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London Vignettes: The City of London on a Saturday

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Editor's Note: This took place in the early 2000s. I was driven to explore as much of London as I could on foot. I was a mere 20 years old and the only thing that stood in my way was the weather. But on this occasion, I did not let the weather stop me. I took the Tube to the City of London and walked around with my camera. The City of London is the original 'London’ - the … [Read more...] about London Vignettes: The City of London on a Saturday

London Vignettes: Breakfast off the plane

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Editor's Note: These memories are from the early 2000s. I don’t know about you, but the first thing I want to do when I arrive in London, is to get out of the bloody airport as quickly as possible. And eat. I’m always starving by the time we get through customs on arrival in the UK. The dinner served on the flight over is usually not very good or very filling. The … [Read more...] about London Vignettes: Breakfast off the plane

London Vignettes: The Lazy Daisy Cafe On Portobello Road

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Editor's note because some people seem confused: this was in 2004. Because we were staying in a hotel that did not provide Breakfast (it was an easyHotel, which basically provided a windowless room to sleep in), by the time we arrived at Portobello Road, we were starving. The problem was that the market was already heaving, even though it was still relatively early in the … [Read more...] about London Vignettes: The Lazy Daisy Cafe On Portobello Road

London Vignettes: Old Whiteleys – Hardy Books, Muji, and Internet Cafes

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Editor's Note: This is a new ongoing article series telling short little stories about London from our 20 years of travel there. Stories we haven't told before or stories that we think will be interesting. If they prove popular, we may compile them into a book like our Anglophile Vignettes book we released last year.  Whiteley’s was in the news recently, it recently got … [Read more...] about London Vignettes: Old Whiteleys – Hardy Books, Muji, and Internet Cafes