years ago
Fifth floor sushi on a conveyor belt
Tube-ing it for the first time
Pirandello, Gieguld Theater lights
cider pre- and mid- drinks
London nightscapes again


waking up oh so early
breakfast in the car
stories and history lessons in the car
Tower of London terror and dark dungeon galore
in awe of the Crown Jewels
hehe Buckingham red guard bears
the White Tower armouries
Henry VIII's enormity
guns guns guns germs and steel
prisoner's chambers and their wall graffiti
rushing madly to Stonehenge
running around Stonehenge like crazy and taking 1000 pictures in 15 minutes
trading cameras and taking more pictures
taking more pictures just because we can
did I mention pictures?
did I mention sheep?
pat pat baa baa white sheep
all the angles of Stonehenge

making a U turn in the middle of the highway to detour to Woodhenge
running around, jumping around
laughing
having Woodhenge all to ourselves
action pictures
fun pictures
random pictures
what a playground
dinner randomly through GPS
the best Peking roast duck place ever

train station parking
taking the train into London
King's Cross, wondering where Platform 9 3/4 is
finally, English afternoon tea
Sloane Street Square
the hotel where Oscar Wilder frequented and was infamously arrested at, accused of sodomy
tea sandwiches
champagne and tea
pastries
oh the art of eating scones
fat piggy
London Bridge (is falling down, falling down...)
dinner conversation
late night train home
first sight of UK snow!
pretty fluffy white snow around London outskirts
white scary-looking balls of hail raining hard and fast