Few weeks back, when the city was still packed with tourists from all over the world, and when the weather was unusually hot, my friends Charlotte, Grace and I decided to explore the city more in what we called a 'sophisticated way', which obviously included eating burgers...
We started the evening off by going to the Five Guys burger shop in Covent Garden as we all heard so much about it and were dying to try out.
We arrived there just after 6pm, and there already was a queue! As we had no back up dinner plans, it didn't take very long for us to decide to join the queue, and much to our surprise, we barely waited 15 minutes to go inside. In fact, it was too short of a queue to choose what to have! I am usually quite indecisive when it comes to food, but I knew what I wanted that day - BACON CHEESEBURGER, which was £8.75 on its own, but you could have free toppings, as many as you wish!, with it so I opted for grilled onions and mushrooms. I have also ordered a regular fries (£4) and a regular drink (£2.50) which you could go and fill it yourself and they had so many different flavours of fanta that we don't have in the UK! I got a little carried away with the options but in the end settled with the grape flavour. Charlotte and Grace opted for the simple yet the best Cheeseburger (£6.75) with small potion of fries.
There were plenty of seats to sit inside, but the weather was too gorgeous not to enjoy it, so we decide to take a little walk to the Trafalgar square to enjoy our burgers in a grand setting - yes eating these burgers were such a big deal to us!
Trafalgar Square is only 3-5 minutes walk away from Covent garden and we walked there as fast as we could to get our hands on the burgers! I love Trafalgar Square, I love how grand and historical it looks yet it is in the centre of London. The National Gallery is right by the square, which I love visiting to admire the astonishing arts, and I would happily spend a whole day in this area.
Anyway, Charlotte, Grace and myself found a nice spot on the edges of the fountain to sit down to dig into our burgers we could not have picked a better place!
And this is my beautiful burger trio. There was just enough amount of melted cheese in it to cover the bacon and the patty. The size of the burger was bigger than I expected it to be, but nothing I couldn't manage of course. However, I struggled with my fries, as after finishing my pot of fries, I discovered another potful in the bag! Small portion would definitely have been enough for me. Overall, I was satisfied with my burger and I would probably go again but can't make it a regular habit as it is quite pricy for a burger and with student budgeting, this kind of luxury is a poison to my purse.
After demolishing our burgers, we decide it was time to burn off the calories we have just consumed by taking a walk around the city. We didn't decide on the destination when we left but we were headed towards Westminster, and ended up in South bank / Waterloo! We didn't realise how easy it was to walk there from where we were and really enjoyed the walk there. The sun was beginning to set in far distance when we were crossing the Hungergord Bridge, and the view of London from there was simply stunning.
We were all stunned by the view and we could not resist to take photos after photos! When we were finally content with photos we took, we carried on walking towards the Waterloo station to end the day and go home. On our way to Waterloo station, we stumbled across a group of people gathered in front of the wooden gate and we weren't sure what it was to start with. People kept going in there and we were intrigued to know what was happening inside! It wasn't long before we stepped inside to discover this colourful circus like area hidden behind the gates! (free of charge to enter)
We stood there for a while staring at this wonderful space and were very impressed with our finding! It was a circus themed outdoor pub thing ( I really don't know how to describe this place) with music, bars and food. The place was packed with couples, family and people in business suits. To make the most of our evening before heading home, we all bought a drink to sit down and to enjoy this amazing atmosphere. I have absolutely loved being there, people watching and swaying to some good tunes. I think this place is open until end of September, well I hope it is anyway!, and I would recommended to anyone who fancies a new setting to have drinks with your dates, friends and family.
This was a great way of ending my fun evening with the girls whilst exploring London, and I am hoping to do more exploring during my holiday!
Where are everyones' favourite places in London?
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