LDN in a Day...

Sunday 11 March 2012

Ciao bella's! Last weekend I went to London to pick my sis up...She's been living in Clapham, London for the last couple of years but her contract is up so she's moving back home for a while until her next contract. So I had the pleasure of driving down to London to pick her and alll her stuff and bringing it back home in my car. But while I was there we did get the chance to spend one day together looking around (rhukrhing) the city!

We started off by looking around the Natural History Museum...I've driven past it so many times and always admired the absolutely stunning building but never got round to checking it out so this time I really wanted to see what was inside!




Then we headed over to Knightsbridge to check out Harrods and tick one off my sister's list...cant beleive she lived there 2 years and never went! lol



After tiring ourselves out by looking at the gorgeous bags, getting spritzed by about 10 different perfumes by SAs and wandering around the amazingly tempting food hall (my gosh the food was sooo mouthwatering)...we decided to indulge in some lunch from the food hall and head down to Hyde Park to have a little picnic by the Serpentine...

Lobster & Soul Terrine with a fresh french bagette and a yummy haloumi Mediterranean salad...so lush!


Then we headed over to Oxford Circus and made a trip to one of my favourite stores Liberty...I love this store! Its got such great and unique mix of different things from most famous designers and new upcoming independent ones too...all with such style! and the building is absolutely beautiful too!!




Couldnt resist a quick look in Illamasqua while we were in Oxford Circus...


We also managed to spot a few of the 200 easter eggs dotted around London as part of the big Faberege Easter Egg Hunt...grand prize is a Diamond Jubilee Egg valued at £100,000!



Somehow we ended up in Trafalgar Square...The National Gallery in the background to the 2012 Olympics Games countdown...



Then finally....over to Covent Garden for drinks, dinner and a little walk to take a peek at the Themes before we headed home...




I cant believe we managed to pack sooo much into one day...was had soo much fun!! We were pretty knackered the next though so we decided to take it easy and have a nice little brunch at a local french cafe in Clapham and look what they had! Chalkboard tables!! It was the perfect end to my LDN trip...well it was before we had to then stuff my car with all my sister's junk and head back home! lol


What did you guys get upto this weekend?

Cherry Lane xoxo

20 comments:

  1. ahh lovely pictures! lots of yummy food :) x

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  2. Aww... U make me wanna pack my bags n head to london for a holiday. Sigh... If wishes were airplanes....

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    1. ahh if wishes were planes indeed...*dreaming of blue skies and azure beaches*

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  3. I was thinking about asking you if you spotted some Faberge eggs. They were so beautiful! And a macron tree?? I want I want!

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    1. yeah the eggs are soo pretty! There are some really funky ones too like a cracked egg and toast soldiers lol There are more on this blog.. http://mybusycraftlife.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/london-faberge-egg-hunt-zone-2.html

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  4. A choc macaroon croquembouche??? Whoa!! Am already salivating :P
    You sure had a great time city hopping...make me want to fly off to London as well...Those grand building and beautiful stuff displayed every where has always attracted me since the time I was a kid and saw them in pictures.

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    1. oh my gosh! Your vocabulary is just fantastic! I hadnt even heard of croquembouche but after I looked it up it totally made sense because these macaroons are made by a french company. London is a fab city! I hope you will come one day!x

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  5. I've been to a few of these places on my trip but I still want to go back for a few more!

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    1. awesome! Its such a huge city...Ive been a gazillion times but still havent see everything!

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  6. omg I am in love with the third photos. It feels like as if Vampires live there! XD. Such an awesome post Kiran Cherry Baby! :D Great food pics too. Do more of these post please. I felt like I was looking at these places through your eyes! ^_^

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    1. haha The Natural History Museum building...its absolutely gorgoues isnt it! Soo grand! I will try to do more posts like this glad you liked it x

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  7. Ohh.. I want to go there someday. I was born in England then moved to Hawaii when I was 2. I don't remember much of it but I know I'm suppose to go someday! I was thinking about September??? Great post Just a reminder of my GIVEAWAY ON MY BLOG! i NEED YOUR HELP <3

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    1. London is an awesome city! theres so much to see, Im sure you would love it!! September! How exciting! xx

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  8. i soooo miss this place... nd ofcourse oxford circus :)

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    1. oxford circus is fab! when were you in the UK? How long were you here for?x

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  9. Nice to see you were also doing the egg hunt! :) hey good news, you won the teacup pincushion giveaway!!!

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    1. yay!! thank you soo very much!! I cant beleive I won! I really need to buy a lotto ticket now! lol yeah I stumbled upon some of the eggs as I was running around London but I wish I had seen you blog first...there are some really fabulous designs that I would have loved to have seen!

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