Europe

After Leake Street Arches, we made our way along the curve of the Thames, our eventual destination being Shakespeare’s Globe. Along the way we stopped to check out the Tate Modern and got a good look at the Millennium Bridge. Tate Modern + Millennium Bridge We really enjoyed the...

Entrance to the Leake Street Arches (Graffiti Tunnel) The Leake Street Arches (aka the Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel) is a tunnel that runs under the Waterloo Station, so if you’re in the area of the London Eye/Buckingham Palace/etc., it’s definitely worth checking out. The...

We started day 4 doing the obligatory tourist stuff (Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Parliament, etc…) We weren’t particularly interested in most of this aside from the architecture. We didn’t tour the insides of anything in this area, and altogether it was a small...

Vintage + Vinyl We spent all afternoon in Shoreditch (mostly Brick Lane, part of the greater Shoreditch neighborhood), which is a very Bohemian neighborhood filled with street art, vintage shops, and vinyl. And when I say vintage shops, I don’t mean Goodwill style junk. These are...

Duck & Waffle We began the day with a late (10:00am) breakfast at Duck & Waffle, which was amazing. The views from the 40th floor are amazing, and the food was incredible. I, of course, had the duck & waffle, and Teresa had the eggs Florentine (served on a waffle). We split a...

Given my GenX childhood, I was very interested in music related sites around London, and the West End has no shortage of spots. Most of these are not interesting aside from “hey, cool stuff happened here”, but others are worth a visit if 1960’s through early 1980’s...