I've had a fabulous weekend, full of loveliness, though not so full of lattes!
On Friday, I caught a train down to London. I had a 30 minute wait at Wolverhampton and ventured to their new bus station in search of my morning caffeine hit. I found a Costa Express machine in a WHSmith. This may not be a novelty to some, but it was for me.
I love getting a train, I had time to read more of my book. I watched a plane land at Birmingham and wished I could have taken a picture because the light on Friday morning was magical.
Once I arrived in London, I met my friend and we headed to Stanfords. Stanfords is an amazing travel bookshop, we looked at books for our forthcoming trips to Belgium and New York. We spent ages in there.
We then went to Kensington to the Whole Foods, an american supermarket that has a few stores over here. We bought ourselves some yummy food and also got cocktails in a can from M&S before heading to Hyde Park in the sunshine.
Our main purpose for visiting London was going to Buckingham Palace, which was not disappointing. We saw Kate's wedding dress, the cake, her earrings. It was really good and I'm so glad we went. I have always wanted to go and Kate's dress just made it more appealing.
On Saturday we went to the National Wedding Show at Earl's Court. My sister is getting married next year, so together with our mum and her other bridesmaid we wandered around this huge exhibtion of all things wedding. This was followed by lunch near St Pancras station. I have never seen this building before, it is absolutely beautiful. And also my departure for our Belguim trip.
After all this excitement, I spent Sunday at home doing nothing. Which was just as lovely.
On Friday, I caught a train down to London. I had a 30 minute wait at Wolverhampton and ventured to their new bus station in search of my morning caffeine hit. I found a Costa Express machine in a WHSmith. This may not be a novelty to some, but it was for me.
I love getting a train, I had time to read more of my book. I watched a plane land at Birmingham and wished I could have taken a picture because the light on Friday morning was magical.
Once I arrived in London, I met my friend and we headed to Stanfords. Stanfords is an amazing travel bookshop, we looked at books for our forthcoming trips to Belgium and New York. We spent ages in there.
We then went to Kensington to the Whole Foods, an american supermarket that has a few stores over here. We bought ourselves some yummy food and also got cocktails in a can from M&S before heading to Hyde Park in the sunshine.
Our main purpose for visiting London was going to Buckingham Palace, which was not disappointing. We saw Kate's wedding dress, the cake, her earrings. It was really good and I'm so glad we went. I have always wanted to go and Kate's dress just made it more appealing.
On Saturday we went to the National Wedding Show at Earl's Court. My sister is getting married next year, so together with our mum and her other bridesmaid we wandered around this huge exhibtion of all things wedding. This was followed by lunch near St Pancras station. I have never seen this building before, it is absolutely beautiful. And also my departure for our Belguim trip.
After all this excitement, I spent Sunday at home doing nothing. Which was just as lovely.
