Pada 1 April 2012 yg lps, aku sekeluarga pergi ke London selama 3 hari 2 mlm, atas urusan perjumpaan dgn majikan aku la, U*M, utk merisik khabar semua staff2 dia di UK yg buat PhD, psl progress dah tahap mana. Alang2 menyeluk pekasam, biar sampai ke pangkal lengan. Sungguh, Plymouth ke London aje dah 4 jam one-way, x kan lps meeting 2 jam nak patah balik lg 4 jam dlm tren kan. Bukan nya murah pon kalo balik same day. Yg gmbr ni amik dlm perjalanan. Area Dawlish (right before nak masuk Exeter St David) menuju ke London mmg superb, SubhanAllah. Mcm naik tren di gigi pantai.
Anyway, kitaorg dpt emel tu pon agak lambat, sbb salah sendiri x check emel yg U*M kasi, so masa dah tahu tu 2 hari sblm. A day before bertolak tu la baru Hubs bg kata putus, ok cari tiket keretapi, and balik nnt kita search hotel. Risau jg, sbb (a) last minit semua benda pon naik harga compared to advanced booking, (b) cuti sekolah Easter holiday, dan (c) it's freaking LONDON, nehi kabhi nehi la nak dpt murah kan. Alhamdulillah, semua urusan Allah permudahkan, dan dpt hotel yg sesuai dgn bajet in the end.
Okay, so 1st bertolak from Plymouth at 8.40 am. Biasa lah, adegan2 berpeluh dingin sbb takut missed tren tu, part of the adventure dah haha. Sampai London around 12.25 tghari kat Paddington. Kami menginap di Hotel Ascot Hyde Park, yg syukurnya 5 minit pon x sampai drpd stesen Paddington. Tp hotel dia kecik, tp toilet dia kelasss (baru renovate).
Sampai2 je, terus nak cari makanan. Salah satu guilty pleasures di London ialah makanan halal x susah di cari. Jauh lg murah plak tu harga mknan dia berbanding Plymouth. So, inilah buat kali pertama nya dlm sejarah kami berholiday, aku x berbekal sakan. First skali, attac KFC Halal....... Hangkut bucket terus utk 3 org mkn, apa nak buat, dah 2 tahun lebih beb x merasa...
Lps mkn dan solat, baru perasan tempat yg kami nak lawat tu dah nak tutup (at 3 pm). So tukar plan, naik tube from Paddington > South Kensington. Haaa..., kat sini byk musem2, korg nak apa, National History Museum, Science Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, also kalo nak gi Royal Albert Hall dan Imperial College turun kt sini. Yg penting, nak masuk museum2 tu semua, FREE.
Kitaorg gi Science Museum, sbb masa aku muda rumaja dulu, ayah aku ada bwk kami adik beradik dtg sini, aku enjoyyyyy giler... Terkenang2 ke-best-an tempat tu. Skali gi kali ni, awat rasa hambar heh? Tp x pe lah, enjoy je lah seadanya.
Nasib sblm balik tu terperasan mcm gym utk budak2 mengekspresikan diri, so bg chance Aisyah main air kat sini. Ada jgk yg mcm climbing frame etc, tp dia lebih syok main air.
Around 5.30 pm, kitaorg berjanji nak jumpa dgn member kitaorg di Edgware Road. Sempat cuci mata tgk apartment org kaya2 hihi... Suka red brick dia ni.
From there, Khairul and family bwk kitaorg gi Hyde Park (jln kaki ajor, duduk London sama mcm duduk Plymouth, x dak sapa pakai kereta, sama taraf gitu hehe perasan kejap). Hyde Park ni tmpt bole bersyarah secara bebas, so agak2 nak berdakwah ke, nak bentang research proposal to public ke, sila.. sila... Hyde Park mmg luas, tp sbb kitaorg gangster, jln kaki sampai hujung, sampai jumpa tasik (The Serpentine). Kat situ beli aiskrim and budak2 (Aisyah dan Amelie) main bubbles. Org2 tua biasa lah bersembang ptg. Happening gak, sbb cuaca quite pleasant, cuma towards the end agak chilly.
Then we walked back lalu dpn Marble Arch.
London ni dah aku rasa mcm kat Tanah Arab plak. Ramaiiiii Muslim, so kedai2 pon tulis in bahasa Arab. Bagus la kan, senang. Semua halal. X mcm kat Plymouth, tanya 'is this halal meat?' pon bole dia tanya kita balik, 'what's halal meat, love?'.
Actually nya nak carik port mkn mlm, so mkn la di restoran kegemaran tuan rumah, yakni Al Arez (makanan Lebanese). Sedap jg. Kambing nya lembut betul. Mkn sket je dah kenyang, x payah hadap nasi mlm tu. Sayang, konsentrasi mkn aku terganggu sbb Aisyah asyik nak terkencing, so kena gi toilet (dia nak wee-wee, tp x leh sbb x bawak potty dia, so kejap2 dia kata nak wee-wee, then sampai toilet dia tukar fikiran sbb dia takut jerlus dlm seat tu, so dia kansel. 10 minit lg dia kata nak wee-wee lg. So bwk lg dgn harapan kalo terdesak dia x memilih. Tp tidak. Kesian dia. Alhamdulillah x de 'accident'. Dpt dia tahan sampai ke hotel).
Kedai makanan Malaysia. Tp dah kenyang by the time lalu sini, so x makan.
Around 9 pm kitaorg balik. I am very proud of Aisyah sbb dia declared dia dah big girl and claimed katil single dia punya, so after dah gosok gigi, salin into PJs dan baca buku kat dia, terus dia tido sorg diri dgn macho nya tanpa disuruh. Kitaorg kat umah masih co-sleep sbb bilik sempit nak tambah katil single utk dia mmg x muat. Tp nmpknya balik Msia dah bole belikan dia katil sendiri.
8 comments:
Terliur pulak tengok KFC tu.... Auckland ni takde KFC yg halal.. klu ada kan best...
betsnyo sene cr knan halal. at least oyis leh jugop tanyo dlm English. ore sini doh la, sek dio x pehe halal tu gapo..pastu nok keno explain pun dlm bhs jepun huhuhu pening palo2
dah jalan2 pusing kota london nampaknye hehe
wah, hotel cantik.
Mahal tak?
k nida: plymouth pon x de. plg dkt rasanya kat bristol, which is 2 jam naik tren dari plymouth. kalo saja2 nak gi mkn KFC tu x la, sbb tren tiket je dah GBP30 sorg pergi-balik huhuh... x berbaloi!
yatie: oo.. kito dok banding ngan ore lgh senang (London), x terpikir plak kalo duk jepung ko, korea, payoh lg huhu... sabar lah deh... x lama nak balik doh pung kan bole gi make puah2 KFC (alah, lg pon yatie baru jah pon balik drpd msia kan hehehe..)
k anis: ho lah, 'TERPAKSA' gi dulu, sbb U*M panggil meeting tu la. tp kalo kak anis amri, nak gi lg, sbb x dan round abis. hok mana2 dan jah hr tu, visit tangkap muat, x properly planned
eti: hotel aaa? 3D2N mlm GBP150. pada aku yg miskin ni mmg mahal la, tp standard london mmg payah nak dpt under GBP50 a night, unless advanced booking sgt2 or ada offer gile2. ni pon hotel cikai dah ni sbnarnya, ko x tgk rupa lobi dia, dhaiffff...
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