4-Day London Itinerary on a Budget - Day 3

London Day 3: 23rd May 2018 Wed

We reached Monument Station around 10 am. Walked past The Monument, a tall monument, on the way to London Bridge.

I didn't even know what was this when I took the photo

It was a cold morning. There were many people crossing the bridge and there were traffic jams.

From the London Bridge, we can see the Tower Bridge but it was actually quite far, so we weren’t able to take a clear picture. At the start of the bridge, we walk down the stairs to be a little bit closer to the Tower Bridge and the River Thames. There was an introduction of the London Bridge. From the Bridge, you can actually see the peak of The Shard.

View from London Bridge

Passing by Southwark Needle, we walked to Hay's Galleria.

Southwark Needle

Walking to the end of  Hay's Galleria, you can have a closer look at the Tower Bridge. However, there were boats blocking it so we didn’t manage to get a very clear picture. We only entered Boots, a drugstore like Watson, other than that we didn’t shop much at the shops at Hay’s Galleria.

There was a ship in the middle of Hay’s Galleria

Walk right straight ahead and you can see this

The view of the Tower Bridge from Hay's Galleria 

Reflection of The Shard near Hay's Galleria

On the way to Borough Market, we get to see a clearer view of The Shard.

Borough Market

We crossed through the station to get to the Borough Market. We planned to get our lunch there but the food there wasn’t as impressive or as special as I thought it would be. Price was also an issue. There weren’t as much food stalls selling food as you would expect. We saw stalls selling Singapore Laksa for like tripled the SGD price of what you will find in Singapore. 

Nice presentation

We decided to give it a miss, hoping to grab a bite on the way to the National History Museum. There was Burger King, but we give it a missed since we ate it once. How I regretted the two chances of getting food. Cause on the way to the museum there wasn’t any restaurant! 

Pastries for lunch

Apparently, on that day, patrons were supposed to visit it using certain entrance, but we ignore the notice outside the Metro thinking it was just telling us how to get there (and we thought the direction from Citymapper was the same. But it wasn’t!)

I managed to walk further to grab some pastries in the end for lunch. There were other restaurants there but I wasn’t willing to fork out the money to buy them.

So I would suggest grabbing a bite at Borough Market. There was a stall selling Fish and Chips that supposedly to be award-winning, perhaps you could try that and tell me did I really missed a gem. 

There are other stalls selling exotic meats like kangaroo.

At National History Museum, there were many lifelike animals. You can learn much educational information about animals there.

The architecture of National History Museum looks impressive

Doesn't it look alive?

Even the arc have animal sculpture

There are water coolers, free toilets, and benches in the museum.

Around 5.30pm we left the Museum and walked to Harrods to clear it off the to-see list. On the way, we saw the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Victoria and Albert Museum

Around 6.10pm, we reached Harrods. After window shopping for just a short while (perfume room is too overwhelming), we went back to Airbnb for home cooked food.

Harrods

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Summary

1. The Monument
2. London Bridge
3. Southwark Needle
4. Hay's Galleria
5. Shard
6. Borough Market
7. National History Museum
8. Harrods