rainy | Wanderlust

I got to London yesterday night, and exhausted after a 6 hour flight where I watched three movies in a row, I went right to sleep.

This morning, the day was horribly cold, humid, rainy and gray. With some jetlag still in my body, and my unwillingness to get cold, we stayed in until around 2 in the afternoon.

Finally we got ready, and went out to walk around. We decided we wanted to go to West hampstead. We got the “tube” and started going in the opposite direction and realized three stations later. However, after getting on the right track, it was no longer raining, and West Hampstead was lovely. Its a very resudential part of town. One of those places who has everything you need, very small, very cozy. We walked around for a long while, and and sat at a pub to get a col beer.

We got on a bus headed towards central London, and it was trully beautiful. You get to see everything, the people, the architecture all from a two story bus, which gives it an added value. London is a spectacular city!

We got off near Pucadilly Circus, and started walking. Evenually we got to Carnaby Street. This is a place filled witj pubs, shops and the arts. You see people with crazy hair, awesome costumes, and an overall special spirit. We stopped at a pub calles “Shakespear’s Head”.

Although its a cool place, its a bit too expensive, and doesnt really have anything too special in order to charge extra for it. It doea however have the best location, which is the reason why we had to drink standing up for about 15 minutes.

For dinner, we wanted steak! So we walked over to a place called Goodman. Very confortable place, Tom, one of the managers made us feel very welcome. I had the burger with macaroni and cheese with truffle oil. Something so basic, and with the right ingredients, can be made into something gourmet.