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Julie
Julie
My daughter and I are on our last day of vacation in London, Sunday 12/3/23. In the morning my daughter and I had a nice breakfast. I had scrambled eggs, bacon, and coffee, and my daughter had a traditional British breakfast with coffee.
My breakfast.
My daughter's English breakfast.
Our next stop was to visit the British Museum.
We saw the Rosetta Stone, sculptures, and art collections.
We stopped for lunch and coffee at Costa.
We quickly shopped at the department store Primark. I bought a beautiful wool coat that was on sale. The store has many departments and it even has a cafe on the second floor.
We quickly headed back to the hotel to collect our bags and luggage. We had an 8:25pm flight back to NY and we took a two hour Uber ride to the Heathrow airport. We checked in our bags and then we had to go through security. We had to take out of our backpacks any liquids and put them into clear zip lock bags. We finally made it through security. We bought some liquor at the duty free store and then went to our gate to wait for our flight back to New York. We made it onto our plane with no problems and I was happy to be back home.
I enjoyed my four days in London and I look forward to visiting London again in the future. We flew both ways Virgin Atlantic. Going home we upgraded our seats so that we wouldn't have anyone sit in between us. We had plenty of room and the food was good. I saw the comedy movie About My Father starring Rober De Niro and Sabastian Maniscalco and I slept most of the time.
Thanks for following along on my trip to London.
You can read Day 1 - HERE
You can read Day 2 - HERE
You can read Day 3 - HERE
The next morning, Saturday 12/2/23, we had a quick breakfast at Caffe Nero. The caffe had great coffee and pastries.
We decided to take a half hour walk to Westminster Abbey. Below you can see Trafalgar Square.
You can also see in the background, the famous Big Ben.
We booked our free tickets online to see Westminster Abbey. The line to get into the Abbey moved quickly.
Benedictine monks founded Westminster Abbey in 960AD. This church if full of history and it holds services to the public every day. Westminster Abbey offers 90-minute guided tours to see special parts of the church. We toured the church by ourselves but the next time I'm in London I'd love to have a guided tour.
It's the final resting place for kings, queens, poets, musicians, scientists, and politicians of the past. This is also where the coronation of King Charles took place, and royal weddings such as Prince William and Kate Middleton.
There was so much to see inside the Abbey and we enjoyed visiting the Poet's Corner.
Jane Austen is buried in Winchester Cathedral but there is a small tablet on the wall in the Poet's Corner.
The Bronte sisters are honored with a tablet in the Poet's Corner.
When we left Westminster Abbey you could see in the distance the London Eye.
We headed to Borough Market. Borough Market is a food market with vendors selling a huge variety of food and drink.
It was so crowded and there were long lines to order and buy food, but the lines moved fast.
Due to the crowds of people we had to stand in a corner and eat our food. We shared a pork sandwich and had the most delicious tasting Thai Pad.
We had to try the viral TikTok strawberries with chocolate sauce. This was so delicious tasting and the strawberries were huge.
We went back to the hotel to change and rest a bit. We had tickets to see the West End musical Six. We first had dinner at an Italian restaurant called Lulivo. The location of the restaurant was perfect and right near the theater. We shared bruschetta pomodoro, and we both had pasta dishes and the food was good.
We both enjoyed Six the Musical. It's about the Six Wives of Henry VIII. The musical is only 75-minutes long and an all women cast. I loved the singing, the dancing, and the story each wife told of her marriage to Henry VIII.
After the show we walked around Covent Garden. We had reservations at The Alchemist. The drinks are unique and my daughter had a drink that was smoking as she poured it into her glass. We shared delicious tasting edamame and smashed potatoes.
I enjoyed my espresso martini.
We had a long and enjoyable Day 3 in London. Stay tuned for Day 4, and our last day of our trip to London.
You can read Day 1 - HERE
You can read Day 2 - HERE
Click HERE to see the blog parties I will be linking up to.
Julie
Julie
The next morning in London, Friday 12/1/23, we had brunch at Bill's. I enjoyed pancakes, bacon, and a hot latte. My daughter had avocado toast with french fries and coffee.
After breakfast we walked around a bit. We took the tube to South Kensington where the Victoria and Albert museum is located.
My daughter and I had to take a photo near a telephone booth.
We decided to visit the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This museum has six floors to explore sculptures, paintings, jewelry, and fashion.
We saw the famous sweaters that Harry Styles wore.
We left the museum and walked down the block to the famous department store Harrods. We had a great time in Harrods. We spent some time in the food court and shopping for sunglasses and handbags.
By the time we left Harrods we were both very hungry and ready to eat dinner.
We enjoyed our dinner at The Restaurant at The Capital. We both had cocktails and shared mussels.
I loved my lamb chops and my daughter had steak in sauce. The meal came with salads and we shared creme burlee for dessert.
We took an Uber back to our hotel.
Our second day in London was a long and busy day. I was happy to get back to the hotel and go to sleep. I had a great second day in London.
In case you missed Day 1, you can read that HERE. Stay tuned for Day 3 coming soon.
Click HERE to see the blog parties I will be linking up to.
Julie
Julie
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