More Tea With More Friends

My plans with Charlotte for us to spend a day together in Brighton coincided with Felicia's last day in England, which was more than perfect because it meant one of my oldest friends got to meet one of my new(ish) friends, which is always exciting.

We lucked into a non-rainy day in Brighton that wasn't too cold either, so as soon as Felicia and I met Charlotte at the station we walked through town to Blackbird Tea Rooms (again!) for tea and cake.

Three pots of English Breakfast, three different cakes, and lots of catching up and baby questions and getting to know each others later, we spent the rest of the afternoon popping in and out of Brighton's charming shops and chattering away to one another.

We stopped for a bit of late lunch at Little Bird (apparently we were on a bird themed food tour of Brighton), and then took some photos on one of the cute and colorful Brighton streets.

It's so nice when friends from different parts of the world and walks of life get to meet - nice and also a bit surreal. Who would have thought that my sixth grade bestie would meet my first ever blogging friend? Life is funny like that, in the best way,

xx

More London Fun

Back to London we went, and back to Borough Market to get some ciders for Felicia's boyfriend (and a 10am sample for me.. how could I resist?)

Had a bit of a laugh after I spotted this and had to stand at it shouting after Felicia to come back and see it as she had barrelled off around the corner haha

Obviously another trip to Liberty's was necessary, Felicia needed to pick up some more chocolates for presents and I needed to fawn over the Liberty scarves

Cheeky cronut from DumDumDonuts at Boxpark for later

Casually strolled through Green Park toward Buckingham Palace and couldn't resist taking some autumnal park photos.

I was not quite as casual as Felicia.

Totally interrupted a guy having his lunch who stuffed the remainder of his Pret sandwich into his mouth to take this photo for us (thanks dude!).

Took this silly photo at Trafalgar Square between two pointing fingers - naughty blogger didn't even look at any plaques telling what this was there for/who it was by. (Google tells me it's a 25-ton sculpture by a Mexican artist, Jose Rivelino Moreno Valle, as part of the Contemporary Mexican Sculpture exhibition!)

Look up! A Banksy!

Dinner was another off of Felicia's London To Do List - Dishoom

I'm not one for spice, but oooooohhh this was so delicious.

We went to the one in Shoreditch (7 Boundary Street, E2 7JE) and tucked into lamb samosas, pau bhaji, naan (obviously), chicken tikka and paneer tikka. 

Mannnnn, it was good. Highly recommend! Also recommend sitting outside, the smells of the incense and the decor really transports you.

We headed to New Cross then, and sat in a Costa to sneakily eat our zebra cronut from earlier while we waited to head to Bella's party.

Tourists for a day

Taking anyone visiting me into London for the first time is always so much fun. I get to play tourist for a day too; the London sights and skyline never get old to me no matter how many times I've driven past on bus on the way to work or walked by in a rush heading to a familiar place.

We took the train to London Bridge from Brighton and went to Borough Market for some lunch straight away (Read more about that here!), and then walked along the Thames right down to Big Ben and across Westminster Bridge to the South Bank!

Took all the classic tourist pictures in front of the Eye and Big Ben, and then naturally Felicia had to hop in a phone box for one as well. I took some instaxes that I'll post another time (probably after I've moved home and am feeling extremely nostalgic for England).

We went to London a second time (for Bella's birthday), so I've got loads more photos to share from that trip as well!

xxxx