Weekend in London

I went to London for the weekend and I had a pretty good time. I hadn’t been to London since like… 2009? And I was just a kid at the time so I didn’t get the chance to go around freely.

As you might have guessed already, this post is going to be mainly constituted from pictures I took while I was there.

**Left:** Bank of England
**Statue:** The Wellington Monument
**Right:** The Royal Exchange
**~ Bank station ~**

I was hosted very close to the ‘Gherkin’, in the City of London.

City of London has some very impressive and tall buildings.

**Tower 42** is the third-tallest skyscraper in the City of London and the eighth tallest in Greater London. Its original name was the **NatWest Tower** (or National Westminster Tower). With **47 floors**, it is **183 metres** high.

Like always, I took my Penny Board with me.

London has one of the best pavements to go around and explore the city while enjoying a smooth ride.

Some clips I have put together after my stay.

I finally visited the ‘Shard’. I have been meaning to see it in person. I find it a magnificent and very interesting building.

It is definitely the tallest building I’ve stood next to. While standing at the very bottom, it’s a weird feeling to look above and not being able to see the top.

I wanted to go to the top. Well, actually visitors can only go up until the floor number 72, but it costs like £30… Plus, it was getting dark and we wanted to go to other places.

I particularly like this next picture I took. I like the contrast between the old and the new.

**Left:** The Shard (**95 floors**, **310 metres**)
**Right:** Southwark Cathedral
**~ London Bridge station ~**

Tiago and Sara have moved to Edgware recently. They joined me as soon as I got to London so we could go around together and make the most out of the surprisingly very warm and sunny days.

Tiago and Sara at Chinatown — My very good friends Tiago and Sara.
(London Chinatown again.)

We were roaming around near Picadilly when we stumbled across Chinatown!

And this was it. I really liked visiting London and I wish I could have stayed longer.

I couldn’t have had more luck with the weather.