Little Miss London (My post for last week)

I found it quite hard to believe myself that I had lived in England my entire life and had never once visited the real tourist sites of London. I had been once with my family when I was five and I remember buying an Eeyore toy filled with smarties whilst we took a ride on the London Eye. I also went with school and went into the National Gallery. Then last year my God Mother, Mum and I watched a musical 'The Sister Act' and visited Hamley's.

It turns out I have been a couple of times... But I'd never seen Buckingham Palace, Big Ben (which is actually the name of one of the bells. It's actually called St Stephen's Tower), nor Covent Gardens. So coming out of school and turning on my phone on the bus, you could imagine my excitement when I had a text from my Grandma asking if I wanted to come to London with her.

We were sat in the cloak room for 'Whittles coaches' at 08:30 on Saturday morning and discussing the best way to spend the day. It was going to be busy because the Queen was going to be driving out of the Palace, and the royal baby was due (same as my cousins baby), and London was in a frenzy preparing for the London Marathon too. Which was why it took us 3 hours to get there and then a good hour to get into London.

Our first destination was 'Covent Gardens' which was where Grandmother and I bought ourselves a scarf and some jewellery. It was a square devoted to market stalls selling all kinds of things. There was an especially amazing looking candle stall with actual fruit in their waxes. They smelt so good!

We stopped for an Afternoon Tea in 'Bill's' because if us English cannot rock a good tea and scones who can?

The walk from Covent Garden to Trafalgar Square was hectic. It was crazy to see how many foreign people were visiting London. I managed to spot a 'Whittards' where I purchased some of my favourite hot chocolate from.

 

 

 

It was such a gorgeous day; we ate ice cream whilst we sat in the sun in St James Park and the flowers were all in full bloom (you can tell that I was there with my grandma...).

Last but not least, we ended up at Buckingham Palace to see the change of the guards. They look so hilarious with their big furry hats on and it looked like such a lonely job but I guess that it's kind of an hour.

Hope that you have all been having good weather wherever you are.
Lots of love and I <3 London keyrings from Sophie xoxo