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| Clockwise from left: Amaryllis flower in Spitalfields market. Aerial installation of paper cranes in Selfridges. Neat clock idea using picture frames in a gift store in Spitalfields. |
When I think of London I think of rain or gloomy overcast skies. When we got to London we were greeted by spitting mist rain and gloomy overcast skies. Surprise Surprise. We had a few bright spots in our brief two day stay with our friedns in Shoreditch. Great area by the way - I wish I had time to wander around Spitalfields market and it's a shame that even with it being literally next door, we didn't step foot inside the All Saints store (my wallet thanks me). In any case, I can wrap up our visit with a few words: lots of pubs and good friends and food. What more can you ask for?
Day 1:
Arrived super early. We took the Heathrow Express into London. Tip: As soon as you arrive into baggage claim, there are agents standing literally at the bottom of the escalator selling tix with a handheld credit card machine. The entire transaction took like 2 min max which made our entire deplaning process including customs to train platform a total of 15 minutes (bonus points for carry-on suitcase!) After arrival to our friends flat we crashed for hours lol then woke up for fish and chips at Poppies (prepare to step back in time into the 50s) and a little neighborhood wandering and additional eating at Rosa's (Thai - affordable and delicious)
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| Go to Poppies for some gooood fish and chips. Can't believe I ate Thai food a few hours later lol. |
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| From top: Yummy Thai food at Rosa's (photos from Rosa's website except our tablescraps from my chicken pad thai and some prawn dish my husband had.) Bottom: dark streets - had no idea Jack the Ripper's stomping grounds was right around here! |
Day 2:
I only wanted to do 1 cultural thing and that was visit the Tate Modern. Beforehand though we had breakfast at the Luxe (spitalfields) and then did some window shopping at Selfridges (chaos but saw a great sneaker collection in the shoe dept) then took the tube to the Tate. Met up with a friend at a pub afterwards then visited my college roommate for dinner at Zuma (swanky and good! sorry no pics!) in Knightsbridge.
I only wanted to do 1 cultural thing and that was visit the Tate Modern. Beforehand though we had breakfast at the Luxe (spitalfields) and then did some window shopping at Selfridges (chaos but saw a great sneaker collection in the shoe dept) then took the tube to the Tate. Met up with a friend at a pub afterwards then visited my college roommate for dinner at Zuma (swanky and good! sorry no pics!) in Knightsbridge.
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| A visit to the Tate - liked this exhibit about the Guerrilla Girls. |
Day 1/ Flight: Maxi dress with a purple top and leather jacket, biker boots. (see photo here)
Day 2: Brown-striped cotton shirt, jeans, jacket, biker boots (I was underdressed by the time night came around - ended up purchasing a scarf)