Weekend in London, why not?.  Me and Maite took the direct Waverley to Kings Cross train after work to arrive late on Friday night.  Next day, first stop was breakfast at by Chloe where we had a tofu scramble and seitan chorizo wrap and a tofu scramble and maple sausage roll.  Both were really tasty but a bit pricey for the portions we got.  Next we went on a Sandemans free walking tour around Westminster which was great as always and the tour guide was pretty funny.  We visited all the main sights such as Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park and of course Westminster Abbey.

After the tour we took a quick detour to see the Institution of Civil Engineers head quarters, which I didn’t realise was so close the Westminster Abbey.  Having being a member for more than 10 years it was nice to see where my membership fees go. 😛

Next we took the tube east to go and see the Tower Bridge and then have some very expensive pints in a pub under the bridge.  I love how the photo in the pub has caught someone in the background receiving some really shocking news. 😛

Continuing the theme of expensive drinks, we then headed over the Duck and Waffle which is a restaurant on the 40^th floor of the Heron Tower.  The views of the city were beautiful and I particularly liked the glass lift to the restaurant. 🙂

For dinner we headed back west to Jamie’s Italian to use a gift voucher we received at Christmas.  Food was good but again not really worth the price tag.  On our way back to our Air B&B we stopped by M&M world which is a shop with not one, not two but 3 floors that had walls covered in M&Ms and as much merchandise as you can possibly think of.

The next day we headed up to Camden Town.  On the way we got a very hearty cooked breakfast from Cafe Mexicana.  Camden was really cool and had loads of elaborately decorated shops that had very specific niches such as a shop that only sold Converse trainers and New Rock, which surprisingly sells leather and boots.

The Camden Market was pretty awesome too.  It had lots of stalls selling really original artwork and jewelry. It also had other niche shops such as one that was pumping our dance tunes included girls dancing on stages and sold clothes for raving.

On our way back to Kings Cross we stopped at VX for some food which had a load of vegan treats.  We had mac and cheese, nuggets and a beef and salsa quesadilla and it was all really tasty.

We both had a really good time in London.  We got to see the main sights, eat some really tasty food and see the very quirky Camden Town.  The only down-side is how busy it is.  It was February and it felt like Edinburgh during the Fringe but we would definitely visit again. If nothing else to see Big Ben not covered in scaffolding. 😛