My UK[England and Scotland] Trip!!

UK Trip:

UK Visa for Indian Passport holder costs around 10k per person[Indian Rupees] [We had applied in Nov 2021]. Visa application centers mostly work 5 days a week. So one day you might have to go to Visa center on working day.

Due to Covid-19, there was too much delay in processing of the Visa. So if you are planning a trip to UK, plan in advance and apply Visa much in advance. 

It took 2.5 months for our Visa approval due to Covid-19.

Our Flight tickets were little bit costly since we planned little bit late. But you can book in advance and book refundable tickets. Since its Covid-19 it's better to book refundable tickets.

Travel to UK can be bit costlier compared to other European countries. 

TIP: 

1) Have an international Credit and Debit Card with you when you travel outside your country. And have enough balance left in the cards. Cards do add the international Taxes. But just incase if you are short on money, these cards certainly help!

2) Download offline maps of all the places you are visiting

3) Ask for SIM cards in Visa application Centers[They really work nicely!]

[We had got two sim cards for free from the VFS office Bengaluru!]

4) Check your flight and train timings! If its in the morning or night! usually timings will be mentioned in 24 hour format! so 1.00 means it will be midnight 1.00 and not afternoon 1.00. Cross check before starting

UK Visa requirements:

1. Salary Slips of 3-6 months

2. ITR Filed for 3 years

3. Leave letter from Office Or work confirmation letter

4. Return ticket from UK back to India

5. Booked reservation tickets of Stay in UK[Or you can show enough balance for you to survive in UK]

6. No criminal records

7. Your past travel history[If you have traveled before to other countries, that is an advantage]

8. Your recent passport size photos[Specific details are needed for specific Visa type]

9. Full Vaccination certificate for Covid-19

10. Enough Bank Balance for your survival in UK

11. Travel Insurance

For more details visit this site:

https://visa.vfsglobal.com/guy/en/gbr/apply-visa

UK is thrill to see in summer, since it has day light for the longest! from morning around 5.00am till night 9.00pm there will be bright light which makes it easier for you to roam around and see things properly! 

Do's:

1. Time is money for them. So be absolutely on time anywhere u go. No, they don't wait for 'just 5 min'

2. Everything needs to be booked online.

3. They accept only plastic currency now

4. NOTE: In buses, they don't give u 'change'. So either u should have 'exact change' or your credit card should have enough balance for you it to work (preferably an international credit card ). 'They never ever give you change' in city buses

5. To roam around in London, buy an 'OYSTER CARD'. you will get this as soon as you move towards underground[metro stations are called underground in UK] from airport. 

An oyster card costs about 22 pounds inclusive of 15 pound balance. Trust me! this saves you lots of money!

6. OYSTER CARD can be used in tubes[metros are called tubes in here], and city buses. OYSTER CARD is valid only in LONDON. But its worth every penny. it makes your life easier if you are taking tube and gives great discount without your knowledge. Money can be easily added to the card, since every station has automatic machines to add money for the same.

7. Book your stay near to any underground[metro station]. Try near Central London in London which is closer to most of the sight seeing places. Other cities in UK, try booking near Railway station[if u r traveling through Railway] so that u can avoid carrying heavy luggage for long distance

Our Itinerary:

We had opted for London pass for 4 days. It covers many sight seeing places, one day hop-on-hop bus tour and one day of Uber boat ride to selected places.

All my stays were booked using Booking.com app

1. Bangalore To London-->Stay for 5 days in London

Place of Stay:

Ensuite Rooms, SOUTHWARK - SK, Pocock Street, Southwark, London, SE1 0FN

[Around 7 mins walk from Southwark Underground]

2. London[England] to Manchester[England] -->1 Day stay in Manchester

Place of Stay: Holiday Inn Express Manchester City Centre

[Around 1 min walk from Railway station]

3. Manchester[England]  to Glasgow[Scotland]-->1 Day stay in Glasgow

Place of Stay: Travelodge Glasgow Queen Street

[Around 2 mins walk from Glasgow Queen street station]

4. Glasgow[Scotland] to Edinburgh[Scotland]-->3 days stay in Edinburgh

Place of Stay: ALTIDO Affordable Edinburgh, Haddington Place, Edinburgh, EH7 4AG, United Kingdom

