16th, 17th,18th & 19th July 2007: London, England
The hostel that we stayed in London was very crowded with backpackers. It is a 3 storey hostel and there is a kitchen in the first level. In the evening, the kitchen is very messy as many of them cooked their dinner there. Wilson & I oso cooked instant noodles there, we bought sausages from the supermart to go with the noodles. When everybody was done, the kitchen was as if typhoon had just swept past. It was really messy and dirty. We only cooked once and we surrendered.
Visiting Arsenal Stadium is of course Wilson's biggest, largest, greatest dream ever. This is a super Dream Come True for him. He was really excited the day when we reach London, as if he has made some great achievement. Arsenal stadium is our first priority in London. We went there the first day to buy tickets for the stadium tour on the next day. The tour includes viewing the VIP area where the big shots will be sitting to watch the match which they called the Diamond Club. The membership fee was something like 150K pound for 3 years of Diamond Club. Crazy right?
Although I do not know much about football, I was also amazed about how a football club runs when the tour guide described to us. I was also very touched and impressed with the achievements of the club when we visited the museum. Football is not just football in their country. During our visit, we saw teachers bringing students as young as 5/6 yrs old to the museum in Arsenal stadium. From very young, they were taught the values and history of football and football has engraved a profound meaning in their hearts. That is why they have developed a great passion over football irregardless of gender and age. It isn't what Singaporeans always depict football as many people chasing after 1 ball.
The trip to Arsenal stadium was very meaningful and we really hope that we can have a chance to revisit the stadium with the football match tickets on our hands (This is our next dream).
A good view of Arsenal Stadium
Buckingham Palace is another interesting place to visit. Princess Diana once stayed in this palace. The parade can be considered a great show to watch. It was a very strict and serious parade where nobody is allowed to be disrespectful. Police also ride on horses to make sure nobody tries to disrupt the parade. I can remember the horses that were led in were really beautiful and of best quality. Those horses in black had such shiny skin that it can even reflect the sunlight. You can imagine how expensive these horses are. The whole place was very very crowded with tourists and we were very short that we always have to tip-toe in order to get a good view. Sad that we didnt manage to video the horses while they were doing the parade.
Parade at Buckingham Palace
More photos at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/mayzu.lin/LondonEngland#
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