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- Day #19 - Coffee catch up with Kath - Day #20 - Early start getting to London & much needed breakfast - Welcome to the Paralympics - Watching Team GB in the pool - Aquatics Centre - View of my face & the stadium from the Aquatics Centre - Day #2 at the Paralympics - Olympic Stadium - Watched 3 medal ceremonies in our session - Wispa Gold McFlurry - Dinner in Westfield Stratford - LOTR lego...I'm excited - Portobello Road - Sign outside of Electric in Notting Hill - Dream house - Bored with my sister - Crepes at Crepe De La Crepe in Covent Garden - Blue M&M 'Darren Criss' at M&M shop in Leicester Square - Tired on our last night - Confirmation I'm going to LeakyCon - Leaving our hotel  - Some of my buys from London - Follow me on Instagram [@rcagz] for my photo diarySoundtrack: Spectrum - Florence + the Machine

My, my I’ve been a busy bee. With the Bank Holiday and my mini break to London with the family I only really had two days at work!   Those who follow me on twitter know that I headed up to Thursday to watch the Paralympic Games.

Thursday’s morning session was spent high up in the Aquatics Centre watching some what’s swimmers, including Team GB’s Jon Fox (who broke his own world record time whilst we were there). The rest of the day was spent exploring the park. It wasn’t till later on did we realise we were stood outside of the Velodrome when Ms Kate Middleton was sat inside watching the action! So near yet so far :P A combination of a very early start and being on our feet for most of the day meant we all collapsed into bed once we got to the hotel.

Day 2 was just as exciting as we joined the crowds to fill up the Olympic Stadium. It actually looked a lot bigger on the TV, but at least this meant we could see more of the athletics better. The atmosphere was amazing! I want to do a much bigger post on my time in the park, I took some decent panoramic photos on my phone (I didn’t even realise I could do that!) that I want to share.    After the antics in the park we headed over to Westfield Stratford for some window and actual shopping. I got to browse through Forever 21 for the first time ever (shocking I know) and pretty much fell in love with everything in there. I’ll definitely need to plan a trip up there either before Christmas or during the January sales. 

Our third day in London was spent shopping, again, this time in Portobello Market in Notting Hill. Again, I’ll do a much bigger post because I loved it there. The afternoon was then spend chilling out in Covent Garden and eating my weight in food.  The belated nature of this post is mainly due to how tired I was after travelling back home yesterday. I got home and just caught up on Internet bits – no decent wifi in my hotel! tragic stuff =P.

Something I’m very excited about what’s happening a year away is that I’ll be officially heading to LeakyCon in London! For those of you who don’t know, a basic description of LeakyCon is that it’s a fan convention dedicated primarily to Harry Potter, but has evolved to include things like The Hunger Games, Team Starkid, YouTube stars etc. Nerdy stuff I know but I’m so pumped to be going next year, there also a small possibility I may get to meet a couple of the Harry Potter actors there too ;)

Also have to thank my lovely friend Kath for signing us up for registration and tickets for the event, I do believe it was the most stressful thing in the world but so worth it.  

Essay over and out =P  Look out for some little London posts this week!

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