Yesterday was my first day out by train to London...Yipee!!! :)

Actually, i've been to London already on my third day here in UK, but that was only at night, my cousins took me around London to see the city lights. It was simply awesome!

 

So, as I was saying, yesterday Feride and I left Uni in the morning and headed for the Egham train station which is just a 10-min walk from here. 9 pounds 90 for a one-day ticket to London...sa fer mwa a peu pres Rs600 pu aster mo tiket train...kan mo penser ki mo plaigner pu paye Rs25 pu al Port-Louis dan bis depi Curepipe....haha :) Luckily for us, we met with Alex, our taiwanese roomate who was concidentially also going to Leicester Square...so we headed for Waterloo and Leicester Square together, and he showed us the way around the train station and the tube. Phew!

 

Arriving at Leicester Square, Feride and I walked round the place, took some pics and got into some shops. What i liked the most were the music shops where they sold musical instruments...wish i could get myself a piano! LOL! hehehehe :) They also have so many theatres around, (www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk). We then met a turkish friend of Feride and 3 of his friends, a guy from South Korea and 2 girls from Taiwan. All 3 of them are postgraduate and study at Kingston Uni. So, there we were, 6 of us trying to find our way to Turkish town...don't ask me how to get there though...i don't remember what bus or which way we took...i just know that we finally got there! I had the most yummy food (all Turkish food; Pide, Manti and Yayla Coradsi) since a long time (FYI, etant donne ki mo extra paresse pu al cuit mazer compliker tou les zours, mo zis met frozen pizza, pasta  ou burger dan four et c tout...et voila! Dans 5 mins mo avale mo dinner! LOL!).

 

After the lovely lunch, we went around walking and visiting the surroundings, then, we headed back for Central London, where the millenium birdge is found...(i actually can't remember the exact name of the place, something like Gabriel's wharf...??) but it was worth it! I got to see the London eye, St. Paul's Cathedral and many other landmarks which i only saw in pictures and movies back in Mauritius. Then, we went around inside Tate gallery (it's a huge art gallery), to see loads of people queuing to get a ride into that i thought was the longest tube slide ever....(si mo pa tromper, slide la plis longue ki black hole ki ena dans waterpark dans Maurice). We stayed there and watched in amazement everyone sliding down from the 4th floor. :)

 

All tired and hungry, we left our kingston mates, then we headed back for Waterloo at around 9pm and caught our train back to Egham and RHUL...but of course, always not too tired to party...so, with the ladies only this time...Martina (Spain) and her friend Alice ( Martina's friend from Spain), Feride and myself headed for Tommy's bar and we ended the night with a couple of drinks.  

 

That was one of the best days i've had since i came here...thanks to Feride...think im trying to get myself used to the way around here, but i still need loads of practice...especially taking the tube (i'll be totally lost if i was alone!).

 

One other thing im thankful for is that i finally got a small world map, so when people ask me where is Mauritius, i no longer have to draw a world map for them! hehehe :)

 

Until then, peace and love to all,