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Ok, I must admit that I was too ambitious with my schedules, stopping at four cities (IN 9 DAYS) before flying back home from Frankfurt Germany. It was afterall my FIRST Europe trip. Alone. The route was set just 10 days before I started off. Conceived during a msn discussion with my brother, I will fly to London from Singapore. Cross the famous "Abbey Road" and continue my journey by air to Krakow. After spending a silent moment in Auschwitz, I will spread my wings again and fly to Berlin to see the cold hard Berlin Wall (or whatever that is left). The final leg will be a flight back home via Frankfurt. But wait. This is not before a train ride to Munich (Munchen) for my first beer pilgrimage (i.e. Oktoberfest). After clearing the immigration with typical English humour (didn't understand why the officers were so concerned with me visiting Auschwitz: they kept asking me why I wanted to visit that place. Surely they know it was a Jewish concentration camp right?), I waited for my brother to pick me up from Heathrow. Went into a shop and realised a 500ml bottle of Coke costs £1.50. Ouch Britain will be a good place to cure my Coke addiction. The rest of my London trip was kindly planned by my brother. I thought we covered quite a lot of places, namely: Abbey Road, River Thames, Big Ben, Margaret Cathedral, Downing Street, St James Park, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Oxford Street and Chinatown. At the end of the day, I was exhausted (but at least I did my first "Underground" ride).

		The Abbey Road Recording Studios (behind a fence). I wondered how many stars had actually stepped in and recorded fortune spinning hits. Infact, I saw The Edge (U2 lead guitarist) signing autographs when I was there on a Friday afternoon!
		Here comes the sun. And here comes Abbey Road. The all famous album cover (minus the band members of course) in Beatles's Abbey Road. Took that while I was standing in the middle of the road. There were some blokes who tried to emulate the famous band by walking slowly across the street. I suppose a driver needs to be patient while he/she is waiting.
		My first "Underground" experience (St John's Wood Station). Although Britian is right-hand drive, people stand on the right side while they are waiting on the escalator. *My brother says it can be as warm as 40 degrees during summer.
		Enjoying a kiss on a cool windy day while the London Eye (i.e. that big ferris wheel in the background) rolls by River Thames.
		Big Ben and a London bus. I was walking up from the Westminster Underground station and just saw this "big" thing above me. The British government has just changed the classic London buses for these new ones. What a shame.
		Downing Street. My brother shattered my dreams of meeting Mr. Blair when he told me Mr. Blair doesn't stand whole day at the security gate to wave at his visitors.
		Buckingham Palace (official palace where the British Royalty host state occasions and royal entertaining). I was feeling much like a tourist as well.
		People like to take pictures of one another. I do as well. - Buckingham Palace, London.
		An arbitrary roadside stall selling imitation football jerseys. This caught my attention especially when an England No. 7 shirt (embossed with a certain surname "Beckham") hung out in the streets and blown around by the wind. When will our Beckie "return" from the cold fields of wilderness to the warmth of the motherland?
		London Chinatown. I resisted numerous attempts to do an Asian dinner on the first night of the trip. Bring on the oily Fish & Chips!
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