juni 2017

London

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Dag 7
vrijdag 23 juni 2017 om 15:45
⛅ 22 °C
Hoogte: 36 m
Engeland The Long Water 51.51368, -0.1718451°30’49” N 0°10’19” W
Fortnum and Mason
23 juni 2017, Engeland ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
A good friend asked us to buy some tea for her and they were from F&M. We have never really heard of he store before until we stumbled into it. Wow it is a great store! We even ended having high tea here a few days later because the reservations are very full!Meer informatie
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Dag 7
vrijdag 23 juni 2017 om 19:44
⛅ 20 °C
Hoogte: 54 m
Engeland Fitzrovia 51.519321, -0.1401651°31’10” N 0°8’25” W
Bonnie Gull
23 juni 2017, Engeland ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
It was good. How?

Ashley sums it up: "I have eaten fish my whole life. My dad and father-in-law" both fish so I am used to eating freshly prepared fish. This dish just blew me away. It's so good !"

We are pretty lucky to get a table without making a reservation. The guys that we had to share a table with aren't so luck though as we made them squish up one side of the table to make room for us.Meer informatie
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Dag 8
zaterdag 24 juni 2017 om 13:46
⛅ 21 °C
Hoogte: 22 m
Engeland Tate Modern 51.508121, -0.0994551°30’29” N 0°5’58” W
Tate Modern Museum
24 juni 2017, Engeland ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Truth be told, this is not our favorite museum. This not not the fault of the museum, in fact, I really liked the architecture of the building itself.
Modern art focuses symbolism and contextual meaning but we do found it lacking in the simplistic beauty.Meer informatie
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Dag 8
zaterdag 24 juni 2017 om 15:36
⛅ 22 °C
Hoogte: 23 m
Engeland Shakespeares Globe 51.5081, -0.0965151°30’29” N 0°5’47” W
Shakespare's Globe
24 juni 2017, Engeland ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Shakespare's Globe is right next to the Tate Museum. There is multiple performances every day and they are always sold out. We walked around the place and of course visited the gift shop. :)

On the way there, we saw a "Poet for Hire" so we commissioned a poem to celebrate our 20th Anniversary......Meer informatie
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Dag 8
zaterdag 24 juni 2017 om 16:40
⛅ 21 °C
Hoogte: 14 m
Engeland Borough Market 51.505451, -0.091351°30’20” N 0°5’29” W
Borough Market
24 juni 2017, Engeland ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
While looking for the bus stop to go to Poppies, we stumbled into the Borough Market. It was near closing already but we did get a chance to pretty much walk around the whole market. We got to see and smell some truffles.