[Around 8 mins walk from Waverly train station]

5. Edinburgh[Scotland] to Inverness[Scotland]-->2 days stay in Inverness

Place of Stay: Aberfeldy Lodge, Guest House,11 Southside Road, Inverness, Highlands, IV2 3BG

[Around 5 mins walk from Inverness Train station]

6. Inverness[Scotland] to London[England] -->3 days stay in London

Place of Stay: Dover Hotel - B&B, Address: 44 Belgrave Road, Westminster Borough, London, SW1V 1RG

[Around 2 mins walk to Victoria Station and Victoria Coach station]

7. London to Bangalore--> Fun trip is over 😟

Day1:LONDON

We started from Bangalore and Reached London in the morning around 8.00am. Unfortunately most of the hotels/hostels check-in is around 3.00pm so it was tough to roam around with a suitcase, backpack and a small bag!. But there are shops who keep the bags for 1pound per bag per hour. Many hotels/hostels keep luggage with them until your check-in time.

Tower Of London: Included in London Pass

We visited Tower of London. Its known for Royal artillery and Crown Jewels.

Crown Jewels: 

Inside Tower Of London, there is a Jewel Crown which has Original Crowns and Jewels of British Monarchy! Yes Kohinoor is kept there! Heart sinks looking at it thinking it was actually ours! 😏 

After that we came, checked into our hostel[We stayed near Southwark Underground], freshened up and again went for a walk around Tower bridge! River Thames is a sight which will mesmerize you, so u can take a walk around the place, have a glass of wine or beer based on your choice.

In front of Crown Jewel building[Photography is not allowed inside]

Inside Tower of London

Day 2: LONDON

We start our day pretty early. First 5 days we were cooking on our own in London. Yes, many places provide kitchen and cooking utensils, Gas stove for you to cook on your own. There are many shops like Tesco, which sell rice, onion and other required ingredients, which you can buy and cook on your own[After you finish cooking and eating, u need to wash the dishes, and keep the kitchen as it was]. Else there are always burger shops like Mac Donald's where you can buy burgers at cheaper prices.

There is Plant based and also vegetarian burger available all over UK. And Veg burger tastes really yummy 😋 It costs you between 3-4 pounds for a  veg burger and if you are non-vegetarian for you there are ample options. 

Millennium Bridge Walk

So we had our breakfast and started walking towards Millennium Bridge Walk. This bridge is only for pedestrians. Bridge is beautiful with a view of important central London buildings like The Gherkin, Shrad etc! Lots of people come to Jog there in the morning.

Millennium Bridge

St. Paul Cathedral: Included in London Pass

Just after crossing the bridge, u will see magnificent St. Paul's Cathedral[London Pass had the entry for this]. We visited this church.

After that, we went to Mac Donald's and bought a cup of Coffee and we thought to go on Hop on Hop off bus, which will be available right in front of St. Paul Cathedral.

The building behind is Saint.Paul Cathedral

Hop on Hop off Buses in London: Included in London Pass for one day

NOTE: once you scan the London Pass at one company hop-on-hop off bus tours, whole day you are allowed to travel only in their company buses! and each company has their own Frequency.

Like Golder tours comes once in an hour! this is Blue color bus and I tell you not to get on this bus, since frequency is too less

There is one more called Big Bus and Tootbus whose Frequency were quite regular. And these are Maroon/Red color buses.

You can get down at any stop and get on at any stop along their path using hop-on-hop-off 

Big Ben:

Big Ben is the Great Bell of the striking clock near the Palace of Westminster. Recently people are not allowed to go inside or climb the tower. Its attached to Parliament building. Taking pic in front of Red phone booth and having Big ben in the background is the famous photo pose of London!

Buckingham Palace: Not included in London Pass

To Visit This Palace, you need to Book months together in Advance online! 

https://www.royal.uk/virtual-tours-buckingham-palace

Main attraction is Change of Guards which takes place right in front of the Palace and you don't need to buy tickets for the same. But people gather here in large numbers, so if you go and catch a place to stand little bit in front, that helps to see the change of guards Parade! I was little bored to see it. My husband had made me sit on his shoulders since I wasn't able to see it properly! Ya, I am quite short 😛😅 

Buckingham Palace!!

