Day out: London Zoo

Exams were over and what better way to celebrate than a trip to the zoo? 

London zoo has been on my places to visit list for a while now and I was more than happy to cross it off this summer. It's not that I've never been before- I've been to London zoo twice in my nineteen years of livelihood, but I feel like it's one of those places that's meant to be visited more than once.

We made sure to buy our tickets online to avoid queues but there wasn't actually many people there that day so it wouldn't have been too bad anyways. 

At the entrance we were given a leaflet which contains a map of the zoo as well as a mini timetable with times of the shows and talks happening throughout the day: we only ended up going to 'penguin beach live', which was great!

Since visiting the zoo wasn't a regular thing I wanted to make sure we saw everything! 

Just a few of my favourites: the sloth, the giraffes, the penguins and the meerkat :)

We ended up spending around six hours at the zoo and saw all the animals except the kangaroos (not sure how we missed them though).

Our feet were aching from all the walking but we did stop in between to have a mini picnic style snack.

The ice cream was the only item bought in the cafe at the zoo as everything else was a bit too pricey!

I ended up buying the mini penguin and giraffe soft toys in the gift shop at the exit. They were just sooo cute!! 

Overall it was a great day :) I'd recommend day trips to the zoo to families and friends. It'd even make a pretty cute for a date too!

Take care,
Santhiya

Day out: Hyde Park

Hey guys!

So recently a couple of my closest friends and I went to Hyde Park for the day. It was quite a spontaneous outing, which for me is quite rare as I prefer days out which are planned a few days beforehand.

So we got the Hammersmith & City line to Edgware Road. We decided to get off at Edgware Road rather than the stations that were much closer to the park as my friend knew a nice place where we could get lunch to go. This meant we had to walk for around 25 minutes from the station but boy was it worth it. 

The restaurant was called Abu Zaad and served Syrian food. This was my first time trying Syrian food so my friend recommended the Chicken Shawerma, which cost us £3 each. We got a free canned drink each but my friend mentioned that the last time she visited she hadn't got one. So I guess we got lucky!

We stopped at a Tesco on the way and bought ourselves some crisps, muffins and biscuits. We were going to get ice cream too but decided we'd get it at the ice cream vans in the park.

Now, I'm a pretty stingy person and love getting my money's worth. Normally, I'm left a bit unsatisfied after buying wraps or sandwiches as they don't have enough actual meat in them but have more salad and general filling. This time however... I was definitely pleasantly surprised. There was soooo much chicken in the wrap! I felt as if the wrap was never ending. 

It was such a nice day- weather, friends, food and all! (However, I did get major spotty, dry skin the next day which I figured out may have been due to the sun exposure but the day itself was still great!)

I hope the post wasn't too long! >.<"

Take care,
Santhiya

Finally did it!

Hey guys!

I wasn't too sure how to start this post but I just wanted to say a quick hello before I get into blogging about "actual stuff"... So HELLO!

I've wanted to start blogging for a while now as I enjoy reading blogs myself and thought it'd be quite cool to be the one blogging for a change :)

That's all I've got to say for now but I will be posting something soon.

Take care,

Santhiya