Oct 15-London city sightseeings

Oct 15(Sunday)-Tower of London, London Bridge, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey (Churches), Covent Garden (street performers & haymarket type of shops) and Chinatown for lunch.
Then, window-shopping at Oxford Street.

Oct 14-Southend-on-sea town (UK)

Oct 14: Went to Southend-on-sea seaside town, where there is casino, funfair plus a long pier out to the sea with a train ride on it. Very cold as windy. Halloween decos in shop and had cappucino & hot chocolates at a shop. Halloween fireworks can be heard towards end October and Guy Fawkes nite aka Fireworks nite too. Checkup http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes if you wish to find up more about this infamous person.
Had fish and chips takeaway by my 2nd sister from Pitsea shop. Somehow, I prefer fish and chips (esp. fried calamaries/scallops/dories fish) from Coogee, NSW Australia where I used to stay during my Uni days. Ate some Clementine (baby sweet sour oranges) too.

Oct 13-Basildon shoppings (UK)

Oct 13-shopping for discounted Next and bhs clothings at Choice and also, Eastgate Shopping Center in Basildon. Bought bhs jacket, Lonsdale London sport t-shirts etc.
Visited my 2nd sister plus hubby who manned a Chinese takeaway shop called Oriental Inn between Blenfeet and Pitsea. This shop is their JV-with my youngest sister. Had some takeaway dinner from this eating house. Famous dishes here are heong-soong aark (loosed duck meats wrapped in pastry cum spring onions and sweet sauce) and also lamb meat too.

Oct 12-Paris to London

Parisien Breakfast of crepes, croissant, orange juice & cappucino. Cost maybe around Euro 9-10 (RM 47).
Largest vending machine I have ever seen at Gare du Nord train station where we boarded the euroexpress train to London.

Oct 11-Montmarte

Street performers near Montmarte-doing breakdance.
Mercedes E-Series Paris taxis near Gare du Nord train station where we bought the Euroexpress train to London. In M'sia, wealthy bizpeople or top mgts drive or chauffeured in Merc E-series and S-series plus BMWs.
Oct 12-train zooming 30 minutes in darkness via eurotunnel (under the Channel sea) for a 2 hours train ride from Paris to London. Took London subway and train to Blenfeet with my brother-in-law to my sister's house (1 hour away from London).

Oct 11 - Sacre Coeur Basilica & Montmartre

Oct 11-dead tired walk up to Sacre Coeur Byzantine-style basilica, the highest point in Paris. A Filipino street performer, singer cum guitarist plus audiences dances to entertain all during our rests up there. Walked down to Montmarte, hilltop village with many souvenir shops to shop for fridge magnets and bells.

Paris-Notre Dame and Eiffel Tower Oct 10

Oct 10 - went to Pampidou Center (Modern Art Museum), viewed Seine River, Notre Dame Cathedral and went up all the way to the very top of Eiffel Tower.

Paris-Louvre Museum 8 Oct06

Oct 8 to 12 in Paris for training and evening sightseeing.
Oct 8 Visited Louvre Museum-to check up Mona Lisa etc.
Evening-Japanese dinner at Bastille. Stayed at Novotel Gare De Lyon. Euro 138 per nite.