As with all of our guests who are in town during the work week, Shane and I will work while our guests explore London on their own. We meet up with them in the evening for dinner/pubs.
On Monday, Jordan and Justin explored Southbank, Big Ben and Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square and toured the Churchill War rooms, National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery. They were busy! We met them that night for dinner in Chinatown. The soup dumplings were the crowd favorite and the remainder of the meal we rated as fair. After their day of sight-seeing, they were tired and headed back home with us. Martha was back from the country and was overly excited to see them! Especially since they had a gift from my dad in their suitcase - another toy dragon.
On Tuesday, Jordan and Justin explored Borough Market, Tower Bridge and toured the Tower of London. Another busy day! I met them that night for dinner in Fitzrovia. Shane had a business dinner so it was just the three of us. We had dinner at Bubble Dogs - a champagne and hot dogs only establishment. We loved it!
On Wednesday, Jordan and Justin explored Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens and the Portobello road market. In the midst of their exploring, they saw the Queen! And Prince William and Princess Kate. The royal crew arrived by helicopter from Scotland in support of the new PM! We met Justin and Jordan for dinner in Whitechapel for Indian food. London has lots of great Indian restaurant options and Tayyabs in Whitechapel is one of our favorites!
On Thursday, Jordan and Justin explored the North London parks. They went to Hampstead Heath, Primrose Hill and walked along Regent's Canal. Thursday evening we departed on a late flight to Prague. Unfortunately our flight was delayed so it ended up being a really, really late flight. We didn't arrive in Prague until 2am!
We returned from Prague early Sunday morning. As our flight departed at 6am, we were all due for a catnap as soon as we got back to the flat. Feeling somewhat refreshed, we set out for The Lion King matinee. Even though the show has been around for some time it still sells out! And rightfully so, the show was great! After the show, we met up with our friends Angie and Eric at a pub near our flat for an early dinner. Angie and Eric were due to catch the train to Nottingham that evening (Angie is on a project in Nottingham - 2 hours north of London) and we were still recovering from the early morning flight, so the early pub dinner worked out perfect for everyone.
On Monday, Jordan & Justin explored Camden and the Camden Stable markets. They dined at Amy Winehouse's local and picked up some souvenirs at the market. For their last night in London, we had dinner with Martha .The weather was exceptionally nice so we went to the Garden Gate pub in Hampstead and sat outside. As a final farewell to their European trip, we had a pint at our local - the Sir Richard Steele. Jordan and Justin got to witness Martha's popularity. Martha stole the show at our local and Jordan and Justin couldn't stop laughing at how many people were telling Martha how lovely she is!
Thanks for visiting Jordan & Justin! And for sharing your room with Martha! We miss you already!
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