Day 14: 23 October 2009, Friday This morning, we went to King’s Cross Station with one mission in mind…to look for Platform 9¾ and board the Hogwarts Express to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! Of course, the Hogwarts Express exists only in the books and movies created by JK Rowling, but as a […]
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Day 12: 21 October 2009, Wednesday Day 12, and it’s back to just the two of us, KP and I, as our travelling companion for the past week, TH, had returned to Coventry to work. At 9am, KP and I went to St. Paul’s Cathedral and bought our tickets (£1/S$25.85) to visit the cathedral and […]
Day 11: 20 October 2009, Tuesday Our first agenda for today was to pay a visit to Abbey Road Studios, one of the most famous recording studios in the world. Abbey Road is most closely associated with The Beatles, who recorded 190 of their 210 songs at the studio. To get there, we took the […]
Day 10: 19 October 2009, Monday We were in London again, having spent less than 24 hours here on Day 1 before leaving for Paris, Coventry, Manchester, Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon before circling back. We had the next five full days here so there was plenty of time to explore all of London’s sights. For today, […]
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This Was It Europe 2009 – Day 9 (Stratford-upon-Avon / Oxford)
Day 9: 18 October 2009, Sunday After the high of yesterday’s visit to Manchester, we had a much more relaxed day today. At about 9:20am, we set off from TH’s place in Coventry and made the short drive southwest to Stratford-upon-Avon, a small town famous for being the birthplace and final resting place of English […]
Day 8: 17 October 2009, Saturday We set off bright and early today because we had a very exciting day ahead of us. At about 8:20am, we hopped in to TH’s Ford car and set off from Coventry, journeying northwards towards Manchester. The drive was very scenic and enjoyable, especially for me since I was […]
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This Was It Europe 2009 – Day 7 (Paris / London / Coventry)
Day 7: 16 October 2009, Friday For our final day in Paris, we had the morning and afternoon free to explore what’s left of the French capital, before catching our evening train ride back to London. At about 10:30am, KP, TH and I headed over to Musée d’Orsay, located along the left bank of the […]
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This Was It Europe 2009 – Day 2 (London / Paris)
Day 2: 11 October 2009, Sunday After a good night’s sleep, I adjusted well to the seven hours’ time difference and woke up full of energy and anticipation. It was an exciting day ahead because KP and I were making the trip across the English Channel to Paris! I deposited my big suitcase with the […]
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This Was It Europe 2009 – How It All Began / Day 1 (Singapore / London)
How It All Began It’s time to turn back the clocks again and revisit my maiden trip to Europe from 10 to 24 October 2009. This trip was very special for a number of reasons: it was my first time visiting Europe, it was the furthest I had travelled away from home, and it was […]
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Wimbledon 2019: Day 7 & 8 – London / Munich / Hong Kong / Singapore
Day 7 – 8 July 2019, Monday It’s the day of our departure but we managed to squeeze in one last activity before our afternoon flight home today. For the morning, we booked a 10am guided tour of the Royal Albert Hall (RAH). I’ve always wanted to watch a performance at the RAH but never […]
Day 6 – 7 July 2019, Sunday After being blessed with five days of bright sunshine and clear skies, it was cold and cloudy today. For our last full day, we headed to East London in the morning to check out some of the weekend markets at Spitalfields. We took the Tube and alighted at […]
Day 5 – 6 July 2019, Saturday Today’s programme is pretty straightforward as we are going to Wimbledon again to catch the 3rd round (3R) matches. We have already secured our tickets for Centre Court through the worldwide ballot so thankfully, no (overnight) queuing required today, yay! And having watched the 2R matches two days […]
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Wimbledon 2019: Day 4 – Camden / Natural History Museum / BST Hyde Park
Day 4 – 5 July 2019, Friday It’s our fourth day in London and yet another sunny day with temperatures between 19 and 24 degrees Celsius. After having our breakfast at the hostel, we took a leisurely stroll to Camden Town, located about 2.5km away. Camden is famous for its street markets and live music […]
Wimbledon is arguably the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world and tickets are not easy to come by. If you haven’t been successful with the ballot, the good news is that you can still get tickets if you queue for them. The bad news is that thousands of others are doing the same thing […]
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Wimbledon 2019: Day 2 – British Museum / Covent Garden / Borough Market / Tower Bridge
Day 2 – 3 July 2019, Wednesday It’s strange that whenever I am overseas, I will always wake up early no matter how tired I am. Today was no exception. We woke up at about 7:30am, had a quick breakfast and were out of our hostel by 8:30am. The 7-hour time difference and jetlag had […]
How It All Began I wasn’t planning to make a trip to London this year but due to a stroke of luck, I found myself heading to one of my favourite cities in the world again this July, and it was for a very good reason – to watch the Wimbledon tennis tournament. After our […]
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Enchanting Europe Day 9: Manchester / Berlin
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 2 October 2016] 6 December 2015, Sunday After spending two days here, it’s time to say goodbye to Manchester and hello to Berlin. Our Airbnb host Jennifer had recommended us to take an Uber cab to the airport because […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 26 September 2016] 5 December 2015, Saturday It’s matchday! The day we had been eagerly anticipating for was finally here. In a few hours’ time, we would be watching Manchester United play against West Ham United at Old Trafford. […]
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Enchanting Europe Day 7: London / Manchester
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 18 September 2016] 4 December 2015, Friday After three days in the capital, it was time to head north to Manchester. From London Euston train station, we took a Virgin Train to Manchester Piccadilly station. We departed London at […]
[The following post is from the archives of my In Search Of Incredible blog, originally published on 11 September 2016] 3 December 2015, Thursday For our final day in London, we took it easy as we had already covered most of the key sights during the previous two days. This morning, we set out to Buckingham […]