Less is more.. or is it? (London, Part 1)

Sooo... My visit to London is already behind. And I think I'm definitely going to visit there again. Vacation away from home was relaxing in every possible way since I didn't have any other schedules during the trip than my tattoo appointment and getting in time to the airport when heading home.
I wandered around in the city basically just looking what's behind the next corner and where to can I point my camera lens next. The weather was perfect. On Friday and Saturday it looked a bit gloomy and there was a hint of rain but rest of the time it was sunny.

The hotel was great. Not sure it was worth the three stars but it was clean and practical. The Tune Hotel in King's Cross was just what I needed, a place to sleep and store my stuff while hanging around the city. There is no real hotel breakfast or anything like that but it didn't matter since there's a Costa coffee across the road and plenty of stores nearby. The location was great, almost all buses (and underground) went by King's Cross and St Pancras station. The price was a bit more than I hoped but then again I had a twin bed in the room and the hotel was quiet and peaceful. I arrived on Thursday evening and just bought some snacks and spent the rest of the evening in the room, planning the next day.

On Friday it was tattoo time. The Family Business Tattoo was just around the corner, 15 minute walk from the hotel. I was early since the tattoo shop opened at 12 o'clock so I walked around the neighborhood and had a coffee or two. The shop was very busy from the moment I arrived but they were polite and the atmosphere was relaxed. My artist Francisco took his time but did the tattoo faster than expected. And I absolutely love it! The price again was a bit more than I hoped but being such a famous and popular place I suppose they've earned every penny. At least Francisco did.

Rest of the day after tattooing I spent walking around and visiting British Museum. Unfortunately I had really bad shoes on me, so the rest of the trip was a bit unpleasant with my feet hurting so bad. British Museum was enormous. I think I spent 1,5 hours there and could've easily spent more.

On Saturday I headed to Hyde Park, Portobello Road market and London Zoo. Of these I enjoyed the most of Hyde Park and London Zoo. Portobello Road market wasn't really my cup of tea. All I bought from there was an umbrella which I then didn't even need and something to bring to a friend of mine. From London Zoo I bought postcards which haven't arrived yet although I sent them about week and a half ago.. :( In London Zoo I took quite a lot pictures. Especially penguins were adorable. Lions were unfortunately on holiday since their area was under construction. London Zoo looked otherwise very nice and well kept but I did feel a bit compassion to the gorillas. I just don't get it that if there are signs all over the place and a zoo keeper there to tell to people to be quiet why on earth can't people keep their mouths shut. The female gorilla was third month pregnant and the male gorilla seemed to be protecting her (or just simply annoyed by the noise of those stupid people) and ran several times to the glass wall. Later on the male went out and seemed a bit calmer but then again there wasn't such noise as inside.
 
Since this text is getting extremely long I'll finish here and tell you about the rest of the trip on part 2.