After breakfast, we set off for London Town around 11. For a person who goes there for the first, I was not as excited as I've always thought I would be, but it surely was something I looked forward to very much. The first stop was St. Paul's Cathedral. Steve said it used to be free, but apparently they've started to charge. It was 12.5 per person! But the inside was pretty amazing. The point views definitely worth the efforts of climbing the stairways. Gorgeous city view can be seen from up there.
The second stop was the Tower of London. We got trapped by the sudden pouring down, but thankfully it didn't last for too long. It was already 3.00 when we got there, so we had to rush it and grab a bite before going in. The box office clerk was very nice to let me get the student discount ticket even I don't have an ID on me. We were just in time for the tour guide at 3.30. Then we had to get in an insanely long line to see the royal jewelries. The armors in the white toward came the second. And due to the time limit, we ended the visit in the torture tower.
Before setting off to the third destination, we went for a proper supper in Wagamama, the popular local noodle chain store. It was pretty good, but the price is definitely not appealing to Asian tourists. The train took us to Waterloo bridge, where the BFI National Film Theatre is. It looked really nice, we got the tickets and waited for about 40 minutes to get in. It was very pricy at the price of 9 each, but how often do you get to see Tarkovsky's "Stalker" on film and especially one you've never seen. It was practically and psychologically long as predicted but a thought-provoking film with carefully designed visuals nonetheless.
It was already almost 11pm by the time we walked out of the theatre. The temperature did drop quite a lot in the late evening. But we got to see the night view of the south bank, including the famous Tower Bridge and London Eye viewpoint. It was a tiring but fulfilled day trip.
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