London, Aug 2023

London, Aug 2023

Carrie Pena
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Canopy by Hilton London City
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Sunday, July 30th

Check into the hotel and the head to get breakfast!

E Pellicci
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The best place to get a Full English.
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If there's time we can wonder around the Columbia Road Flower Market and do some shopping. Maybe even get flowers for our room!

Columbia Road Flower Market
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We can get flowers for our room!
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Then we will head to the Tower of London.

Tower of London
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We have a noon reservation.
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Then we can walk back to the hotel and take a nap, then head to dinner.

The Mayflower Pub
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We have a 6:30 PM reservation.
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After dinner we will go to the Luna Cinema (movies under the stars) at Westminster Abby to see Some Like it Hot.

Westminster Abbey
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Doors open at 7:30 pm, Movie starts at 9 pm.
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Monday, July 31st

We will go to a Michael Slater favorite, Bills for breakfast!

Bill's Clink Street Restaurant
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Delish Breakfast and mint iced tea!
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Then can wander around Borough Market for a while until its time to go to Rebel Tours: London’s Rogues and Rebels.

Methodist Central Hall Westminster
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We will meet our tour leader here! The reservation is for 11 am.
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Then we can wander around and do whatever we want until Dinner. 

Brigadiers
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This is an India restaurant and British sports bar. It was a Goop recommendation (yum!) The reservation is at 7 pm.
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Then we will walk to the Sky Garden bar for the best views of London at night!

Sky Pod Bar
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9pm-10:30 drink reservation at the Sky Pod Bar.
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Tuesday, August 1st

We will start the day at Kensington Palace if we wake up early enough.

Kensington Palace
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This is where Will and Kate live. They also have a Crown to Couture Exhibit, a lot of fancy jewels to look at, and beautiful gardens to stroll in.
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Then we can go to Seven Dials Market for lunch so we can taste a lot of different little things.

Seven Dials Market
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They have a restaurant here that has little tiny cheese plates served to you on a conveyor belt.
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Around 3pm we will Head to London Euston to get to the Harry Potter Studio Tour.

London Euston Station
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Take a train from London Euston to Watford Junction (20 minute ride) and then catch the Harry Potter Shuttle to the studio.
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Our reservation to Harry Potter is a 6pm. If we get to the studio early we can shop in the store and eat a snack. 

Harry Potter Studio Tour
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You can get your butter beer here. Our tour begins at 6pm and the last bus leaves at 10pm.
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Wednesday, August 2nd

Start our day with the best museum in the world!

The British Museum
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Our reservation is for 10:30 am
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After the museum we will have a classic British Afternoon Tea.

Dalloway Terrace
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Lovely outdoor tea very close to the British Museum. We can always walk back over there if we want to see more! Our reservation is at 1 pm.
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Then we can go shopping around som of the cutest stores in London.

Liberty London
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This is a very famous British store featured on the latest Cruella Disney Movie.
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Perfumer H
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This is where I need to go to get my special perfume.
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Then we have a 5:45 pm reservation at Duck and Rice for Dinner.

The Duck and Rice
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This place has world class Chinese cusine in a super cool building.
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The we are going to go to a So Far Sound concert in Hackney at 7:30. But they won't tell us where until 36 Hours before!

Then we will end the night with one of the best cocktail bars in the whole freaking world!

Seed Library
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I took a MasterClass from the founder of this bar!
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Thursday, August 3rd

Last Day!! Head to Churchill War Rooms then Buckingham Palace to do the tour.

Churchill War Rooms
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9am Reservation
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Buckingham Palace
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11:15 reservation to go inside!!!
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Then we will head back to the hotel to rest and change before dinner and our play at the Globe!

Swan at the Globe
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We have a 4pm pre-theater dinner reservation.
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Shakespeare's Globe
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Then we will see Midsummer's Night Dream at The Globe while drinking Pimm's cups! I saw JK Simmons last time I was here! Show starts at 7pm. I'll need to log into my globe account to download the tickets.
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And if we have ANY more energy left in us we can head to get a Tiki Cocktail!

Sugar Cane Bar
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Friday, August 4

Check out and head to London Heathrow for our 11:55 AM flight. We need to leave the hotel by 8 AM to arrive at the airport in plenty of time. Wr can eat Breakfast there!

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