Week Three: Chelsea, boats, bikes and ice-cream!

Week three already...time flew throughout the summer. One of my friends, who moved to England to work in the summer came through to London and so we had a wee adventure, and yes we went evidently headed to the Royal Borough of Kensignton and Chelsea... this will be my front door one day!

We also found the Albert Bridge, it honestly one of the nicest bridges I have ever seen, wish we saw it in the dark though, I love all things that sparkle.

Me and Martin may have pretended we were having a dramatic heated conversation at Chelsea Embankment, reminiscent to those in Made in Chelsea (can you tell we're fan?)

We then all hopped on a tube (which are very toasty in the height of summer) and headed to Oxford Street and stumbled 'hurm hunted down' the Disney store which is just a magical place. And yes we did crawl into the bottom of this display unit and press all the buttons inside!

Our tummies then began to rumble so we headed to M&S (yes we were really living the student life) to get some lunch and I bought some strawberries and bucks fizz and headed to Hyde Park.

It was a lovely roasting hot day. We did a little people watching admiring the talents of the rollerbladers... and with 1975 blaring out my favourite song at Live in Hyde Park, we wandered over to the Serpentine Lake and dipped our feet in (I do not recommend that, we slipped on the slimy moss and almost landed on our bottoms...not a cool look and very hard to recover from).

Instead we decided to find another way to enjoy the lake, other than admiring it, and so accompanied by a few other girlies who joined us, we hired a pedal boat which was hilariously fun (not so much when a herd of swans started attacking us and we thought were were gonna capsize, but hey all fun and games!)

The fun did not end there however, oh know everybody rendezvous to South Embankment and we may have found an ice-cream van and a merry-go-round....

On Sunday I took Em's for a wee bike ride along Regents Canal to Camden, as I enjoyed it so much last time.

Em had to leave to go back to work so our little adventure came to an end as we headed to Waterloo Station, but we had a chance to get a snap of the two of us on Waterloo Bridge.

After I said goodbye to Em's I headed to Bluebird on King's Road in Chelsea for some yummy cocktails and the most amazing eton mess (the location may have been chosen as it was a hotspot for the Made in Chelsea cast, needless to say we did not see anyone famous, but hey we had fun anyway!)

Then to be honest it was back to the flat to fall in a heap and start the week all over again!

Till next time! 

xxx

Week Two: V & A

Sooo in among all our classes we managed to find time to squeeze in a visit to the Victorian Albert Museum, it was my first ever time at the V&A...I was VERY excited! We got tickets to see the'Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s' exhibition. I literally spent ages in there! That's what I love most about exhibitions, they let you forget who you are opening a completely new world in which you can get lost. And the V&A exhibition did not let me down. I am fascinated by the story of fashion and the Club to Catwalk exhibition allowed me to take a step back to the 80's. The 80's, the decade of rebellion, extremes, extravagance and creativity. It was a fashion revolution and I loved it!

I then took a wander around the rest of the fashion area (...I just might have had my nose pressed up against the glass...) These are by far my favourite things I saw...

I couldn't go to the V&A without buying the magazine, so I have another magazine to add to my ever growing collection (am like my Dad, I can't through anything out!)

This has to be one of my favourite photos, it was right before I realised I had left my bed covers in the laundry room, which closed in 40 minutes.....by some kind of miracle I made it back in time and spent the evening using my hairdryer to dry my bedcovers...I am such a fail at life sometimes!

xxx

Week Two: Central Saint Martins

In my second week of summer school we were lucky enough to have a day at Central Saint Martins...

My friends casually posing outside Central Saint Martins!

We had our classes in the LVMH lecture theatre ( I could hardly contain my excitement!) 

It was another glorious day of sunshine and much to our delight the steps overlooking Regents Canal were covered with fake grass and so we spent our lunch hour sunning ourselves and chilling on the grass...

Just outside the school there were fountains which I decided to run in and out of, So. Much. Fun.

After class we walked along Regents Canal, all the way to Camden! 

At Camden Lock we stopped and watched a band called the Kings Parade, I have since become obsessed with their music, definitely worth a listen...

Nutella is possibly my most favourite food, so I was chuffed to find this on the back of a takeaway van haha!

Chilling on the scooter chairs!

Time to go home to Hackney!

xxx

Week Two: Weekend Baby!

Our first weekend in London was my favourtie (don't know how I can say that it was all ma favoutie...but seriously this was my favourite haha!) In the morning we went to our local street market and stumbled across some Boris Bikes and thought, whhhhy not!?! After much a humming and ahhhing (maybe more like grunting and screaming) I finally worked out how to release my bike (it was a good start!) 

We rode our bikes along Regents Canal, (completely lethal, we almost ended up in the canal several times!) and ended up in Camden.Camden, ah I just loved it! My little face couldn't contain my smile and I could not contain my excitment! I loved wandering in and out of all the stalls, getting lost, listening to the sales patter, finding hidden treasures, I could have stayed there forever. 

Our spot at lunch, a beautiful view of the canal ...

Yet again we took a disco nap and headed out for a night in the town, this time we ended up in Shoreditch...

On Sunday we rose bright eyed and bushy tailed and headed off to Potters Fields Park. Thanks to Google we discovered there was a big screen showing the Wimbledon final! This was our spot, it was completely packed with people on what I am sure was the hottest day of the year! 

The atmosphere alone was electrifying! By miles it was the best game I have ever seen! These was taken straight after Andy's win! The excitement on our faces says it all haha!

 Till next time xxx

Week One: City Trek

So today I was flicking through my photos of London and was reminded of my city trek which was one of our assignments to complete. Each group had a different route, this was ours. It started with our local underground station, Bethnal Green...

After a few changes on the underground we popped out at St Paul's Cathedral and walked along the Millennium Bridge...

We continued our walk along the River Thames...

Passed Big Ben...

And Westminster Station...

Spotted a Borris Bus!

Took a dander through St Jame's Park...

Passed Buckingham Palace..

And we finally ended up in Hyde Park, finally finding everyone else!(After many a phone calls!) Despite our aching feet after our trek around the city we still found the energy to head out and have a night on the town! Big smiles! 

See you soon xxx

Week One: The Crystal

I am back again with yet more London stories :)

During week one week we all took a field trip to The Crystal, a museum with exhibitions dedicated to the exploration of urban sustainability and our future of cities. It provided some useful hints and pointers for our coursework!

Me and my friend Silvia outside The Crystal...

Group Photo!

Across from The Crystal were some cable cars...

We went on an adventure!

The view from our cable car trip...

Till next time :) xxx

Week One: Passing Clouds

On Wednesday we all attended a welcome dinner. Unsurprisingly we took over the restaurant! But it was great fun getting to know everyone and the food was sooo good! Afterwards a bunch of us when onwards to a bar. This is a picture of where we ended up, it is possibly the most amazing little place I have even been to ... Passing Clouds in Dalston.

 I climbed up the stairs following the dreamlike sound of Sly Blue (the live band) and when I reached the landing I was transported into a world of swing and dance.

Sly Blue, this picture was not taken in Passing Clouds though.

Like the photo, this video was not taken in Passing Clouds but it gives you a feel for the kind of music they play, honestly they are so good, definitely worth a listen!

The room was just filled with laughter and Sly Blue performed music that played on your heart strings. Everyone was so carefree, inspired to just move and dance and to have a good time. 

There were umbrellas and lanterns hanging from the ceiling, fairy lights delicately strung across the room, an old atlas globe precariously sat on top of a pile of books next to an old and television and a complete miss match of furniture.

It was the most amazing place I have ever been to, take me back!
xxx