London Part 3

This will be the last post about my trip to London. If you haven't already, feel free to read part 1 and part 2 first!


I actually didn't take any pictures on day 4, I had a pretty chill day and just looked around some shops near where my cousins live. In the evening we went bowling which was fun, and I almost won on two occasions but then Shane bet me last minute both times. -_-' Oh, and the people working there spelled my name as 'Shavna' on the scoreboard screen lolol.
The Olympic 200m(I think) sprint took place while we were there too, and I swear EVERYONE in the bowling alley stopped what they were doing to watch it on the big screen and were cheering Usain Bolt on.

Stole this pic from Niamh's facebook. Shane and Darragh playing guitar hero, then in the distance you can see Niamh and myself failing at some dance machine. Everything was fine until we tried one of the more difficult levels. That's when my legs grew a mind of their own and ignored what my brain was telling them to do wtf.

Day 6

In the morning, I went to Brent Cross shopping centre which is where my mam used to always go shopping with her sister when she lived in London. It was sort of weird to think that 20 odd years ago, my mother was walking around here, shopping in the same shops as me. Well I guess a lot of the shops will have changed since then, but you know what I mean.

Quick picture I took of Wembley outside the station, I think an Olympic event was coming to an end soon 'cause there seemed to be a lot of security guards and the likes waiting for something.

Next stop, Oxford Street! *squeals* People told us that Oxford Street was practically dead because most people were keeping away from it (they thought it was closed off/too busy cause of Olympics), but it was very much alive and kicking when we got there pfft.

Oreo cupcake from Selfridges!!!!!!!! omfg. I cannot stress how amazeballs this tasted. If you go to Oxford Street you *HAVE* to go to Selfridges, even though the majority of things you will not be able to afford, it's still really nice to look around. ^_^

I find it so strange that the area is so big, there's maybe 2 or 3 different shops for a certain shop like Topshop or River Island. Here in Cavan we don't even have one! Although, I do think our Forever 21 in Dublin is nicer. But I do like the fact the one on Oxford Street has a larger accessory & shoes section.

We got to HMV right before closing time, and I was so disappointed by the kpop section. There was barely anything left in stock. *sniffs* I was tempted to buy Bubble Pop though, but it was £15 pounds wtf.

Also, if you like Topshop then you need to visit the one near HMV before you die because IT IS FOUR FREAKING FLOORS!!!! It has a cupcake & froyo stand. It is amazing. The bottom floor is full of pretty clothes that are ridiculously expensive and makes me sad. There are so many nice clothes. Pretty handbags. Shoes. Everything. I. Miss. It. We need one here. Please. Plzplzplz. Pl0xpl0xpl0x. Ok I shut up nao.

Some pictures I took shortly before we left:

Boo, you blur.

Day 7

Today was a travel day since it was basically just, well, traveling lol. My auntie & I left at around 11am and arrived 3 hours later in a small town in Manchester (she had some appointment), so I looked around the local shops while she was there. Then we had another couple of hours drive down to Holyhead to get the ferry!

A tunnel through a mountain somewhere in Wales. How cool is that?! There's actually a lot of pretty scenery along the way but it was difficult to take non-blurry photos of because we were driving. There was also a sign saying no horses, or horses & carts were allowed in the tunnel lololol.

Costa coffee to go & my first ever Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. I'm so glad these are extremely rare to find in Ireland cause they're super addictive and I'd become as fat as a fool. -_-'

We got a really good spot to sit on the ferry since there weren't many people on it. It was my first time traveling by ferry, and I really enjoyed it. It was actually quite relaxing. I would be saying otherwise if the weather hadn't been so calm, though.

Sailing off into the sunset. So pretty. ^_^

Approaching Dublin! This is the best picture I could get. *sniffs* My digital camera has such a harsh flash and I shall not start on my 3GS camera lolol. You'll just have to hop on a ferry to Dublin to experience it for yourself ok? ok.

I think I will do a ~London haul~ type post sometime soon, maybe in the next few days, so please try to contain your excitement until then!

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London Part 2

I should probably be wearing my glasses right now since it's nighttime and my laptop is currently the only source of light in this room and my eyes are starting to feel like. e_e But now I shall talk more about my trip to London! Click here for part 1 if you haven't read it yet.

