English

The trip to UK was a very memorable one. It was my first business trip from the company and also my first trip after I bought a camera. A BMW showroom right opposite to my office always kept me drooling . English weather and humor were the only cold dampeners, but that was because I understood neither. The office was in Southampton which is about 1 hr by train from London. The only weekend I spent there had of course one agenda alone: London.

We got to London in the early afternoon, partially because of repair work on the tracks and partially due to our laziness. We spent most of the remaining daylight on the banks of Thames. The view of Westminster abbey and the London eye is certainly breathtaking. Walking across Tower bridge and London bridge in rain not so much. The evening was spent on Oxford street where I managed to even see a cycle rickshaw. I managed to get a room for about 90 pounds which is by far the most expensive and smallest hotel room I have ever stayed in.

The next day began much earlier. We got to the Buckingham palace quite early and despite the rains managed to see some horseback guardsmen on a patrol. Then it started pouring, so took the time off for some souvenir hunting. We used the subway to get to Baker street, a statue of Sherlock Holmes certainly confirmed that. Spent a couple of hours in Madame Tussaud's there. The wax sculptures do jump out. Then walked around a couple of streets before we got back to Southampton(fortunately repairs were done). Of course we did not miss out on an English pub.