Green Park:

After that we walked via Green Park, which is in front of Buckingham Palace eating our Biscuits carried from India and reached other end of the road. Then we thought to Visit Either Westminster Abbey or Churchill War rooms, but decided to go to Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge: Included in London Pass

You can enter the bridge and go upstairs from inside! Ya its very beautiful! But you have to take stairs! If you are old or with a child, you can ask to use an elevator, perhaps they will allow. 

Once you go up, you will come across a transparent floor, made out of glass! through which you can see the boats moving and vehicles moving! If you are lucky enough you can even see, Tower Bridge opening so that big ships can cross! you can check the time table and plan accordingly if you really want to see the bridge being lifted up and closing back in!

Tower-Bridge on River Thames!

                                      

Top Of Shard: Included in London Pass

You need to book a slot to go on Top of Shard! View from there is spectacular! Many people propose from there to their loved ones! the 360 degrees view is just amazing!

You can have a champagne or glass of wine an ice-cream at the top of London!

Its totally worth it!

After that we came back to our hotel, cooked Egg rice enough to have next day's breakfast and lunch and then went to bed

Proposal on Top of Shrad!

View from the Top 

Day 3: LONDON:

Westminster Abbey: Included in London Pass

So this is the Royal Church where Some of the Royal Weddings have taken place. Like Prince William to Catherine Middleton. The Abbey is also the place where Royals are coronated. The crown is not answerable to the British public but only to the God and hence the coronation in the abbey.

But for us it was an attraction because Stephan Hawking was buried there! It was quite ironical, but yes! great minds like Stephan Hawking, Isaac Newton, Faraday, William Shakespeare are buried in here. 

There are other interesting things to see around on behalf of Queen's jubilee celebrations as well.

Stephen Hawking is resting down there

The West Minster Abbey

Churchill War Rooms: Not included in London Pass

If you want to know from where did Winston Churchill operate during 2nd World war, you are at right place! This is an underground, from where Churchill used to command!

They have bunker rooms for so many people! Too much of information is available there! If you love history and Winston, Do visit Churchill War Rooms!!

Churchill Discussion Room

Downing Street: 

It is the address where British Prime Minister resides. Although no tours are available for the PM's house but you get an opportunity to click photos from outside.  

Downing Street, in front of Prime Minister's residence

Trafalgar Square: 

This place gives an impression that London in terms of its architecture converges here . Square is named after the British Royal Navy's victory during the Napoleonic wars. Also one of the great statues at his place is of George Washington.

George Washington who fought the British to have the Land of Free to cut its root with the Empire vowed never to step on British soil, so when his statute was commissioned for this square, soil for the same was sent from his home state Virginia US. So ideally George Washington standing in Britain on American soil!! That's kind of a bad Ass!!😜

Trafalgar Square

George Washington Statue

Thames Uber Ride: Included in the London Pass for one Day

Amongst many options like tube, double decker bus, to traverse London one very popular option is boat. People here use boats not just for fun but also as a commute option. We took this boat ride for about 2 hours. It went along the all important places like st.Paul's cathedral, Tower of London etc. We also passed through all the important bridges like tower bridge , London bridge.

Uber Ride on River Thames

Day 4: WINDSOR CASTLE, ROMAN BATH, AND STONE HENGE

I had booked one day tour via Viator webpage to take us to Windsor Castle[It will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesdays] then Roman Bath and Stone hinge from London. There was a bus with a guide for this. Bur all the entry tickets to all the places we need to buy when we reach to that particular place

Pick up and drop both at the Victoria coach station

If you know how to use tubes, then it's pretty easy way to reach Victoria Coach Station. Underground Maps are available at all stations and please have a hard copy which makes life very easy!

Bus For the Day!

Windsor Castle: Included in London Pass

Here is where Present Queen is spending most of her time recently. It is quite away from busy streets and life of London. Peaceful bliss you can say!

Windsor Castle

Roman Bath: Need to buy separate tickets at the entrance

Here the Romans have created Pool kind of structures for taking bath. This is a small town with spectacular views. The water is said to have a medicinal qualities[Not sure though]

That is a real person!!

Cathedral of Roman Bath Village

Beautiful isn't it?

