London

Just wanted to write a few words about my weekend in London, which will hopefully be my first of many.

I arrived in London on Thursday night, a little bit too late in the evening to do anything other than go home and sleep. However, Friday night I went out to dinner with my boyfriend and a few friends in Soho to a restaurant called Yauatcha http://www.squaremeal.co.uk/restaurants/london/view/82949/Yauatcha where they serve their own unique style of Chinese food and Dim Sum. The food was delicious and had dishes I had never even heard of, but I found using chopsticks too much of a challenge, so had to ask the waiter for a fork before I suffered from starvation! After dinner we took a short walk to the Sanderson Hotel and had a few drinks at the 'Purple Bar' where I experienced my first Chocolate Martini. This was ok, but not being a drinker, I don't think I'd want to order it again. The bar was small,dark and as the name suggests, was decorated in the colour PURPLE. We left the bar in the early hours of the morning and on the way home I managed to wave to 'Big Ben'.

Saturday was spent shopping in Covent Garden, which was very crowded and had a different street performer on each corner. Later on in the evening, we took a stroll through China town and had dinner at a Thai restaurant before going to the Cinema for popcorn and a movie ('Shooter') which I thought was worth seeing btw.

Sunday in comparison was a much quieter day. Drove to a huge shopping centre called Bluewater where we spent an hour or so looking around shops and eating donuts, but the majority of the day was spent at home cooking dinner and watching a lot of TV. After my hectic Friday and Saturday,it was nice to spend time relaxing at home before my flight back the next day.

Overall I had a really good trip and saw parts of London I had never seen before. I'm am planning to visiting London and the UK more often over the next few months, so watch this space for future updates................