Weekend English Treat...
Well, an enjoyable weekend in London is all I got to say... The Mrs. and I got on a plane to Heathrow last Friday for a brief holiday in the English capital. Our first stop was at Fulham Broadway where we toured the Chelsea Football Stadium. Amazing blues indeed, fresh clean morning air coupled with a nice panoramic view of the stadium exteriors made the start to our short excursion a fun one. We stopped by Borders Express in the tube station and got ourselves the recently published memoirs of Eric Clapton and Pattie Boyd at great prices. Kudos!!!
Next we hurried to Charing Cross Road, stopping over in Picadilly Circus underground and walked towards Totenham Court Road to the West End. It is here at a junction named Denmark Street where I took bout an hour to browse through the musical goodies I've read so much about from the net and the magazines. The only store which excited me however, was 'Vintage & Rare Guitars'; a nice cozy shop with tons of old and vintage guitars as the store name implies. Barely the size of my condominium's living hall, one could see a sea of old Fenders, Gibsons, and Martins, all stationary, and tempting as ever :-) housed in the old English building... The prices were, however, too extraordinary for a regular consumer like me... I reckon' prices are better in the States than in London.
The Apple Store in Regent Street is one of the nicest and biggest I've seen so far... My only complain would be the influx of people running in and out of the the shop and dashing to the next available macbook for a quickie wifi utilization. Sad to say, wifey and I joined in the mad rush as well... True what they say bout the Romans... :-) We also breezed through Berwick Street which runs parallel to Charing Cross Road in a desperate search for used vinyls... Not much luck this time, we however enjoyed the marche along the street.
Our evening ended with food from Bayswater and picnicking under one of the trees in Kensington park for lunch... it was the most serene sight, people walking their dogs, children playing with their parents, teenagers cycling, throwing frisbees, ducks having a great time at the lake... an almost nirvana atmosphere... I was glad :-)
Well, enjoy the photos taken at Stamford Bridge, Denmark Street in Charing Cross Road, Kensington and its vicinities, etc... Cheers!
Next we hurried to Charing Cross Road, stopping over in Picadilly Circus underground and walked towards Totenham Court Road to the West End. It is here at a junction named Denmark Street where I took bout an hour to browse through the musical goodies I've read so much about from the net and the magazines. The only store which excited me however, was 'Vintage & Rare Guitars'; a nice cozy shop with tons of old and vintage guitars as the store name implies. Barely the size of my condominium's living hall, one could see a sea of old Fenders, Gibsons, and Martins, all stationary, and tempting as ever :-) housed in the old English building... The prices were, however, too extraordinary for a regular consumer like me... I reckon' prices are better in the States than in London.
The Apple Store in Regent Street is one of the nicest and biggest I've seen so far... My only complain would be the influx of people running in and out of the the shop and dashing to the next available macbook for a quickie wifi utilization. Sad to say, wifey and I joined in the mad rush as well... True what they say bout the Romans... :-) We also breezed through Berwick Street which runs parallel to Charing Cross Road in a desperate search for used vinyls... Not much luck this time, we however enjoyed the marche along the street.
Our evening ended with food from Bayswater and picnicking under one of the trees in Kensington park for lunch... it was the most serene sight, people walking their dogs, children playing with their parents, teenagers cycling, throwing frisbees, ducks having a great time at the lake... an almost nirvana atmosphere... I was glad :-)
Well, enjoy the photos taken at Stamford Bridge, Denmark Street in Charing Cross Road, Kensington and its vicinities, etc... Cheers!
