Cupcake Hunt in Central London

My cousin sent me on a cupcake hunt to find this place. I was willing to risk life and limb for a good cupcake, let alone the possibility of getting lost in a strange part of London. I was successful in my cupcake hunt... And afterwards, I went on a mini-adventure to find the perfect place to eat my cupcake.

The building was a cute shade of pink. It did look a little out of place next to the brick though.

Little did I know that if I walked down the street in the other direction, I would arrive at Buckingham Palace and St. James' Park. I sat amidst these daffodils to eat my Boffee cupcake (banana and toffee).

The cupcake was the best I've ever had. I thought the filling was a nice touch.

I couldn't have picked a better place to eat this cupcake. The sunset was lovely and that's Buckingham Palace in the background.

All that sugar made me want a picture with the palace guards. I did not tease them, although their hats were fluffier than mine. In fact, I felt so silly after this picture that I had the strangest urge to apologize to the guards for taking a picture with them. 

Future Olympic Stadium--In Progress

As you can see, the Olympics are being held in a degraded part of London. This is the East End, an old railway yard that was like a wasteland. The reason the Olympics will be held here is so that this area can be renovated.

The area isn't all bad. It at least has potential.

The 2012 Olympic Stadium

The Olympic building didn't impress me much. But then again, I didn't get to go inside. I hope it will look better by 2012.

Sunday in Spitalfields

At the Old Spitalfields Market. Spitalfields comes from the old Roman Hospitalfields, which was shortened to Spitalfields. There is a market in this area every weekend.

I was horribly attacked by killer bunnies. They may look harmless... but how do you think I got that red gash down my body? hm? Killer bunnies! Fortunately, I was in the old Spitalfields so a doctor patched me up.

The Up Market in the East End. This is on Brick Lane, one of my most frequented places in London. Brick Lane has lots of curry places. Inside the Up Market, there were food stands serving Jamaican, Ethiopian, Chinese, Indian, Spanish and any other type of food you could imagine!

After the Sunday Up Market, I went to Covent Garden for some souvenir shopping. At an outdoor stand, I ate this yummy dish of paella. I was so glad to try it, especially since I didn't eat any in Spain. Let me just say paella is (without any doubt in my mind) the best Spanish food ever invented. This multi-culturalism is one of the reasons that London is amazing.

I went for a walk through Regent's Park, but thought it'd be nice to take a picture next to a tube sign, which I see every day. They are as common to me as traffic signals or street signs may be to you.

After the walk through Regent's Park, my friend and I went on a quest to find "Nancy's Steps." Nancy, one of my favorite characters in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, was spied on here on these steps while delivering information that would save Oliver's life. The spy would have hidden at the spot that I did. That's why I'm posing in this peculiar fashion. These steps are located underneath London Bridge.