We also tried some of the local cider too. We were offered to taste a bunch before ordering half a pint. We settle on the most fruity and fragrant one.Meer informatie
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Dag 8
zaterdag 24 juni 2017 om 18:10
⛅ 20 °C
Hoogte: 27 m
Engeland Spitalfields 51.51996, -0.0755751°31’12” N 0°4’32” W
Old Spitalfields Market
24 juni 2017, Engeland ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Wanted to try out Poppies Fish and Chips. Google pointed us to Spitalfields. Didn't clue in what this was until we got there. It's not a proper restaurant but more like a food court thing in the Market. Unfortunately, as a result, the food is not completely freshly made. Still it is pretty good!Meer informatie
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Dag 9
zondag 25 juni 2017 om 10:46
⛅ 18 °C
Hoogte: 27 m
Engeland Westminster Abbey 51.49955, -0.128851°29’58” N 0°7’44” W
Worship at Westminster Abbey
25 juni 2017, Engeland ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
One of the highlights of the trip. Sunday worship at Westminster Abbey. As it should be, there is no cameras allowed inside.
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Dag 9
zondag 25 juni 2017 om 13:00
⛅ 20 °C
Hoogte: 16 m
Engeland Big Ben 51.5007, -0.124651°30’3” N 0°7’29” W
Big Ben and the Parliment
25 juni 2017, Engeland ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
After the Sunday service, we did a bit of walking around.
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Dag 9
zondag 25 juni 2017 om 14:21
⛅ 21 °C
Hoogte: 17 m
Engeland National Gallery 51.5084, -0.1284551°30’30” N 0°7’42” W
National Gallery Part 2
25 juni 2017, Engeland ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
We figured out why Trafalgar Square was blocked off all week. It is because of a special event today! There are short presentations from a lot of different theatrical shows going on in town. It's a bit of a show case. However, we focused on Monet and Van Gogh instead..... but we did managed to score 2 last minute Hamlet tickets in the TKTS booth though...Meer informatie
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Dag 9
zondag 25 juni 2017 om 18:14
⛅ 21 °C
Hoogte: 39 m
Engeland Picadilly Circus 51.509499, -0.1326851°30’34” N 0°7’58” W
Dinner at the Duck & Waffle Local
25 juni 2017, Engeland ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Found this on Yelp as "up and coming". It was close and we were starving. The cuisine has a certain fusion element which is quite special. The burger has a layer of small pieces of instant noodle to give it a crunch. The duck in the duck waffle has a distinct coriander taste too.
As a first timer, we were given an extra plate of asparagus too.Meer informatie
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Dag 10
maandag 26 juni 2017 om 12:24
☀️ 21 °C
Hoogte: 30 m
Engeland Royal Academy 51.50799, -0.1382351°30’29” N 0°8’18” W
Princess Diana Memorials
26 juni 2017, Engeland ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
The Princess Diana Memorial is made up of two parts. A children playground where only children under 12 and their parents are allowed in and the Memorial Fountain. The fountain is not really a single fountain with a big water spray, but a ring of running water with highs and lows. The weather cooled off a lot in the past couple of days, but we were caught in the morning heat. So we did not stay long...Meer informatie
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Dag 10
maandag 26 juni 2017 om 13:26
⛅ 22 °C
Hoogte: 24 m
Engeland V&A Museum 51.496349, -0.1719851°29’47” N 0°10’19” W
Victoria and Albert Museum
26 juni 2017, Engeland ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Victoria and Albert Museum is the second most rated museum after the British Museum. It was created by Prince Albert and was the first museum designed for the "commoners". It was the first museum to serve food and first to have public washrooms. Prince Albert wanted everyone to be inspired by the art and bring that sense of awe back to their everyday work.
The two things that we liked was the real Turner paintings and the casts of Michelangelo's David. Though showing casts in a museum was considered controversial in the days, the casts now have retained better details than the original because of age and weather erosion.Meer informatie
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Dag 10
maandag 26 juni 2017 om 17:30
☀️ 23 °C
Hoogte: 32 m
Engeland Royal Academy 51.507839, -0.1384951°30’28” N 0°8’19” W
High Tea at Fortnum & Mason
26 juni 2017, Engeland ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
High Tea is what the British is famous for. So we wanted to give it a try. It is basically a buffet where you can ask for more of anything in the chosen set meal. You can also try different teas on the menu too. We even signed up for the "Tea Experience" where a tearista would introduce us to the different kinds of teas - white, yellow, Oolong, black etc. Guess what? Tea originated from China. This I kind of knew, but never clued in. I never appreciated the quality of the tea my Dad has been making me drink all my life!
That was the heaviest meal we had during our entire trip. We stayed there for over 2 hours and tasted over 10 different teas b/w the 2 of us.Meer informatie
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Dag 11
dinsdag 27 juni 2017 om 11:39
⛅ 19 °C
Hoogte: 10 m
Engeland Notting Hill 51.513248, -0.2123751°30’48” N 0°12’45” W
Grenfell Tower
27 juni 2017, Engeland ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
In the morning, we decided to visit the site of the horrible high rise fire in North Kensington. We bumped into a few actual residents of the tower who were still shocked and were staring at the tower. A bloke told us that his father was stuck in the 10th floor for over 6 hours. Miraculously, his father was safe. They happened to live on the side that was not burnt.
He lived there for 28 years - all his life, and he told us that the exterior was only a couple of years old. The fire would have never happened before the renovation as it was all brick outside - as evident that the building is still perfectly standing and structurally sound after the fire.Meer informatie
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Dag 11
dinsdag 27 juni 2017 om 12:36
⛅ 20 °C
Hoogte: 24 m
Engeland Notting Hill 51.512625, -0.20180851°30’45” N 0°12’7” W
Portobello Road
27 juni 2017, Engeland ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Although duped "the world's largest antique market" by the official website, it's quite a contrast between the quietness we saw on a Monday and the official pictures on Fridays and Saturdays. Nevertheless, it gives us opportunities to leisurely take photos of the pretty pastel coloured buildings.Meer informatie
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Dag 11
dinsdag 27 juni 2017 om 14:55
🌧 18 °C
Hoogte: 34 m
Engeland National Gallery 51.50904, -0.1282751°30’33” N 0°7’42” W
National Gallery Part 3
27 juni 2017, Engeland ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
It was raining hard so the Trafalgar Square is pretty empty for once. We did another round of National Gallery, focussing on Turner. We bumped into an art appreciation class, so we just shameless followed along. Meanwhile, we discovered works like the Four Elements by Beuckelaer and Turner's inspiration Claude.
After that, we have a late lunch/dinner at a sandwich chain Pret Manger before walking over the the Harold Pinter Theatre.Meer informatie
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Dag 11
dinsdag 27 juni 2017 om 19:00
🌧 16 °C
Hoogte: 34 m
Engeland Haymarket Theatre 51.509331, -0.1316451°30’34” N 0°7’54” W
Harold Pinter Theatre
27 juni 2017, Engeland ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
A modern adaption of Hamlet. With Andrew Scott of Moriarty's frame as the Prince. The play is based on a modern setting in Denmark but the words are still Shakespearian. Andrew Scott was excellent! Loved it!
The theatre itself is pretty old, the seats are quite small, but it has many levels so that all the seats can be "close" to the stage but just higher.Meer informatie
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Dag 12
woensdag 28 juni 2017 om 18:01
☁️ 15 °C
Hoogte: 20 m
Engeland Heathrow Terminal 3 51.473438, -0.465851°28’24” N 0°27’57” W
Heading Home!
28 juni 2017, Engeland ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
The checkout is at 10am and the flight is at 5:18pm. So we decided to save on taxi, Heathrow Express or even Heathrow Connect. We took the tube from Paddington to King's Cross and from there to Heathrow. The journey took over 90 mins. But we literally only used 4 GBP because we have the last journey benefit on our Oyster Card! (i.e. we currently have negative balance on the cards :) )Meer informatie
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Het einde van de reis
28 juni 2017