Day 3

I just did my makeup & the lighting was good, so this was basically a sign for me to camwhore. Actually this is the only time I really camwhored while in London.

So...the next picture will be a hint of where I went this day. It's gonna be excruciatingly difficult to figure out though, I tell you. ;)

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Casual lunch date with Brangelina of course! They told me to dress casual and they turn up looking like this. *shakes fist*

Actually, looking back on my outfit now.........I don't know if I like it all that much anymore. Also my bag is positioned really awkwardly in all of these pictures argggg.

So yes, on day 3 of my London trip I went to Madame Tussauds with Darragh & my cousin Shane (Siobhan & Niamh's brother, so he also lives in London). It was quite crowded and sometimes awkward getting pictures taken cause there always seemed to be someone glaring at me to hurry up like wtf no, have patience bitch. Also parents trying to push their kids in to get a picture before another person was SUPERRRRRRRR ANNOYING. Your children probably don't even have a flying fuck of who the wax figure is anyway.

Russel Brand! I tried to copy his pose...*insert close enough meme*

I think this one looks pretty realistic but idk if it's the angel but his head looks freaking huge next to mine.

Andy Warhol style pictures of some famous peoples. ^_^

Oh god I am awful at copying poses wtf.

Looking like poop next to probably the most beautiful person to ever exist. :3

Usain Bolt, doing his signature pose of course! I wonder if I told people I actually met him during the Olympics would they believe me....

This is the part where my camera dies and I feel awfully stupid for not charging the battery the night before!

Slightly annoyed my picture with MJ was the only picture to come out blurry. So typical! But I'm still like *___* at the fact that this was MJ's actual hand print & autograph. I was pretty much just standing there in awe thinking "Michael Jackson actually touched this once ASDFGHJKLGJDALHDLK"

Pictures of Michael at Madame Tussauds/during the making process of his figures. There were three figures of him in total, I think!

THIS SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME! It was sort of in the middle of a crowd so I got a huge fright when I realised it wasn't a person. The same thing happened with me and Justin Timberlake lolol. The funny thing about this it that when I was taking the picture, another girl walking past jumped back in fright too. *feels less silly*

Freddie Mercury! I forget to get a picture with him orz

I...don't know what to say about this one lol. Hitler is cursing me behind my back, and Churchill is like *judging you face*, how r00d!!

Madame Tussaud herself! There's a room dedicated to her, and the making process of the wax figures. Beyonce does a voice over for it too. o_O

Some 4D film with the lamest story ever. I still thought it was good though. I always find it funny how 4D is basically just 3D with random water and air effects thrown in.

They also have this 'taxi' ride, which basically takes you through a history of London. It was nice, but they said to take no pictures so I was a good girl and obeyed the rules. :3

There's also this thing called 'Scream' which I did not go into cause it looked absolutely terrifying. From what I've gathered, it's this walkway through the dark with real people who are dressed creepily and jump out and try to scare you and stuff. No nonoononon noooooo. I would never take part in something like that, unless I wanted to sleep with a light on and my daddy on guard at my door for the rest of my life.

Walking down Baker St. afterwards. Shane got in the way of my picture haha.

When we arrived at Wembley station on the way back, it was super super super crowded since an Olympic football match has just ended.(forget who was playing, possibly Brazil and someone else?). I wanted to take a picture, but it was nearly too crowded and I probably would've bumped into a bunch of people in the process of doing so. 

I think...we went to the cinema in the evening, but ended up not seeing anything since the tickets for Batman were all sold out, which was really strange since it's been out for a while now. So we went back home (well my temporary home in London lol), ordered a shitload from Domino's cause we had a 50% off code and watched 21 Jump Street! Also, we got out Domino's delivered by MOTORBIKE!! I wish we had services like that here, but I guess it would be difficult to do in the middle of nowhere. #countrysideprobz

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London Part 1!

I got back from London at around 3am yesterday [edit: as you can see I've procrastinated a lot doing this] after traveling for about 17 hours if I counted correctly wtf (that's including breaks, though.) It was a brilliant trip, and I definitely wanna go back again someday! Especially since I didn't get to see everything, mainly because central central London would've been extremely busy, more than usual, due to the Olympics. Now I shall tell you everything from the very beginning. How exciting omg!

Starbucks I got at the airport. *_* This is now my phone wallpaper wtf. 

