28th Aug - 7th Sept (UK holiday - London, England and Edinburgh, Scotland)

Spraying moisturizer on the plane to London!

1ST DAY - Central London 1st train ride going to Putney (Rowena's place)

Aboard the London eye

At big ben (L-R) Rinna, me, Sheryl, Rowena

Further right - Auntie!

At Westminster Abbey (where Prince Charles and Princess Di wed)

passing through a park on the way to the Buckingham palace

The Buckingham Palace

at the Buckingham gardens - with our new friend Mark

painted on the road of every street in London

the Trafalgar Square - fronting the National Gallery

Resting our poor legs from walking all day at the Trafalgar Square

1st musicale - GREASE!



2ND DAY - Roman Baths, Stonehenge, Salisbury Church

freezing at stonehenge

the Salisbury Church (Anglican)

"I have called you by name you are mine" Isaiah 43:1

3RD DAY - Hampton Court, the Wax Museum

King Henry VIII's home - celebrating this year his 500 years of ascending to the throne

with Jim Carrey

With Uncle Bob Marley

with the boys - the Beatles

Shake it Beyonce!

Scarey Simon Cowell

With Uncle Steven Spielberg

With Charlie's angel

Johnny Depp *buntong hininga*

with HM the Queen

the Dalai Lama

with Mahatma Gandhi

Basking under the Trafalgar sun

2nd musicale - PHANTOM OF THE OPERA





4TH DAY - WINDSOR CASTLE, TOWER BRIDGE, TOWER OF LONDON, GREENWICH

"PLEASE MIND THE GAP"

asleep on the way to Windsor castle

Windsor Castle - official residence of the current monarch

at the Tower of London

the Tower Bridge (always mistaken to be the London bridge)

postcard pic at the Tower Bridge!

3rd musciale - LES MISERABLES

cooling down in one of the pubs in Central London - with our new friend John


5th DAY - ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL

queueing for front row tickets to WICKED!

HOGWARTS- HERE WE COME!

to the tube!

at Covent Garden

outside St. Paul's Cathedral (England's State Church)

at the Globe Theatre - originally houses only Shakespeare plays

The Rose Theatre - the Globe's rival theatre

outside the Globe Theatre

4th musical - WECKED!


6th DAY - EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND

I LOVE THIS PLACE! - my favorite stop in the UK

at the hannover hotel - with no proper housekeeping handover

arrived at wet Scotland

the Edinburgh castle

still wet on the hop-on-hop-off bus

the magic show - GO JOE!

cloudy skies again...

the Parliament - recently just heard a referendum

the inspiration for Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde -

Deacon Brodie (town counsel during the day and drunkard at night)

got down the wrong bus stop...

atop the Sir Walter Scott monument - overlooking the whole of Edinburgh

beautiful landscapes

Edinburgh castle in the background

National gallery in the foreground

7th DAY - BOROUGH MARKET, NOTTING HILL (PORTOBELLO), KENSINGTON PALACE

on the real London bridge - nothing fancy really

at the borough market - with lotsa cheeeseeeee!!!

and nuts!

lunch time at borough

off to portobello road - the long road of antiquities

I found me an old Picadilly Circus postcard here - NICE!

at the Notting Hill

at the Kensington Palace - where Princess Diana lived

Princess Diana's dresses exhibited.

at the Kensington gardens

...tired...exhausted...but happy with our Marks & Spencer buys...

clubbed at Vendome - with our new friends Guni, John, Nicolette, and Sonia



8th and final day in London

at the Victoria and Albert museum

curious...

peculiar bird

at Harrod's - where the expensive things live (owned by the Al Fayed's - Princess Diana's boyfriend's family)

homebound - to Singapore - ETA (7th Sept 6pm SG time)


To our new friend - Geeta (whose picture doesn't appear anywhere in this post) -

Thanks for allowing us to crash at your place!!

Wena girl - you're dabest mum ever!!!

Thanks for all the organizing - ramdam ko ang pagmamahal mo...

Shek and Rinna - looking forward to Sao Paolo, Brazil and Madrid!!

(ok - once at a time onlies)

Thank you Lord for a peaceful holiday...

a hopeful holiday...Amen.