I never really had a burning desire to visit, although I knew I’d like to see it someday. Boy, was I wrong. We only had this past week, 7 days and nights. It’s such a fun place to visit. We stayed in Bloomsbury, a 15 minute walk to Covent Garden. If we weren’t booking 2 rooms, I would have stayed right in Covent Garden. So quaint. We loved it all, a quaint lovely pub it seemed on every corner we just had to pop in.
Food was fantastic everywhere we went.
We did so much, and so many things no time for. So, next time during a shoulder season when foliage is blooming. The nice thing about winter travel, is we never had to wait anywhere! It was great!
Other than the usual sights we’ve all read about, a couple fun things I’m glad we did was go to Greenwich. (Cutty Sark, Royal observatory and the prime meridian, quaint town and lunch at Trafalgar Tavern!!) boat ubered over.
I also really enjoyed Notting Hill. What a gorgeous area. I read that it’s very gentrified since the 70’s, with the movie speeding that up. But Portobello Road is so quaint, found some fun purchases.
Harrods and Selfridges were a disappointment. Interesting to see, but so expensive. I was expecting it to be more like Bloomingdale’s with some more affordable departments. It’s all high end, I was surprised. We loved Liberty’s and unfortunately never made it to Fortnum and Mason.
It’s such a mixture of ancient and quaint, mixed with Uber cool modern.
I’m deathly afraid of heights, but was talked into the London Eye and was totally fine. I’m glad I did it. There is a large bench in the middle and I sat most of the time, but did stand some. It was beautiful. I just didn’t focus looking straight down a lot. You’ll be fine if you’re afraid like me,
I think one thing we could have done better was use the tube more. We don’t have public transport, so are intimated by it a bit. Plus, I always felt rushed and never had a moments peace to figure it out, so we walked a lot and just ubered back home sometimes.
Since we didn’t use the tube much, the oyster card was a waste of money. But we didn’t know we wouldn’t use it as little as we did. We still have money on them.
Anyway, I’m so glad we went. It’s just a fabulous city, I’m looking forward to next time to do the things we didn’t do and to take some day trips.
Most memorable restaurants: 1. Gordon’s Wine Bar (inside), one of the coolest experiences and places we’ve been. 2. Lamb and Flag, I had the best meal there.