London & Paris 2012

Being an airlines staff, you will be naturally.unconsciously.unexpectedly ADDICTED to travelling. That happened to me. I had never really plan for any overseas vacation before I work with the airlines, except to the Asia countries. It was due to the high cost and currency factors, obviously. Flight ticket alone to let say London, would cost me like double of my monthly salary T.T

When I got the offer to work with the airlines two years back, yes, BIG GRIN :) Of course when you are working with the airlines, you will get to enjoy the most special-like-no-other benefit from the company, staff travel privilege. 

So, my first trip was to London & Paris back in March 2012. At KLIA before boarding the aircraft, the excitement was already at the max LOL. 

It was a 13-hours flight from Kuala Lumpur to London. We reached Heathrow Airport early in the morning, where the Londoners were rushing to work. The train was very full, and we had our hard time to go in and out of the train with our big luggages T.T 

I couldn't really remember the itinerary of the whole trip as it was back in March. So, I will write in random :P

We rented an apartment called Umi's Apartment, located at Blackwater House, Edgeware Road. It is owned by a Malaysian, and it is very near to the Oxford Street. It is right in front of a Tesco, and along the street there is like a "Pasar" everyday except Sunday. They sell apparels and foods, just like our Pasar Malam. We cooked almost everyday since the kitchen in the apartment is complete. Like VERY complete. You only need to buy chicken/fish/veges and you are ready to cook. The apartment is nice and comfortable, too bad i don't have the picture. 

The first place (this part i remember) that we went to was Primark. Primark is a shop that sells items like apparels, cosmetics, shoes, bags, etc. Two reasons why you should go to Primark; the items there are dirt CHEAP, and they are all NICE!

We went to Oxford Street for about four times since it was very near to our apartment, and we couldn't finish visiting the whole street at a time. It is sooo longgg, and there are sooo many boutiques and shops located there. You can find Mark & Spencer, Zara, Forever 21, Christian Loboutin, H&M, and Clarks to name a few (i can make a paragraph by only listing out the names of the shops).

The next day, we went for sightseeing. If you go to London, you MUST go to these places; Big Ben, London Bridge, Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace (where there will be Change of Guards ritual, about three times in a week), and London Eye.

Buckingham Palace

Big Ben

K cukup.

We then at night, went to Harrods! There are 7 floors if I'm not mistaken, in this Harrods. You will go crazyyyy!

The following day, we went to Bicester Village. Bicester Village is a factory outlet, home to over 130 boutiques such as Tod's, Burberry, Tag Heuer, Coach, Tommy Hilfiger, Guess, Gucci, Prada, phewww penat.

Ohhh, cara nak menyebut Bicester ni, cenggini. You should pronounce it as Bicester=Bister ;) Kakak-kakak yang travel dengan I went crazy over everything in Bicester Village, especially luxury handbags.

Basically, those were the places that I visited when I was in London. I was there for only 4 days, hence, I did not get to go to any other places. Next time, insyaAllah.

From London, we went to Paris by bus. It was a 7 hours journey and I slept during the whole journey hihihi.

We were in Paris for only 3 days. Sobs. 

....to be continued.