5. New Years Eve...

Today we went into Londontown! We put on our scarves and jackets and took the 'tube'. London's public transport is very efficient and very safe. We bought a transport 'pass' that was valid for 7days. This way we didn't have to buy a ticket everyday and we saved pounds - it was also valid for bus use.


We got off at the station and became one of the 1000's of tourists
that explored London that day.



The Main Station


Anyone wants to go to Hogwarts?


We hit the town and went shopping!
Oxford Street, next to 5th Avenue and Rodeo Drive, is the best place to do shopping.
Especially after Christmas:
The Post-Christmas Sales!!!

And when I say sales, I mean half price bargains. It is one of the busiest shopping-seasons of the year. What a pleasure. It might have been -3 degrees outside, but the streets were busy.


http://www.hamleys.com/
 
We went to one of the oldest and largest toystores
in the world.

Hamleys, named after William Hamley, was established in 1981 at it's current address: Regent Street.

Read more about it's history at:




We had planned our day to end off at the London Eye for the fireworks display.

First we went for dinner. We were lucky to have gotten a table, because all the places we tried had waiting lists....

due to the fact that it was
New Years Eve.






The fireworks display went on for more than an hour. It was amazing. Kicks Guyfawks' butt!


When it finished we started for the tube to head back to High Barnett Station (45 min) and then it was still a 25 minute drive to Knebworth.

We might have stood there in the freezing cold, next to the River Thames, waiting for the New Year, waiting for over 10 hours on our feet - But it was worth it! and I will do it again!