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Exploring Westminster is never boring! Thames Jet and Boat Ride

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I would better warn everyone first, if you are tourists, waiting for boarding and taking pictures by the same time, be careful about these guys dressed up fancily, they will force you to take pictures with them and charge you at least one pound per person. Really bad. Luckily my very nice Indian friend Sabee, paid for helpless me. Then forget about unpleasant things, get life jacket on, after the safety introduction from coaches, we got onto the Thames Jet , which is a fast yacht. Slow sightseeing is taken first alongside the river, of the London Eye, the Elizabeth Bell and the Palace of Westminster.  After off the busy area, the yacht started to speed up amazingly, get very bouncy and it looks like we are jumping in the river all the time. Very exciting and satisfying. The best thing I enjoyed the most being an ambassador in LUIP is making so many friend from everywhere all over the world. Meeting friends in an old and traditional British cafe, The Barrowboy & Ban...

Being Elegant in Fortnum and Mason.

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We have had an amazing day yesterday on the top floor of Fortnum and Mason, the oldest department store of UK.  The head quarters is located at 181 Piccadilly, where as it was established in 1707 by William Fortnum and Hugh Mason. It is recognised internationally for its high quality goods as an iconic British symbol(Wikipedia). The main focus of the store is variety of exotics. Large but amazing indoor changing has been made since year 2004. It look now completely different indoors. Spiral stairs run though the atrium of the store, making customers easily recognise how many floors they have, and the amazing but unique goods on each floors. Sitting with being suprised, I started looking around. Everything look rally British and traditional: the velvet curtains, the hand made carpet, china tableware arranged in traditional order. The services are extremely experienced and behave just like the way being done traditionally. I have to remind me several times t...