SO the two most exciting things I did this week was going to afternoon tea at the Lanesborough Hotel and going on a day trip to Stonehenge & a cute little town called Bath.
On Thursday, we headed through the drizzling rain to Hyde Park, where the Lanesborough is located. Apparently it was Michael Jackson's favorite hotel. I don't blame him, because it was really nice inside. After checking in our coats and wet umbrellas, we were led into the dining room where several other tables of people were already enjoying their afternoon tea and snacks to go along with it. It was kind of awkward, because the waiters pulled out our chairs for us and put our napkins on our laps for us and everything. I was definitely not used to that kind of treatment. Here are some pictures:
The group
"pre-dessert" of some cream, chocolate, and raspberry layered on top of each other
The Lanesborough Afternoon Tea blend - it tasted pretty good
our tier of sandwiches and pastries!
group photo
our tea :)
super sweet macaroon half with cream, apricot, chocolate
After tea, Charine, Derek and I decided to go and explore the nearby area a bit. We went towards Picadilly Circus and met an interesting guy on the way there. He is apparently a "renaissance man" and is an artist. And he gave us his name so we could add him on facebook... definitely not adding him. He was kind of creepy and even invited us over for dinner lol. Anyway, we explored a little bit between Picadilly Circus and Oxford Circus, and we stopped by a place called Zebrano because a lady was giving out cards for 50% off drinks. Too bad it was kind of awkward because everyone was 25+ years old and all had their own parties at their own tables. At least the drinks were good? After that we headed home and Charine made us watch a movie called "Perfume" which was interesting but really weird at the same time, and the ending was kind of lame.
Hyde Park @ night
jumping pictures, all day every day
trying on hats at Fortnum & Mason
The next day, we had a full day trip to Stonehenge & Bath. We had to get up at 7am for this and it was a three hour bus ride. Pictures:
Stonehenge... not as big as everyone makes it seem
the crescent in Bath
Park in Bath
the Roman Baths - so pretty, I wish we could've bathed in them :p
And that ends my post for today. The week flew by so quickly, it's already Sunday... sigh. Let the homework begin.
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