Pools of Romans

Stone Hinge: Free for tourists

This a beautifully kept stones for what reasons no one accurately knows! people keep guessing thinking it might be to know time, weather etc. But place is beautiful and you can just enjoy there.

We were back in London by 5.00pm

Stone Hinge

Stone Hinge

Day 5: LONDON

Sherlock's Home: Not included in London Pass

I am a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes! so we went to Baker Street 221B! Madam Tussauds and Sherlock's homes are about 7 mins walk apart! So early morning we went to Sherlock's home, bought tickets and enjoyed the story told to us by the maid in their home! It was like a dream come true to see the house which u have seen on TV! 

221B BakerStreet

My Super Villain [Jim Moriarty]with my Super Hero[My Husband]

Madam Tussauds: Not included in London Pass

If you buy tickets for Madam Tussauds and London Eye together you get a great discount! and also you need to book a slot for the same as well as London Eye!

As you all know, celebrity wax statues are present here! there are many many wax statues of your dream celebrities! You may wanna dress up a bit for here, since they make you feel like you are attending an award function! 😂 

We have Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Shahrukh Khan and Sachin Tendulkar from Indian as well.

London eye: Not included in London Pass

So since London eye slot booking was done, we reached around an hour before and eat our home made lunch  and waited for our turn.

London eye is not like a Ferries Wheel. It turns very very slowly. And takes about 30 mins to complete a round

You get beautiful view of the city of London. Often considered as a romantic site where your partner would not hesitate to say "YES" 

Day 6: MANCHESTER

This place is for people who are sports enthusiasts or if you want to see some college campuses.

There are two Major Football clubs here. Manchester United and Manchester City.

Since in Manchester United women's football match was going on we took FC tour of Manchester City!

It was an amazing experience. My husband is totally crazy football fan. So we enjoyed it a lot! they will show u the places where players sit, stand, walk to the stadium, their dressing room, their manager's room, medical room, gym and finally the Ground! 

You get to enter the ground the way a player enters the ground! so u feel pretty amazing[of course if you are into games and stuff]. They even play the crowd cheering in the background so that u get that feeling!!

So enjoyed and came back to our hotel and rested their.

Man City Ground!

Man united 

SCOTLAND:

Day 7: Glasgow

Glasgow is in Scotland. You have two options. From Manchester you can go to Glasgow and then to Edinburgh or you can visit Edinburgh first and then come to Glasgow. We chose Glasgow first since from Edinburgh there were many trains towards Inverness[our later stop]

Glasgow is very cold place. Walking in shorts in spite of the summer was dreadful experience.

Pack warm clothes if your itinerary has Glasgow in it.

Glasgow has beautiful river, George square, Glasgow cathedral, Art Museum and Necropolis to see in a day.

We really liked Necropolis.

U get to walk around and u get a top of Glasgow. Typical Scotland beauty u get to enjoy!

Not that great fan of George Square though. Cathedral is also nice old beautiful structure if you are interested.

I had booked all the trains to travel within united kingdom. Seats were reserved. But while travelling from Manchester to Glasgow, the direct train had got cancelled. So in the enquiry they asked us to go till Preston and change the train! 

So till Preston we went in reserved seats! but from there, It was a mess. All the members of train from Manchester to Preston came to board the other train which was already reserved from Preston to Glasgow!

Our reserved seats were gone and no one took responsibility for that. 

If you have not reserved the seats, ask for unserved coaches. Go and sit in that only, else they will ask you to move[obviously!]

But some how we adjusted[My husband and I had to sit separately] and reached Glasgow that day! 

Cathedral

On the way to Necropolis

When Hotel Staff don't keep your bags: 

In Glasgow the hotel we booked was Travel Lodges! The reception lady was way too rude. She didn't keep our luggage till 3.00pm[Check-in Time]! But we didn't want to waste time till 3.00pm protecting our luggage! So we went in search of shops who can keep bags! In UK, unless there is separate luggage room, they don't keep your luggage, and there also u need to book the slot and all online! I know! for Indians its too much headache! In Meghalaya, we used to keep the luggage with people who had Maggie shops! Finally we kept luggage and went to roam around!

NOTE: Before you book any hotels/hostels enquire if they have luggage room and is there space to keep your suitcase/backpacks in it?

