Nicole's Visit

My sister, Nicole, arrived for a ten day visit. It was a great excuse to do tons of touristy things that I’ve been dying to do. We started the visit off with my first official English Tea at the Brown Hotel. We were served crust less cucumber sandwiches, scones and so much more while we sat near the fire an caught up. It was really lovely.

Next up on the list was the Jack the Ripper tour which we went on with a few of my Starbucks colleagues. It was a cold, damp night – perfect for spooky stories and gruesome photos. We warmed up with a “curry” at London’s famous Brick Lane which was fun time.

After a trip to Marrakech (see separate post) we came back to London where we headed to the Victoria and Albert Museum for the afternoon to see the Couture exhibit. We never made it to the official exhibit as there was too much to see along the way! It’s a great museum and had a pretty spectacular Chihuly piece (a little taste of home :-) ). The next day we set out to check out Spitlefields Market which was mainly under construction, but still had a few cool clothing stalls. I will definitely be back when it re-opens and wrapped up the day with bit of theater when we saw the Lion King. The show was amazing – the costumes and choreography in particular were like no other show I’ve seen. We wrapped up her trip with a quick visit to the Tate Modern (my favorite museum so far) and a delicious dinner at the city’s reported best gastropub, The Anchor and Hope.

It was really fun having Nicole visit and exploring London together.