Blog ≫ 2023 ≫ Great long weekend in London
Back from a weekend in London. Not actually a long weekend in London, but it's been a great long weekend for me, and the last part of it was spent in London. Just back now, unlikely to come back to this with full details, but here are bullet points that might inspire me to fill in more later. I just have a few minutes before I have to book my traditional post-trip Chinese takeaway from Phoenix in Folkestone. Here we go!
Prize day was great, we saw T1 on the stage in the Leas Cliff Hall. Was a bit of a reunion of our NCT class too.
Tea and cakes in the channel suite after, we hung around just long enough for me to snaffle two vegan cakes, then home.
Grandpa was waiting at our house, he had collected T2 from school, then he gave us a lift to the station (Grandpa gave us a lift to the station, not T2.
Offered the kids a bribe if they can be good all weekend I will get them bottles of Prime2. If they are perfect we can get a Nintendo Wii again. They're obsessed with it and we gave ours away.
Checked into first Premier Inn in Kings Cross, this is a good one.
Dinner at Nando's a few doors along, delicious.
Got absolutely drenched walking up to Everyman cinema.
Watched Dungeons And Dragons in the tiny "Everyman on the corner" screen. Sofa seating, very small, paid a lot for drinks and snacks here.
Back to the room and sleep.
Fantastic breakfast at Dishoom, Indian style, I had "full vegan Bombay", basically a cooked breakfast. Boys had bacon and sausage wraps, Clare had a spicy omelette.
Packed and off to second hotel in Kensington / Earls Court. Nicer round there than expected.
Got Prime from a newspaper kiosk type thing in Kensington.
Walk through Kensington Palace Gardens looking for squirrels. Found them!
Really good pub The Queens on Queens Gate, six real ales on. Bit posh and everyone had a dog. What's the first rule of dog club?
I must remember to take a pack of cards next time we go out, had to keep letting T2 take my phone to play games on.
To the Natural History museum for new Titanosaur exhibition. Biggest thing that walked on earth! Plus another look at the old dinosaur exhibitions, plus cafe and gift shop.
Another pub, less awesome, but good. Very busy. A Greene King with guest ales. This pub bought by Charlie Chaplin for bis brother supposedly.
Great Italian dinner in Papa Roma, really nice traditional non chain Italian.
Back to our hotel, exhausted. Complicated setup of Premier Inn on two sides of the road.
Good Premier Inn breakfast first time I have seen the vegan bacon and vegan sausage just out on the buffet.
To the Science Museum for a great interactive kids exhbition, really good. Then a walk through some of the Science Museum classics, including the VW Beetle.
Flight simulator in the science museum. Only three seats left, I took one for the team. It was so-so apparently.
Got a lift home from the station.
Time to order that Chinese!
- Remembered this late and added this update the next day.
- If you are not aware "Prime" is a soft drink being heavily promoted by youtube influencers and all the kids want it, including mine. In theory it's in supermarkets at £2 - £3 pounds a bottle, but in reality it's all bought up and resold at multiple times the original price.