Day 8: Edinburgh

Glasgow to Edinburgh is around only 1 hour journey and there are many trains to travel between these cities. You don't need seats reserved for the same

So after reaching Edinburgh people were lovely! we took a bus to our booked room and changed our clothes and kept luggage in luggage room till check-in time and went to see around Edinburgh!

Man! city is wonderful to roam around! and Edinburgh is hot place in summer! not cold at all unless its night! so u can go easy on clothes! 

Holyrood Palace:

One of the beautiful palaces and it has great stories regarding James, Queen Mary of Scot and all the things u want to see in a Palace.

Holyrood Park:

Just outside the Holyrood Palace, you have Holyrood Park, neatly maintained!

Queens Ferry:

Queens Ferry is quite outside Edinburgh. You need to take Stage Coaches[Buses are called as coaches and stage coaches are to travel in between cities]. Here you can buy to and fro ticket. But u need to go to the same bus stop where your bus dropped you and get on to the same company coach!

If you have your own private vehicle, its way too easy then.

So from bus stop, u need to walk some distance[We had gotten down on a highway]. About 2km plus or minus some distance.

After reaching there, there will be boat rides available and u can hop on in the boat buying tickets[no need to book online, but check for the timings] and enjoy your ride.

You see total 3 kinds of bridges and they have some stories for those bridges as well. So overall pretty good sight to withhold!

Day 9: Edinburgh

We visited Loch-ness [will tell u regarding this in detail in sometime] from Edinburgh via booked tours via Viator. There was 16 member vehicle which picked us from Waterloo bus stop and dropped us back there only.

Mac Donald's is there in Waverly station and it made life easy for us 😁😁

The scenic view along the way is beautiful. The green grass, grown trees, beautiful mind blowing lakes are mesmerizing!

On the way before reaching Lochness we visited some other places as well.

Glen Coe:

One of the most beautiful places I visited so far! Lust green mountains and the roads and shooting places those taken places near by! its just jaw Dropping!

Many Harry Potter and James Bond movie shootings have happened in Scotland and in Glen Coe!

The nature is beautiful!!

Lochness:

Loch in Gallic mean lake. There is a loch monster named Nessi who stays in Lochness is a believed story. The lake is very much black in color and depth is too much! scenery around Lochness is also beautiful! 

But there is some other interesting things around here!

Here boats move from one step to other step! so for that to happen, bridges move! when bridge moves, the boats move forward and boats go to next step of the canal! it will be interesting to see this stuff! so don't miss this also

Vehicle booked via Viator

Lochness BoatRide

LochNess

Day 10: Edinburgh

Edinburgh Castle:

This day we visited Edinburgh Castle! Book your tickets in advance and book the slot to avoid missing out due to limited entries!

so I had booked in 2 days in advance! 

If you want to walk to this place, go to Waverly station and from there only u can start walking! the other roads were closed and we had to take a long walk because of that! GPS was not that helpful here! better to check with local folks and go ahead!

So its a typical castle. Within the castle there was whisky tasting shop. If you like whisky get a shot of Choco whisky ! ya it was amazing!!

You can have your ice-cremes, enjoy top view of Edinburgh and spend sometime in Castle.

Calton Hill:

So Calton hill around which the city of Edinburgh is surrounded is a lovely place to relax! you can see Britannia Boat parked with a view from Calton hill. 

By the way you can dress up and go to Britannia Boat to have an afternoon tea. Its up to people where they want to spend their money. I am more of an outdoor person and into nature. and felt it was quite costly to spend on an afternoon's tea 😅

With the Calton hill you feel like all your sorrows and burdens are reducing. You just sit there and stare into North Sea and get lost in your thoughts! one of the romantic places I would say!

There is also a beach in Edinburgh and you have buses  to go there. You can go to beach and chill out there as well

Day 11: Inverness

So we began our journey towards Inverness which is around 4 hours from Edinburgh. I had reserved train tickets. We had our breakfast in Waverly station and boarded the train.

Inverness town itself is a beautiful and clean! people are too lovely and everything is just 5 mins apart, except for an view to ocean 😆

So this is the first place where after we had requested to provide us the room by 1.00pm, the room was ready! Everywhere else our requests were straight away denied!

Alberfedly Lodge was the place we were staying at! Beautiful Victorian place with lots of free food!

