2026-07-22

1st day in London: Hyde park, Carnaby street, Chinatown, Covent Garden, Picadilly circus


We woke up at 4 am
to let Amané drive from Angoulême to Poitiers.
Arrived at 5 am: so tiny tiny airport !!!


The flight was full,
Amané didn't feel ill...
Grey and freh arriving in London at 9 am.
 

Going by bus and metro to Paddington


Then walking around Hyde Park to find a place to eat:

we found it at the Italian square
where some birds ducks were enjoying the water.


Well Hyde Park is so strange in beige yellow....
no more green meadows...
but still huge trees everywhere
and a little bit of squirrels.



So dry.........poor Hyde Park....




Then we walked in order to reach Carnaby street


First red cabin


first black cab


so clean subburb...


incredible houses with incredible doors


round windows


Eisenhowwer bricks's house


first red royal mail box


Look at this building:
how many floors and balconies can you count?


an old intersting design


in a gallery an exhibition
of a japanese Yuta likes


Beautiful Liberty's shop
shakespearian spirit





Here we are: Carnaby subburb


Full of teenagers for their shopping


This time: 
Frida Khalo's theme





Street full of musicals...!


and then we reached Chinatown:
it's a quite big subburb, full of restaurants and tourists.


until we joined Covent Garden


We didn't stay so much
but we saw some different street artists:
musicians, magicians, jongling...

and a special for Amané and Baba Hitomi:


We looked for some papeterie, stationnery,
libraries...
We visited 2 of them: so huge !!
This one is the oldest with old wooden stairs and moquette inside...!
Hatchards since 1797.







We walked so much:
little break in our first pub!!


In St Paul church a special corner
for Pride





And Picadilly circus !
We went back to our hotel with a red imperial bus.