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London - Jan 1-7 (7 days)
- Jan 1 - arrive at 12:45pm - 6pm Tiger has a meeting, kebab
- Jan 2 - afternoon tea at The Library at 12:30pm, watch my neighbor Totoro at 7pm
- Jan 3 - work 3pm-11pm - London transport museum 10am
- Jan 4 - work, 11am - the who shop bring $10 pound
- Jan 5 - work 3pm-11pm, see Tardis in morning, see Platform 9 3/4, check out tea at Fortnum & Mason shop
- Jan 6 - 3am - bridesmaids call, 10:30am doctor who escape room, 2:30pm postal museum, 7:30 pm the unfriend show (contact lenses)
- Jan 7 - Leadenhall Market, take train to Paris at 4:31pm (contact lenses)
Things to do
- Stacks pancake shop - recommended by Pedro
- buckingham palace exterior
need research on tea shop
- Vru + Abhishek - Indian food In London: https://maps.app.goo.gl/LoACdaE1awmCroKR9?g_st=ic Black Daal (Dal Makhni) is amazing, eat with rice, naan, or roti - chicken ruby is good
- Leadenhall Market - setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.
- A labyrinth can be found in every one of London's 270 underground stations
Didn’t do this time
- big ben - no availability
- God's Own Junkyard - too far
- Tea and Tattle - temporarily closed on
- Hidden London tour - didn't have availability
- Postal Museum tunnel walk - too expensive
- His dark materials bench - in Oxford too far
- Picket Post for Harry Potter house - too far
- Vru’s recs - rooftop view at sunset https://maps.app.goo.gl/cEckUsH8q1VHixFS9?g_st=ic - there’s no sunsets
- Quiz boxing London - friends to do game show
- The big bakes - bake compete against other teams https://www.instagram.com/thebig_bakes?igsh=dDhtcWE2YThkNmVr
- Mission break out London - escape room in the abandoned tube https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1ZyHZ6onJk/?igsh=eGZkdXV5d3VwM3pr
- Tea potion class - Tiger will link
- Afternoon tea at Forsum & Mason
- secret cinema
Afternoon tea research
- Sara and Eddie recommended Fortnum & Mason
- Sketch: $90 per person - Michelin star and looks like Wes Anderson pink decor inside
- $85pp Cafe royal so pretty inside https://www.hotelcaferoyal.com/eat-drink/the-grill-room/
- $75 pp the food looks great and it's “best of UK desserts” https://egertonhousehotel.com/dining-and-drinks/afternoon-tea
- The library - $60 has view of Big Ben https://www.thelibraryatcountyhall.com/festive-afternoon-tea
- $35 pp https://thedixon.co.uk/eat-drink-inspire/afternoon-tea-near-tower-bridge/
Things we're doing
Pilgrimage of a Doctor Who fan to London
- new job delivering mails at The Postal museum
- popped into the Tardis to see original Doctor Who costumes
- almost cried twice during the My Neighbor Totoro stage play
- escaped a Weeping Angel
- watched a play from an opera box
- afternoon tea with the view of Big Ben
- saw Platform 9 3/4 which makes me a wizard
- battled a Dalek at the Doctor who escape room
- double decked at London transport museum
- rapped “Jiggle Jiggle” in the same chicken shop as Louis Theroux on “Chicken Shop Date”
Food
- Fallow - Sunday roast with venison was tasty. Mushroom parfait and corm rib were amazing too. We got a free dessert bc the waitress found out I was also Taiwanese.
- Hawksmoor Seven Dials - delicious sticky toffee pudding. We didn’t have a reservation and just walked-in told them we only wanted desserts
- Dishoom Covent Garden - love their black Daal, okra fries, chili chicken, chicken ruby
- blank street - blueberry matcha latte. they have many locations
- London transport museum
- The Postal museum
- My Neighbor Totoro stage play
- Sam’s chicken - super random but the chicken shop Louis Theroux rapped “Jiggle Jiggle”
- fortnum and mason - the designs for their tea tins are beautiful. I heard their afternoon tea was good too!
- The library - Afternoon tea with the view of Big Ben. Great views but food was ok.
- Platform 9 3/4 - line is too long but if you want to see from afar
- Doctor Who (Who Shop) - saw many original costumes
- Doctor who escape room - it’s all in one room which isn’t my jam but fun for fans!
- Tardis