I mentioned in an earlier post that our apartment was in South Kensington.  It has turned out to be a great location: close to the Tube, and close to options for both eating out and eating in.

In the last couple of days we have done both.  Yesterday we began with a quick trip to Regent Street, for me to visit Liberty.  After getting lost by taking the wrong exit out of Piccadilly tube station and then standing in the drizzle trying to use google maps to get back on track, John navigated us there: easy when you knew how!

I love Liberty, and have done since my first visit in the late 1980s.  This time we went to most departments (except Men’s – which is in the basement!), including the Christmas shop.  Loved the haberdashery and craft area, but it was all fun.  

After that, we had a date for lunch in Hammersmith at the River Cafe.  It was all going well finding it, via tube to Hammersmith and with a walk along the Thames Path by the river, (in very light drizzle) except at the crucial point when google maps thought we’d arrived but we couldn’t find the entrance!  Anyway, we got directions (the sign is very subtle!) and had a lovely, albeit expensive lunch.  The room is large and light, and the food is italian: but light, with lots of fish and seafood.  Saying that, we had roast lamb as our main!

Rolled back to the tube and home.  After some downtime, off again, this time to Westminster Bridge, where I had a phot walk starting at 6:45pm.  For 3 hours took various views around Westminster, London Eye, etc.  Fun (if cold by the end of the evening), and learned lots.

Today was heavy on the shopping – Liberty again, but also Loop (knitting yarns) at Islington and Selvedge at Highgate.  The latter has a better online presence than physical shop.  But we had a date for lunch again, this time at Nopi, just off Regent Street – and we really enjoyed it.  This time the food was more casual with bolder flavours and the wine choices a bit less traditional.  The place was really buzzy.

Photos to come…