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. :-)

Travel Therapy: A day in London

I was in London a while back for one night. I have visited several times, so I wasnt too bummed out by the little time I had there. I visited friends and got to play tourist in the West End. My friend Yaya who blogs over at Handluggage Only was kind to host me in his fab apartment which has the most amazing view of London (fancy seeing the London eye right from your living room!). I didn't get to take much picture, plus my computer crashed last month and I lost 90% of all my pictures!! I am trying hard not to think about it--sigh! Anyway, here are some memories of the 24 hours I spent in London.

On the London Underground--Bakerloo Line

Trafalgar Square

Leicester Square

With Yaya from HandLuggage only

The obligatory telephone box picture

Fooling around in M&M World, Leicester Square

Underground sign at Canary Wharf

 London Bridge underground

Regent Street

Night view of London from Yaya's apartment

 

 Meet up with my dear friend at Canary Wharf

 Even though I only only 24 hours, I  had to get my fix of Nandos! Gosh, I love the peri peri chicken!

Picadilly Circus

Enjoy the rest of the week guys.

With Love from London

Hi there!Hope everyone is doing great.Things have been hectic for me and right now, I am suffering from a really bad cold and jet lag. So, I was in the UK for most of last week and I spent most of the time in Glasgow, Scotland. On Monday, I flew into London and spent the day meeting up with friends. I was back in the States on Tuesday and had to go back to work immediately. Words can't explain how fatigued and sick I feel right now. The weekend really, can't come soon enough.
Anyways, just thought i'd  drop a quick post before leaving for work this morning.I took these pictures at my friend's apartment in London Bridge. The London Eye was right behind me but the lighting made it impossible to photograph.Hope you enjoy the pictures.See ya soon!