After grabbing a FREE breakfast (budget travelling yo) at our hostel, Destinations at The Rose & Crown, we walked on Millennium Bridge towards St Paul's Cathedral. We made St Paul's Cathedral our first stop for a couple of reasons — it was near to our hostel and we wanted to be in St Paul's Cathedral during their morning prayer, before touristy crowds start streaming in.

Typically, St Paul's Cathedral holds their morning prayer from 7:30am to 8am, followed by Eucharist from 8am to 8:30am. These services are free for anyone to attend.

Tourist can start coming in from 8:30am to 4:30pm, subjected to changes. Online tickets are priced at £16 for adults,  £14 for senior citizen and students,  £7 for children. You can get tickets and more information on St Paul's Cathedral website.

It still blows my mind a little that St Paul's Cathedral is so massive that we can see it even across  Millennium Bridge.

A majestic St Paul's Cathedral peeks out at us over Millennium Bridge

I thought the most interesting thing about London was how it managed to maintain its rich history while being a metropolitan city. I often see sites with thousands of years of history standing (rather noncholantly too, may I add) beside sleek, minimalist, modern buildings.

Right opposite the entrance of St Paul's Cathedral

Took a photo for reference's sake in case we got lost

We kept away our phones and camera beyond this point as you're not allowed to take photos in St Paul's Cathedral. There was also a security check but everything was fuss-free and the security guards even chatted with us. Extremely blessed that we did not experience any extreme racism throughout our time in Europe. :)





Spotted this strange statue of a head randomly standing beide a row of cafes with no explanation whatsoever. Oh, just European things. I was already in love with Europe and it was only the beginning of my second day there.


Took a short walk to St Paul's station for the subway to Euston Station, which I badly wanted to see after reading The Girl on The Train. Each tap on the Oyster Card was £2.80 (SGD $5); as budget travellers with limited funds, we hardly used the subway in London, preferring to walk everywhere instead.

One of the few times I got to experience the London's expensive subway.