Dining adventures in London
London is home to many a world-class restaurant. We did not go to any of those. This is not meant to be a guide to any London restaurants much less the best of them (although I can point you to A Lady in London if that’s what you’re after. There, I helped). We did, however, [...]
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Nerding out at the British Museum
I’m a pretty self-confident person, so I have no problem admitting that some of the things I like might be on the less cool side. For example, when I went to Greece as a college student, sure, I partied on Mykonos. But I also dragged one of my best friends around all the ruins in [...]
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A visit to the Churchill War Rooms
After a nice walk through some of London’s most famous sights, we made our way to the Churchill War Rooms. This museum comprises two separate but connected parts: the original Cabinet war rooms designed to keep the government functioning during the Blitz and a museum dedicated to Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of England during [...]
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A winter walk in London
Trying to plan a couple days in London is a nightmare. There’s just so much to see and do, that narrowing down an itinerary feels impossible. Luckily, Rodolfo and I have both been to London before and are reasonably sure we’ll come again, so we manage to content ourselves with what we can see and [...]
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London calling pt. 2
On our last morning in London, we again got up early in order to see Westminster Abbey. Price of admission at the Abbey includes a really good audio guide, and even though I’ve been before I really enjoyed it. It’s a seriously impressive building with an equally impressive history. Unfortunately, no pictures are allowed inside, [...]
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London calling
“Whirlwind” is really the only word you could use to describe our trip to London, and this will be a similarly action-packed post. We spent less than 48 hours in the city, but we managed to fit quite a bit in. Contrary to popular belief, there is an entire country of England outside the London [...]
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