Yesterday I went down to London for the day to visit Amy (pictured below). I don’t really know what I was expecting, but definately NOT what we ended up doing! It was ace!!!
I set off bright and early from Manchester Piccadily at 9.15am and arrived at London Euston at 11.28am. I met up with Amy and then we headed off for Dim Sun at Ping Pong! Mmmm! We then rushed off to Westminister for a guided tour of Parliament from one of Amy’s friends! It was so cool! I never expected that we’d go to Parliament and go in all the random back rooms. We even had a cup of Earl Grey tea in the Portculis House or whatever its called!!!
After parliament, we went and had a quick game of bowling. I won (of course) 117 to 90! I won’t brag though, Amy did get a strike, which i couldn’t achieve 
After that we went on the London Eye and watched the sunset oevr the city (a very difficult thing to time, but I think we managed it ok!) Here’s a beautiful picture of the sunset with Big Ben on the left shadowed.
After our round trip during which we tried to do a stupid pose for the automatic photo thingy but were hidden behind the bars on the capsule so we just liked like a pair of idiots, we honked off to Oxford Street to see the turning on of the Christmas lights! What a celeb filled fandabbydozzie show that was; Toby Anstis, the ex-kids TV show presenter, Jamie Theakston, Louis Walsh (who got a right royal booing from the crowd), A few X-Factor guys (namely Chico, Nicholas, Brenda and Andy (i think)), and the biggest show-stoppers of them all Westlife!!! It was such a treat. However, I do have to admit, that the actual turning on of the lights was much better in Manchester last year with Shrek and Shazney Lewis because there was fireworks and stuff. London just had falling snow and the lights came on really slowly, like on row at a time!! Hardly riveting! I suppose thats why they need big names to draw in the crowds!!! Anyway here’s a few pics of Westlife and the lights coming on.
After that, we met up with Richard who I lived with in the summer and went for another chinese banquet in china town. Mm-mmm! I finally departed from London at 10.05pm and arrived back in Manchester Picadilly at 01.28am! I was pooped!! But I had such a fantastic day! I never expected to fit that much in! So a huge thank you to Amy for organising it all! I shall leave you all with a picture of me in ladies spectacles (hmm… sexy and sophisticated!)
