Sunday 4 May 2014

I SHOULD BE REVISING but here we are

Hello dolls, how are you? I am in the midst of an exam tornado. One down, three to go. I'm taking a break to do this, which I've been avoiding for quite some time, so sorry if it's a bit long. 

In the Easter break we went to London for a few days, which was awesome as the weather was so nice. I took my books with me but didn't get much done - too tired! I think one of my favorite parts was when we went to St Paul's cathedral. It was odd because we've been to London quite often but never done much of the whole sightseeing thing. Anyway, it was gorgeous. Like, I was overwhelmed by the sheer size and beauty of it. COMPLETE ARCHITECTURE PORN LOOK. 






We somehow managed to skip the massive line by going in through the 'easy access' entrance (who knew?) so my mum and I climbed up thousands of stairs and eventually came out in the largest part of the church. It was amazing. It was just so vast and detailed you just had to take a minute to absorb everything. Here are some (illegal) shots I got - you're not allowed to take picture of this but because they want you to spend money on buying their postcards but we did it anyway. Oops.









Just at the top of the dome there's this second, much smaller one. You can see into it a little from the balcony we were standing on, but you can't actually get to it. However, when we ascended to stand on this balcony at the highest point of the cathedral, there was this weeny porthole - it looked down through both domes to the floor below. It was pretty cool, but the funniest bit was watching an Italian mother grip her little boy tightly so that she could lean over and get a good look.





It was nice at the top, albeit very windy and a bit grey. 



We also went to the Museum of Natural History, like we do every year. There was an exhibit about volcanoes and tectonic plates which was really interesting - most of all because it largely focused on the earthquake that happened in early 2011 in Japan. I was there with my mum because she was working with robots for her photography piece she was doing and we actually narrowly missed it by about two weeks. Scary Stuff.



We also went to Martin Creed's exhibition, 'What's the point of it?'. I quite enjoyed it because it bordered between pretentious and hilarious. Some of my favorite pieces included and piece of blutack stuck to the wall and a crumpled up ball of paper.




The best part was definitely the balloon room. It was exactly half full with massive white balloons, and the static was awesome. It was a lot of fun.



My little sister not looking too impressed. We had a great time, honest. 



We also stopped by Cybercandy - the mecca of all sweetshops. I got these Hello Panda biscuit things that I am in love with. They're so cute! They have pandas on them! Playing sports!



look how high def this is omg I can nearly taste them


Also had to buy some knock-off Breaking Bad sweets because how could you not.


Grabbed these on our way to the till as I'd heard about them before. I think they're American as I've never seen them anywhere else in Britain but holy smokes they are so good.


Finally we popped into UniQlo because why not and I got this cute oversized shirt with this wee logo. Happy Kitty.


So that was my dumb overview of London! It happened like two weeks ago so I feel bad but whatever. I'm on study leave now and when my exams finish I'll have another two weeks free while everyone else finishes up, so I'm looking forward to that. Hope you guys had a nice Easter and aren't too stressed about exams!

This is such a nice song, I love it. It's not on youtube but you guys have to listen to Sohn's new single Tremors, it's so good - like crazy good.


- Kit xxx

ALSO SORRY IF I ONLY REPLIED TO YOUR COMMENT NOW I DIDN'T SEE THEM AND I FEEL BAD ILY 

7 comments:

  1. your pictures are so good and it looks like you had an absolutely fantabulous time! x

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    1. thank you so much! it was quite lovely tbh, aided by the (now gone) great weather x

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  2. awh thus looks so fun! my mum went to the Martin creed exhibition and I was so jealous

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    1. it was pretty great! haha but some things were not so great, like the 'shit film' - don't ask your mum about that one. otherwise it was awesome but I was gutted we couldn't take photos inside (understandably I guess)

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  3. gahh that picture of your sister is amazing! AND THOSE HELLO PANDA SNACKS ARE MY LIFE. I always look for the one fencing because I fence ^_^

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    1. thanks! and YES I KNOW OMG THEY ARE AMAZING I first tried them when my mum put a pack in my bag before I went away to a camp with my school and I've been hooked ever since. I love all the different flavours and they're so cute ahh <3

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  4. Panda snacks are my life, you guys don't have Jolly Ranchers???, and I love that song.

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