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April 8, 2023<\/strong>
\nWe landed first thing in the morning flying in from NYC so the thing to do was stay up.
\nNovelty Automation<\/a> in Holborn helped keep us engaged:<\/p>\n

\"Travel<\/p>\n

Then headed around the block to The Fryer’s Delight<\/a>, wasting no time getting our fish and chips box ticked:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

\"Fish<\/p>\n

From there wandered down toward Westminster via the Strand<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Temple<\/p>\n

And finally to Trafalgar Square<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Trafalgar<\/p>\n

And everyone stayed awake!<\/p>\n

April 9, 2023<\/strong>
\nThis being Sunday we had to visit Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Speakers'<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Walked around Kensington<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Kynance<\/p>\n

And then hit up The World’s End<\/a> in Finsbury Park for Sunday Roast while watching Arsenal tie Liverpool:<\/p>\n

\"Sunday<\/p>\n

April 10, 2023<\/strong>
\nA tour of Stamford Bridge<\/a>, home of Chelsea FC:<\/p>\n

\"Stamford<\/p>\n

\"Premier<\/p>\n

Nearby, the Harrods<\/a> food hall:<\/p>\n

\"Meat<\/p>\n

And why stop with one Premier League stadium? Fron there we checked in with Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Emirates<\/p>\n

\"Gunnersaurus<\/p>\n

April 11, 2023<\/strong>
\nMorning run along Regent’s Canal<\/a> in Islington near where we stayed in Canonbury<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Regent's<\/p>\n

Later, passing by St Paul’s Cathedral<\/a> on our way across the River Thames:<\/p>\n

\"St<\/p>\n

…on our way to the Tate Modern<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Turbine<\/p>\n

\"Cildo<\/p>\n

The Queen’s Walk<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Southwark<\/p>\n

…toward Borough Market<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Furness<\/p>\n

April 12, 2023<\/strong>
\nWe and seeming every other tourist in London attended the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Buckingham<\/p>\n

\"Buckingham<\/p>\n

…followed by a Full English Breakfast at Regency Cafe<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Regency<\/p>\n

\"Full<\/p>\n

The checkerboard pattern of the Edwin Lutyens-designed Grosvenor Estate Social Housing on Page Street<\/a> is really striking:<\/p>\n

\"Grosvenor<\/p>\n

Camden Market<\/a>:
\n\"Camden<\/p>\n

That evening, we saw The Tempest at Shakespeare’s Globe<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Shakespeare's<\/p>\n

April 13, 2023<\/strong>
\nPiccadilly Circus<\/a> for some shopping:<\/p>\n

\"Piccadilly<\/p>\n

Fortnum & Mason<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Fortnum<\/p>\n

\"Tea<\/p>\n

Nearby Chinatown<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Looking<\/p>\n

Tea and Tattle<\/a> in Bloomsbury before a visit to the British Museum<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Tea<\/p>\n

\"Great<\/p>\n

\"Rosetta<\/p>\n

April 14, 2023<\/strong>
\nKew Gardens<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Palm<\/p>\n

\"Jade<\/p>\n

\"Temperate<\/p>\n

And Ted Lasso lives just down the road in Richmond<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Paved<\/p>\n

\"Reale<\/p>\n

…and his local:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Had to get back across town to see the strange and wonderful Viktor Wynd Museum<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

April 15, 2023<\/strong>
\nA trip to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium<\/a> to catch a Premier League match:<\/p>\n

\"Tottenham<\/p>\n

\"Tottenham<\/p>\n

A Hackney<\/a> rainbow:<\/p>\n

\"Amhurst<\/p>\n

April 16, 2023<\/strong>
\nThe Monument<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Fish<\/p>\n

Sunday Roast at Blacklock City:<\/p>\n

\"Sunday<\/p>\n

Brick Lane<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Brick<\/p>\n

\"Banglatown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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