London: A day in East Central and West End

London is one of my favorite places, and I always welcome the opportunity to spend time in this lovely city. I am very familiar with London, but an area I had never explored was the Shoreditch, Bricklane, and old SpitaField Market area. So when I booked my flight to Nigeria, and saw that I had two layovers in London, I added these neighborhoods to my itinerary. Below is a pictorial record of my adventure in this quirky London district.

My love for Nandos knows no bound, so I stopped by to grab dinner with my friend

Spotted this stylish guy on the Picadilly line

I spent the night in East London, caught up with my girl Rems, and then hit the road

The street art in Shoreditch is mind blowing

Selfie time

Love lock fence right outside Shoreditch high street

My first stop was the BoxPark market place which is right opposite the Shoreditch High Street staion. 

The stores here used to be pop up container shops. They have since been turned to permanent brick and mortar

I wandered around, and headed to the restaurants on the upper deck.

Boxpark is chock-full of restaurants, and it was a tad difficult deciding where to eat 

I eventually settled for FalafeLicious, a middle eastern restaurant.

Then I dug into my yummy pita pocket meal

Once I was recharged, I made my way to Brick Lane. There was not much to see here as Bricklane is mostly busy on the weekends

so off I went to Old Spitalfields Market, and soon I was trying on and buying some unneeded clothing.I purchased a pink coat that I wore right away (see pic above and below).

How cool is the Le Camion Gourmand food truck

After shopping I walked to Liverpool Street Station to catch a train to the West End of London 

I hopped on the underground and got off at Oxford Circus

I wandered around for a bit and found myself on Carnaby street

Carnaby street is one of my favorite spots in the West End, and I spent some time popping into the lovely little shops

How pretty are these pink light bulbs

Stripes, chevron print, colorful accents-- We Built this City, London is a store after my heart 

...and of course I had to take the obligatory telephone box picture before heading to the airport

Thanks for stopping by my blog, have a fab  Thursday. :-)