I was feeling
a little frazzled because of work, and having not taken any holiday in ages,
decided to take a well deserved couple of days off. I’ve lived in
London all my life but there’s so much to see and do, I’ve barely scratched the
surface. When researching London hotels, I discovered that Millennium Hotels were
having a massive sale on rooms – meaning that the nightly rate was far cheaper
than that of a Holiday Inn or Travelodge. RESULT. I stayed in
Kensington which is a lovely little area, even when it feels like it’s -10
degrees outside. The room was a warm and cosy haven:
...with an amazingly
comfy bed:
Some sneaky mirror pics whilst checking out the bathroom:
For lunch we
went to Ask and had their Mediterranean Terrina. It’s warming. It’s tasty. It
goes amazingly with a carafe of Shiraz. It just ticks all the right boxes:
Kind of lost
track of the time – I blame the wine – so there wasn’t a whole lot of daylight
left to sight see in. Instead we kept warm and chilled at the hotel, drinking
copious amounts of green tea. We braved the chill later on to go out for
Brazilian food:
We ate
devoured chicken, bacon and pineapple skewers, ribs and sweet potato fries, all washed
down with a Brazilian twist on sangria. After a good night's sleep in the world’s most amazing bed, we went to The
Riding House Café [as reviewed here] for chorizo hash browns:
Our plans to
visit the Tower of London were put on hold as there was a little bit of a blizzard
going on. And the Imperial War Museum is closed until July 2013 which I was
really gutted about :( Instead we sought refuge in the British Museum where
they have awesome exhibitions on Japan and Egypt. Later in the afternoon we
went to the London Aquarium as I’d never been before and have always wanted to
go:
We stayed
until closing time and walked along the Southbank watching the sun set:
Having built
up a considerable appetite, we went to Maxwells in Covent Garden for burgers
and milkshakes:
I hadn’t been
to Maxwells since I was little and their burgers were amazing. Seriously, like
Meat Liquor good. Maybe better. Maxwells do MONDAY MADNESS where there is
up to 50% off meals… highly recommended. I wasn’t a fan of their shakes though
so grabbed a hot chocolate on the way back to the hotel:
Hot chocolate... the perfect
way to warm up. That plus a bath. I really over did it with the
bubbles. Bubbles EVERYWHERE. Think housekeeping would’ve had a heart attack if they
saw quite how many bubbles were in that bathroom. The next
morning we ate porridge in bed...
… meaning
that we could get out nice and early for the V&A museum (another first
which we’d never done before). I loved the
fashion section with Givenchy lace:
… lacy
collars:
… statement
jewellery from Dior:
But I would’ve
preferred this dress without the ostrich feathers....
Everything
else about the museum was a photographer’s dream:
By late
afternoon, our shoulders were aching from having rucksacks slung over them all
day.
It was time for a well deserved rest:
We sat in the
most beautiful surroundings:
… and ate an incredible
steak and ale pie:
A pie that
was so satisfying, and so coma inducing, we didn’t stay for much longer
after that. Back to mine for films and – you’ve guessed it – more food. Because
you can never have too much food.
