Lørdag - En dag i London!

I går tog jeg til London sammen med nogle andre udvekslingsstudenter. Det er første gang, at jeg har taget til London, siden at jeg har været her i Tunbridge Wells. Det er vildt at tænke på, at jeg bare kan tage til London, når jeg hat lyst, på samme måde som jeg kunne tage i byen eller i Rosengårdcentret tilbage i Odense.
Vi tog toget fra Tunbridge Wells Station til London kl. 10.10 og ankom til London kl. 11.00. En tur/retur billet koster normalt £13, men vi fik et gruppetilbud til £9 hver.

Vi steg af ved London Bridge, og vandrede lidt rundt derfra uden rigtig at vide hvor vi gik hen. Men det er en af de ting jeg elsker ved London. Ligegyldigt hvilket hjørne man tager, kommer man altid til noget overraskende. Vi fandt næsten øjeblikkeligt et vejskilt, hvor der stod ”Borough Market”, og selvfølgelig skulle vi tjekke det ud. Vi gik ned af et par trin, for så at se at pladsen var fyldt med mennesker, men vi fandt hurtigt ud af hvorfor. Borough Market er en af London største og ældste madmarkeder i London, og det er nærmest umuligt ikke at blive fristet af mindst en af de mange madboder, man går fordi. Vi blev i hvert fald fristet, så vi blev nød til at købe disse to kager fra en af boderne.

Da vi kom ud af markedet, fandt vi et sted at sidde, så vi kunne spise vores kager. Selvom at vi var fem personer om to kager, blev vi alle mætte, før vi overhovedet havde spist det hele.

Efter kage gik vi videre, igen uden rigtig at vide hvor vi gik hen, indtil at vi fandt disse cykler til udlejning. Vi syntes, at det ville være enormt sjovt, hvis vi lejede en cykel hver, så det var det vi gjorde. Vi lejede alle en cykel hver, hoppede på dem, og cyklede ellers bare af sted. Det var lidt skræmmende at cykle på ”den anden side” af vejen i starten, men ingen af os kom heldigvis til skade.

Vi cyklede turen til Hyde Park forbi Buckingham Palace, fandt et sted i nærheden, hvor vi kunne returnere cyklerne, og udforskede parken på gåben. Parken er en af de største parker i London beliggende i den centrale del af storbyen. Parkerne generelt er også en af grundene til at jeg elsker London.

Efter en lang, men god gåtur gennem parken, var vi alle lidt trætte i benene, så på vej hen til Piccadilly Circus, som var vores næste sted vi ville hen til, besluttede vi at tage en kaffe/te pause i en af caféerne, som vi passerede.

Ved Piccadilly Circus var der ikke noget som vi faktisk skulle se, men vi gik derhen, for så at gå igennem de mange sidegader, der var omkring det. Sådan blev vi ved, indtil at vi var ved at blive sultne. Vi havde tidligere gået forbi denne restaurant der solgte ”Prober burgers”, så vi valgte at spise vores aftensmad der. Jeg fik en classic burger med sweet potato fries. Burgeren var rigtig god og pomfritterne var fantastiske.

Vi sluttede dagen af med at tilbringe resten af tiden på Oxford Street. Vi nåede ind i et par butikker inden at vi skulle nå vores tog tilbage til Tunbridge Wells.

// Yesterday I went to London with some of the other exchange students. Yesterday was the first day I have been to London since I have stayed here in Tunbridge Wells. It is crazy to think about the fact that I can go to London whenever I want, the same way as I could go to town or the shopping centre back in Odense.
We took the train from Tunbridge Wells Station to London at 10.10am and arrived to London at 11.00am. A return ticket normally cost £13, but we bought a group ticket for £9 each.

We got off the train at London Bridge, and wandered round in the streets, without really knowing where we went. But that is just one of many the things I love about London. No matter which turn you take, you always get to somewhere surprising. We almost immediately found a street sign saying “Borough Market” and of course we had to see what it was about. We went down a few steps, for then to see that the place was packed with people, but we soon found out why. Borough Market is one of the biggest and oldest food markets in London, and it is almost impossible to not get tempted by at least one of the food stands, you walk by. We certainly got tempted, so we had to get these two cakes from one of the stalls.

When we got out of the market, we found a place where we could sit and enjoy our cakes. Even though we were five people to eat two cakes, we all got filled up before we even finished eating them both.

After cake we walked further, again without really knowing where we were going, until we found these bicycles that you could rent. We thought it would be really funny, if we rented one bike each, so that was what we did. We all got a bike each, jumped on them, and rode along. In the beginning it was a little bit scary to ride on “the other side” of the road, but luckily nobody got hurt.

We rode the way past Buckingham Palace to Hyde Park, found a place near where we could return our bikes, and then explored the park on foot. The park is one of the biggest parks in London located in the central park of the city. The parks in general are also one of the reasons why I love London.

After a long, but good walk through the park, we were all a bit tired, so on our way to Piccadilly Circus, which was the next place we wanted to go, we decided to have a coffee/tea break in one of the cafés, we walked past.

At Piccadilly Circus, there was not anything in particular to wanted to see, but we went there, for then to go through the side streets, there were around it. It went on like that until we started to get a bit hungry. Earlier we walked past this restaurant that sold “proper burgers”, so we decided to eat our dinner there. I got a classic burger and sweet potato fries. The burger was really good and the chips were amaxing.

We ended our day by spending the rest of our time on Oxford Street. We made it into a few shops before we had to catch our train back to Tunbridge Wells.