If you want an early breakfast, you need to inform them previous day it self.

Moray Firth

So after checking into room, we changed clothes and went out!

We roamed around and thought to check the place where river meets an ocean!

So River Ness meets North Sea!

But if you have to take boat ride to see Dolphins, you need to walk! walk for about 2-3kms one way.

There you get boat rides and where Dolphins can be spotted is called Moray Firth!

There is no public transport or anything to reach this place! only by your own vehicle or by walk!

In search of Dolphins

Day 12:The Isle of Skye & Eilean Donan Castle

This is one of the most enjoyed days of all times! wow!! we were literally in Scotland!! Scotland's weather, beauty!! You have got to pack your warmers!! yes, even in summer it will be hell cold! it will be raining or drizzling and definitely chilling!

So we had booked a tour via Viator for Isle of Skye and Eilean Donan Castle tour. Pickup was in the morning around 7.00am from Inverness bus stop and dropped us back to the same point at 8.00pm in the night. But every second was worth it! scenery is just mesmerizing!!

Inver Moriston Falls:

Right from the beginning when your trip starts, view will be too beautiful! If you visit in summer you will see hush green land and water every where! if you visit in Winter, snow will be yours. Chose what you like.

So on the way you come across many water bodies like flowing small streams, water falls, lakes which you can keep enjoying. Driver stops at important water falls and most scenic places. One such was Inver Moriston Falls. Anything in Scotland is just beautiful, though sounds redundant, cant help but tell how beautiful it was. 

Eilean Donan Castle

This Castle is on the banks of a lake! which has a typical English style stone bridge to cross and reach the castle. Very Picturesque. There are two types of Tickets here. One to cross the stone bridge and one to enter the castle. Of course you can choose what you want. You will get enough time to snack on, take pics and enjoy the beautiful scenic beauty

Eilean Donan Castle

Portree Harbour:

This place is just fine. If you want to do boating, you can go ahead and do. But we had done too much boating already so we had skipped here. You can roam around, have lunch[Fish and chips is famous here for non-vegetarians!]

You can roam around the city for a while also.

Portree Harbour

The Old Man of Storr:

This is located on the north of Skye in the area known as 'Trotter Nish'. 

This will be seen on the drive. Some people can hike to this place. Its a big rock standing on top of a small hill. 

Kilt Rock:

On the Inner Hebridean Isle of Skye are two spectacular sights, both visible from the same observation point on the Trotter Nish Peninsula. One of these is the magnificent 90 meter Kilt Rock, which looks strikingly similar to a pleated kilt.

The other point of interest is the Mealt waterfall, which, fed from nearby Mealt Loch, plummets from the top of the cliffs to the rock-laden coast below

Sligachan bridge:

This is an iconic and beautiful bridge! Freezing water and beautiful scenic love you get from this place is just amazing! 

There is a saying like "anyone brave enough to dip their face in the water will be granted eternal beauty by the faeries". Anyway, its up to you if you want to dip your face in the water or no, but u can definitely enjoy the beauty of the nature.

Day 13: London

We started back to London with heavy heart from Inverness. Scotland is an eternal Beauty!

We preferred train journey. Its a long journey of 7-8 hours via train. We opted train since we wanted to still capture scenic beauty along the train path, and enjoy the long ride via train. And we had not kept much things to do in London on this day. So we started around 8.00am in the morning and reached around 3.30pm in the noon. We reached Kings Cross station. 

From there I had booked our stay very very near to Victoria coach[bus] station since next day after our Harry Potter Tour, we were reaching Victoria coach Station around 11.30 mid night and just to make it more safe, I had booked our hotel just 2 mins away from the coach station.

So we checked in to our hotel and my husband had planned a surprise dinner for me!

Hard Rock Café:

World's first Hard Rock Cafe is in London! yes. So he wanted to take me there! so he asked me to get ready for a date and didn't tell me where we were going. We went via tube, got down, walked a bit and there it was! Hard Rock Cafe! 

