This is the last post of my trip! I didn't take any photos on Day 5 because it was a :( day. This day was the most tiring because we had to travel from Paris back to London, and to Oxford.
Anyway, we woke up at 4-5am (YES), and took a cab to the Gare du Nord Station to board the Eurostar back to St Pancras International Station in London. Yeah we didnt sleep much, around 5 hours?
Anyway the cab was booked by the hotel, and the hotel owners were very kind as to giving us advice on what time to set off, etc. We didn't have to worry about the driver driving in circles in order to increase the fare meter as they are given a stipulated time to arrive at the destination. In our case the driver was given 10 minutes to reach, and yes we were so early!
After about 3 hours, we reached St Pancras (London), collected our luggage and took a cab to Paddington Station, so that we can take ANOTHER train. Tired right. Carrying all our luggages made it even harder T.T
Paddington Bear at Paddingotn Station! Super cute and apt lol!
Got ourselves starbucks while waiting for our train
Anyway, reached Oxford Rail Station after a few hours~
Super ugly at this point because i was tired from the lack of sleep and the many luggage we had to carry!
Took a cab to LW's school first before heading to hotel! The school looks very new and chio~
After that, we cabbed to our hotel - Newton Guest House! Another Bed & Breakfast hotel. I like it actually, it feels more cosy!
Our room was still being cleaned so we put our stuff there and went exploring! I can't remember the details of the things we did at Oxford so i'll just put pictures here....
Oxford is actually a neat and small little town! Reminds me of The Sims lol
The birds there really fly in those V line. I'm sorry for being a sua gu. But really..
Rows of houses on the way to LW's school. Most of the them grow flowers such as roses and lavender. So fragrant!
Random lunch at EAT. Really i wanted to eat chinese food so i just ate their instant laska. Okay only.. not so nice
REALLY I LOVE PRIMARK! I went crazy in there lol its super HUGE and the stuff there are like super cheap i totally wanna buy everything there lol!!! and the clothes had my size so YAY
Bought bottled water + groceries for LW at supermarket and they use self check out instead. Yeah it's quite fun actually hahaha
Had to settle her phone issues..
Her room. IKR so cosy it looks like a hotel room lor. It's just a part of the room, i haven't got pictures of others. I think we also went to this cafe for dinner, and while walking we could spot cows grazing on grasses. Can't remember much though. Oh and we spent the night together watching online shows, and eating lunch together and helping her pack for a while and then we left. Ahhh..
Anyway this extends to day 5. So tiring! We had to check out and head to Oxford Rail Station, then upon reaching St Pancras back in London we had to take trains from one platform to another before we could reach terminal 4 of the airport. Super rushed cos they give you like 5 minutes (average) to reach from one train to another so we were super rushed for time hahaha
Didn't get any easier when we reached the airport though. We had some troubles with the tax refund thing because we checked in the luggage already, with our goods in there, and we aren't supposed to do that.. So we had to go to this counter where they review your situation in a case by case basis before allowing us to refund our tax. And the queue was damn long. There were 2 koreans in line who had to give it up to hurry to their boarding gate before it closed.
Things were much more easier when we were in the plane. Transit time from Doha to Singapore was 45 minutes so it wasn't too bad. There were less passengers on that flight so each person occupied an aisle. LOL
And when i touched down SG i went home, bathed and headed to YX 21st birthday party. Came back around 3-4am. TIRED LA. And i got sort of dizzy, i guess it's the jet lag.
Sorry for the long rant above lol. Picture of dad posting the tax refund letter! We spent some time thinking where's the slot lol
Anyway it was a super tight yet well planned trip! We didn't overpack and we knew where we were going each day! Thanks to LW for planning it. Originally, we were only supposed to accompany LW to Oxford only, but we decided to take this opportunity to travel around, and it really was an eye opener for me. All the things that i seen on tv suddenly just seem easier to reach now. I think the world has just gotten a lot bigger for me. I hope i can travel and explore more next time :)