It was my first time flying from Belfast Intl. since Dublin airport is closer for us. I think tickets here worked out cheaper, even though Dublin is closer? *confused*

Waiting for take-off! I get super nervous around take-off, it's mainly just that part when the plane starts building up speed before going off the ground. I HATE IT SO MUCH. O-O After that I'm fine, unless there's turbulence or something, but I've never experienced proper turbulence on a plane before *TOUCH WOOD TOUCH WOOD*

My last glimpse of le emerald isle for a few days!

So the wing of the plane sort of ruins all my pictures wtf. Just try to imagine it's not there ok. *twitches*

*still pretending wing isn't ruining pictures*

Sea of clouds. ^_^ The sky looked so pretty since we were flying during sunset.

Flying over London! My camera sucks at taking decent nighttime pictures, and the fact that I was taking these through a window made them even worse. BUT SERIOUSLY, in real life this looked absolutely stunning. I don't even know how to describe it, but it just looked so pretty, like something you'd see on a postcard or tumblr or somewhere like that.

Day 1

I went to Camden with Siobhan, Niamh (my cousins who live in London), my other cousin Darragh and Siobhan's bf Lee! I didn't take a lot of pictures there though, since most stores/stalls had signs saying not to take pictures. BOOOOO!

Random alley at the market. I think the coolest part of the market is where they did up these stables, and there are now shops where all the stalls used to be! I wish we had something like this back home, since there is pretty much something for everyone here.

Another random area at the markets! I'd definitely come back to Camden when I go to London again, the atmosphere is pretty cool around here.

Later on I went to bingo w/ Siobhan, Niamh & their friend Emma (cause it's free on Thursdays LOL) but we didn't win anything. Although Niamh was one away from winning £1000 twice! O___O Then afterwards to their local pub where we basically took hostage of their jukebox cause it was free to select songs lolol.

Day 2

I went to Thorpe Park with Siobhan, Niamh, Jade (Niamh's friend), Darragh, and Niamh's bfs little bro whose name I forget lolol. I was actually really nervous about coming here cause....I have a slight fear of rollercoasters & amusement rides. :3 

This was the first proper rollercoaster I ever went on and I have to say it was actually quite fun! But also slightly terrifying at the same time wtf. I forgot to take pictures of the actual ride itself. *facepalm*

The water rides were definitely my favourite, this one is really nice, not scary at all. Each 'log' sits 5 people, so I went on it with Siobhan and Darragh and we were stuck with this really lovey-dovey couple which made it slightly awkward for us. So we decided when it came to the part where they take a picture we would all derp to sort of photobomb the couple lolol. But then when we went to check the photos afterwards Siobhan's hair was covering my face, and I was covering Darragh so basically it was just lovey-dovey couple + Siobhan derping in the background hahahaha. I wish I bought it now tbh.

A montage of pictures from another water ride where I attempted to get a picture of everyone together but failed miserably. >_<' I even risked my cameras life cause it could've easily fallen into the water at any stage. The funniest part about this is that the photo the ride took of us was of me trying to take a photo of all of us. u_u'

Jade, Siobhan & me at some random face-in-hole thing beside the teacup ride which I think we had a little too much fun on wtf. We went on it like three times or something but we sucked at trying to build up speed on it lolol. There was this like 5 y/o kid doing it better than us wtf. Me & Shiv even tried to copy his techniques hahaha

Jade, Siobhan & Niamh on some amusement type ride. I didn't go on this one 'cause I honestly thought I would throw up if I went on it. I think I prefer things like Colossus than these.

Ok so Tidal Wave will forever be my favourite ride here!!!! We went on it twice, and got drenched both times. Everyone else was laughing at our reactions when the water splashed on us. >_<'

Oh, and you see where the people are walking out of in the picture above? Well Siobhan and myself were walking out of there after our 2nd time on the ride, when we realised the ride was almost about to hit the bottom and make the water go everywhere AND OF COURSE, instead of doing the normal thing and run back inside we just froze and screamed and got even more soaked. O_O It was pretty hilarious though. Like one of those movie slo-mo type things where something bad is about to happen, but we just stand there and yell 'NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!'

View of Thorpe Park on the way out that evening. ^_^

Family photo times! Us Donohoe's completely drenched leaving Thorpe Park lolol. It was a long, tiring but epic day. ^_^

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