England Day 19: London Day 2: The London Eye, The Tower Bridge, and Oxford Street (Absolute Vintage round 2)

         Our second day in London was much less crazy and stressful than Day 1. We started off the day at the London Eye, which, contrary to popular belief, only took about 20 mins to get through the lineup. The crazy admission charge was pretty much worth it, as we slowly rose to the pinnacle viewpoint on the rotating ferris wheel, overlooking the whole of London. You could see tiny cars and winding streets and amazing architecture and Buckingham Palace, even the gold statue outside the castle that I remembered from when I was a child.

     After the Eye, we took the tube and walked to the Tower Bridge along the Thames. It was more blue than I remember it, the striking colour beautifully modern against the anciently beautiful architecture. We crossed the bridge and took the tube to Bond Street, from which we did a spot of shopping on Oxford Street.

 

         After hitting the main shops like Forever 21, H&M (where I bought a lovely deep magenta skirt and some hair bows), Primark, UO, River Island, etc, I forced my weary mum and brother to traipse down the street with me to Absolute Vintage Boutique, the boutique version of the amazing vintage store I had been to on Brick Lane. I actually bought some things this time: an awesome vintage brown leather satchel-style bag, and a thick red and black plaid flannel. I left my ipod on the counter and had to mad panic rush back to the store, thank god it was still there.

We arrived back to Maidenhead exhausted and complete. The next day was a quiet one having a picnic in the park and saying goodbyes, so the next post will skip ahead to... PARIS!!!
Love always,
Coral