Portobello Road, headed up to the market. It's just as picturesque as you can imagine.
(update: just went this week and this particular spot is covered by construction :( )

You'll find food, produce, clothing, leather goods and antiques up and down the length of Portobello Road. On Saturday and Sunday, it is a fully pedestrian market.

Colourful houses all around Notting Hill make for FAB photo op (this is on Lancaster road)

I can't help taking a run by this place any time I'm near Notting Hill Gate. Also, get some Thai food here :)



AFTERNOON TEA

sketch london
Sketch for afternoon tea - It's just off of Regent Street so there's plenty of shopping and transportation around.

Sketch London - Soho/Regent Street

St Pancras Renaissance Hotel

If you go on Saturday, there are more food stalls up than during the week. GET THE CHURRO. Or don't. But do.

The Old Royal Naval College is now the home of the University of Greenwich. Even before it was either one of those things, it was home and favorite hunting ground of Henry VIII. He and Elizabeth I lived here (building marked near the river, not standing)

Take the time to head up the hill in Greenwich park to the Royal Observatory. Not only is it the home of time but you get this view!

FORTNUM & MASON
If you don't know this place, you should know a few of things:
1. This is where the Scotch Egg was invented (YUM)
2. Heinz Baked Beans were introduced to Britain for the first time here in 1886
3. F&M Hampers are historic and vary from gourmet to the most posh picnic you could ever have!
(here's some more if you want to see F&M's timeline)

A charming place where the banisters are covered in velvet and the biscuit tins are music boxes. And that's just the ground floor....

Walk around the first floor and fantasize about alllll the china patterns, find the beautiful Christmas floor and buy some tea/biscuits!

SUNDAY ROAST 
A British Classic
So far, my favorite Sunday Roast has been at the Grazing Goat! I love a good place for fish and chips but for a happy Sunday meal, go for the roast. Make a reservation directly on their site or Opentable.co.uk if you're into that.

The Queen's Walk
This walk takes you along the River Thames from Westminster over to St Paul's (similar to LGH-Part 1) But let me add pictures to entice you to go see Tate Modern (if you need enticing).


P.S. I smell a LGH Part 3 coming at you soon!

Westminster to Greenwich on the River Thames for £8/each return! I think prices go up in the Summer but I recommend it! Westminster to Tower Bridge is all good but I got insanely excited that we went UNDER THE TOWER BRIDGE on this ride. #lifecomplete

A foggy day in Londontown!

Elegant Whitehall

St Paul's is incredible. DO NOT leave this off of your London to-see list

London Bridge has fallen down, burned down and been torn down. The current London Bridge isn't that old.

Between Tower Bridge and Canary Wharf are some interesting riverside, remodeled old factories and such.... Some historic buildings of note but mostly this is the section of river where I rested my camera finger.

Foggy Canary Wharf

Old Royal Naval College, current home of University of Greenwich campus.
These two beautiful sections were designed by my favourite architect Sir Christopher Wren.
You can see a bit of the treeline on the hill back there where the Royal Observatory sits. The line that marks the beginning of time, Greenwich Royal Mean time's home.

I think we both concluded that for size and quality of food/stalls.......I can't believe I'm saying this.... but we prefer Greenwich to Borough Market!

In the end we got these dumplings ( AMAZING ), empanada to share, a Portuguese egg tart and a churro each. Happy mouths and bellies!

Happy Birthday to my love

My eyes have been opened. I had NO idea that this is how brussel sprouts grow!

The prettiest tomatoes

I adore eggplant but they call it AUBERGINE here. Which just makes me love it more :)

I am clueless if these are good quality/price but it's an impressive sight!

This is toasted sandwich we tried, Kappacasein!
The grill-guy there I now know to be raclette! Melted, hot cheese that was then scraped off to top some chips. Didn't get that this time around but I am salivating just thinking about it.

A 4-cheese mix that was perfectly tasty, though Taylor isn't super convinced it is worth the price, £6 per sandwich....pricey to be sure.