The weather has been so hot lately and our little flat tends to get quite stuffy so Stuart and I decided to jump on a tube and head into London for our favourite breakfast at The Diner. There are a few Diners across London but our regular is the one near Covent Garden.
Their breakfast and brunches are amazing, so going Sunday late morning was probably not our smartest idea. I was pleasantly surprised when we went for a table that, although we were told there would be a 20 minute wait, they had a system in place that would text us when our table was ready so we didn't have to stand in the doorway. We headed straight across the road to Forbidden Planet. Forbidden Planet is a geeks dream shop, full of comics, graphic novels, figures and toys and a wonderful place to waste some time.
In what other window display would you find Indiana Jones on a horse whilst Tom Baker's grinning Doctor looks on?
As much as I wanted to I couldn't justifying buying the R2D2 bag (it's on my wish list) so we headed to Neals Yard for a bit of colour. I had heard of Neals Yard skincare range before but never put two and two together and realised this is where they started and their flagship shop is based.
Before we could do any more exploring our text came through and we headed back for some food. I always feel weird taking photos of my lunch so I'm afraid I have no pretty pictures of the delicious Mexican breakfast pan we went for but take it from me, it was awesome. Definitely my favourite dish on the menu. Next was time for a bit of a wander to walk off lunch. Now I've mentioned before my dislike of human statues, but as we entered Covent Garden I was pleasantly surprised by this gentleman;
The main reason he passes my 'statue test' was simply because he wasn't wearing a mask and didn't move unless money was dropped in his tin, the fact he was levitating was pretty impressive too. He definitely deserved the change I dropped in and he has restored my faith that street performers aren't all dudes in Yoda mask.
Covent Garden was crazily busy so we decided to head down to the Thames to walk along the river.
We were lucky that the tide was out so there were a couple of sand artists hard at work. I liked the guy below as, at first it looked like he was carving out the bat symbol but once we got round the to the front of the sculpture I think it was two lovers embracing. As Stuart said as we left, it takes someone very special to spend so much time creating something he knows will be washed away pretty quickly.
We carried on along, stopping to pop into a photography display at the OXO gallery, but I will tell you more about that in another post. Inspired by some wonderful images we kept walking towards London Bridge.
Once we reached the Globe I had to put my camera away as we were running late for a show, and clearly I was slowing us down! Look out for my review of the show we saw soon but for now I hope you're enjoying the beautiful summer. This time of year, and weather seems to be made for lovers as I leave you now with my favourite photo I took of the day. Romance is still alive on the banks of the River Thames.
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