London is one of the busiest capitals in the world and one that is also one that is closest to our hearts. You might enjoy living in London or you might think of it as a crowded stressful big city but surely you will agree that London can offer everything, as Dr Samuel Johnson once said: “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.”
London is pretty enormous and the more time we spend walking around the more we explore and it never ceases to amaze us.
This weekend kickstarting our website and blog page we have decided to start "Our London Chronicles", a series of posts centred around our experience in London mainly on weekends.
Expect lots of walks, places, food, and experiences, some you might know and some might be new to you.
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We will begin our London Chronicles at a Landmark in central London, a place that is full of gems and treasures that we cannot get enough of. The British Museum is a place that can give you a time travel-like experience. This weekend we have decided to visit the ancient Egypt rooms as we had so much on our to-see list since our recent trip to Egypt.
Started in Room 4 hoping to see the large sculpture of King Ramsees II and the Rosetta stone which unfortunately was taken to an exhibition somewhere else at the museum, so we could not see it this time.
then we made our way to the rest of the rooms upstairs which are full of mummies.
The British Museum is full of treasures, to the point that makes us feel that these precious items need more space to do them justice. From experience, the museum can get very crowded so better plan ahead and visit early. Weekdays would be a bit less crowded than the weekend.
Knowing what you want to see before you visit will give you a better experience and will make your visit more enjoyable so read a little bit beforehand.
It took us a good few hours to just see some of these unique treasures, which left us looking forward to visiting again.
Walking out of the museum we stumbled upon the Great Wave off Kanagawa which we are sure will be the centre of another visit to the museum.
Museums make us hungry so we headed out looking for food and right close by we stopped at a food hall called "Arcade Food Hall" on New Oxford Street. The place has so many tasty options for a quick lunch on the go and is reasonably priced. I definitely enjoyed my Shawarma and the just right amount of spice in the Harissa it came along with.
After wandering around for a few more hours just enjoying the streets of central London we decided to call it a day and head home.
Sunday was Markets' day. One of our favourite London walks is the one along the South Bank, this time we decided to go east starting from the London Eye and walking our way to the Borough Market, which, not so long ago, has had a new extension added. We have also walked through the Borough Yards a new block of restaurants newly opened near the Borough Market.
After grabbing some caramelized nuts we headed on our way, along the river Thames's south bank. It was getting a bit late so we decided to take a bus to Greenwich Market where delicious and warm Brazilian "Coxinhas de frango" were waiting for us to end our day.
See you soon on our next adventure.
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