Cafe's ambience is not meant for romantic dates! But it was our dream to visit this Hard rock cafe! some personal reasons 😍

We sat there, ordered our food and drinks and talked. We ate, talked, kissed and yes, for me it was of course romantic. After meal, we walked little bit in Green Park where you have Princess Diana Memorial Walk, which is just in front of Cafe and then went back to our Hotel

Day 14: London

Small Ben:

Small Ben is also a clock which is in front of the Victoria station. It is very small compared to Big Ben, but its cute

Harry Potter Warner Bros Tour:

I had booked Golden tours bus to Visit the sets of Harry Potter Warner Bros Tour!

Since it will be extremely popular and busy, u need to book well in advance. We didn't get the morning slot. so I booked 6.00pm slot which gets over around 10pm. For you to reach at 6.00pm in Warner Bros studio, u need to start by 4.00pm.

So our bus picked us at 4.00pm From Victoria Coach station and they provided us the tickets after reaching the studios.

If you are a week heart, don't go to this place! Because it is amazing!!!!!! Not sure if your heart will be able to handle so much of creativity and awesomeness!!

This is one place which I don't want you to miss, if you are an Harry Potter fan!

They have big dining hall, Slytherin common room, Gryffindor common room, Harry potter and Ron's rooms, Weasleys house exactly how it is shown in the movie[with iron doing iron on clothes on its own, sewing on its own!], Private drive, Dursley's house, Diagon Alley, Platform 9 3/4th with train and coaches, moving stairs, forbidden forest, moving car, Harry's bank locker, Gringotts Vault door[actually moving one!] with and what not!!

You get to go on broom stick! It feels u are flying in the video!! Pretty Amazing right?!

And best part is Gringotts Bank!! Even the original banks are not that Royal! It looks exactly how its shown in the movie!!!

And The Dragon[on which Harry Hermione and Ron escape]!! It feels like dragon is just in front of you!!

They have mandrakes room, where u get to pull a mandrake out of the sand and it screams!!

Half the way to the tour, you get to drink Butter Beer!! Not for free!! But its a non-alcoholic drink which is just amazing!!!

There is a wand room! they have carved in about 4900 people who worked on the movie on each wand box!! Including J.K.Rowling, Daniel Radcliff, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Alan Rickman to name a few.

At the end the whole school complete Hogwarts structure is built!! 

It was a surreal experience, specially if you are a fan of the great fiction!!

After tour, there is a shop which sells, Hogwarts robes/caps/mufflers! and many things! The most important one is the wand! You can buy anyone's wand you want! Choice up to you! I brought Harry's and Elderly wand! You can buy butter beer at the in this shop also. 

Enjoyed and our bus picked us up at 10.45 from the same place they dropped. 

By the time we reached Victoria Coach station it was midnight 12.30pm. We walked quickly to our hotel and slept with so many awesome memories one can hold!!!!

One of the Best Days of My life!!!!

Day 15: LONDON

Last Day of our Trip. Our Flight was around 8.00pm. So we still had till 3.00pm to Chill.

British Parliament: 

We had Multimedia guided tour booked for British Parliament in advance. My husband is into Sports and Politics around the world! It was booked at 9.00am in the morning. So we went and visited Parliament

They showed us all the places. Westminster Hall, House of Lords, House of Commons, the paintings commemorating waterloo and Trafalgar Square! Everything is just too Royal!

We were proud to see Rishi Sunak's name in the Parliament! Obviously as an Indian who loves Sudha Murthy, I am proud!

Basaveshwara Statue 

After this we went to Visit Basaveshwara Statue on the banks of River Thames! People need to promote his ideas. No, I am not into any religion or caste or anything. That is the reason we need to spread his ideas! He is the man who fought for equality between all caste and religion, equality between all genders! And he fought against many blind believes in 12th Century!! If that is not success!! I don't know what is!

Heathrow Airport

After seeing the Basaveshwara Statue, we had lunch, packed one burgers each for evening and went to hotel. We had checked out of hotel in the morning it self. But we had kept our luggage in the hotel only till we roamed around. Then picked the luggage and started to Heathrow Airport via Tube!

We were mesmerized by the beauty of United Kingdom!!

With all the memories floating in our head and heart we said bye to UK and came back to India!!

Disclaimer: All the info above is according to me when I visited. Anything can change with time! So when you plan your trip, some of the things would have changed! Ex: Train timings, tour timings or websites. Some tours or trains even get cancelled at the end moment! This was just my itinerary. Read and make your plans accordingly 😃