Tag: UK
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London Day 8: Churchill War Rooms
Monday 28th April This morning we woke up, had breakfast then packed and checked out of the hotel. We left our bags at the hotel and walked to the Churchill War Rooms. These are the basement rooms where the British leaders ran the war effort during World War II. At the end of the war,…
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London Day 7: The Marathon
Sunday 27th April This was the big day, the reason we were in the UK—the London Marathon. G is trying to do the Abbot’s Big 6 (or 7 now) and this is his third. There was a bit of stress in the morning as the group we were travelling had organised a bus but it…
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London Day 6: Hampstead Heath Parkrun and The British Museum
Edited to add: I’m finishing this post up at Heathrow, waiting for our plane back to Melbourne via Hong Kong. We’ve had the most wonderful trip and the recaps will probably spread out over the next few months, if my previous track record is anything to go by. Saturday 26th April 2025 Today I had…
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London Day 5: East End Food Tour
Friday April 25th April This morning I went with G to Fortitude Bakery to pick up pastries and coffee (for G, not me. I am still off coffee). I had their cinnamon scroll. Yummy! No big breakfast for me today because I had another food tour. This time I would be exploring the London East…
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London Day 4: Marathon Expo, Tate Modern and pottering around in Soho
Thursday 24th April We started our day back at the Victoria Coffee Shop for breakfast before heading out to the London Marathon Expo so G could pick up his bib. There was a big line in front of the official logo area for taking photos but we walked past this wall, there were no people,…
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London Day 3: Changing of the Guard and Westminster Abbey
Wednesday 23rd April I started today with a breakfast pot at Ottenlengi Marylebone, which was granola, yoghurt and fruit compote, and a hot chocolate. Then I caught the tube to St James station for the London Walks Royal London tour. I was there a little bit early so I crossed the river and took some…
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London Day 2: Greenwich and Soho Foodtour
I started my day at Dishroom with bacon naan, mango lassi and bottomless chai. It was all yummy. The naan is made fresh, and deliciously flaky. Then I headed off to Greenwich, beginning my exploration at the Cutty Sark. The fastest sailing ship of its time, which began shipping tea from China until it became…
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London Day 1: The Tower and St Paul’s
We arrived on Sunday afternoon, settled into our hotel in Bloomsbury, then walked 10 minutes to the Holborn Dining Room for dinner. We both had chicken pie. Monday morning was the Easter Monday public holiday so G didn’t have to work. We went to Victoria House Coffee and Food which was around the corner from…