London Archives - Just Go Places Culinary and Cultural Travel Sun, 13 Mar 2022 22:38:07 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 A DIY Charles Dickens Walking Tour of Marshalsea Prison and Southwark London https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/marshalsea-prison/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 19:09:54 +0000 https://justgoplace1.wpengine.com/?p=17086 When you think of the area of Borough in London nowadays, usually Borough Market springs to mind. Borough Market is an upscale food and drink market near London Bridge that has been in existence one way or another for the last 1000 years. In previous centuries, this area  was definitely less pleasant and more dangerous…...

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]]> A View From The Swiss Re Tower AKA The Gherkin Building in London https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/swiss-re-tower-gherkin-in-london/ Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:43:04 +0000 https://justgoplace1.wpengine.com/?p=13351 What you may ask is a gherkin?  It’s a small pickled cucumber.  The wit and wisdom of the British nicknamed the Swiss Re Tower at 30 St. Mary Axe in London as The Gherkin.  In fact, everyone calls it The Gherkin, a name given to the Swiss Re Tower even when it was in its...

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]]> 5 Things You Need To Know About Primrose Hill in London https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/primrose-hill-in-london/ Thu, 19 May 2016 11:15:27 +0000 https://justgoplace1.wpengine.com/?p=11940 Primrose Hill is one of my favourite neighbourhoods in London.  When we were house-hunting in the area, we were choosing between Primrose Hill and St John’s Wood.  In the end, we choose St John’s Wood because the houses were nicer and it was less of a so-trendy-it-hurts scene.  A disappointed Primrose Hill real estate agent...

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]]> Trishna, a Michelin-Starred Indian Restaurant in London https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/trishna-a-michelin-starred-indian-restaurant-in-london/ https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/trishna-a-michelin-starred-indian-restaurant-in-london/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2015 01:09:31 +0000 https://justgoplace1.wpengine.com/?p=9820 Britain has a love affair with Indian food which makes me very happy.  I love Indian food having grown up with an Indian mother who was an amazing cook.  Other than, of course, my mother’s cooking, some of the best Indian food I’ve ever had has been in British restaurants. There are apparently more Indian...

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]]> https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/trishna-a-michelin-starred-indian-restaurant-in-london/feed/ 0 What Makes Posh London Sweet Shops All Alike https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/photo-tour-posh-london-sweet-shops/ Tue, 22 Sep 2015 09:05:18 +0000 https://justgoplace1.wpengine.com/?p=9585 I went from not having been to the posh St. James’s area of London in almost a year to visiting 2 weekends in a row. I was in the neighbourhood for the Picadilly and Petits-Fours Tour as well as Open House London where some of the city’s architectural gems are opened up for free tours to the...

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]]> Summer in London: A Taste of London https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/summer-in-london-a-taste-of-london/ https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/summer-in-london-a-taste-of-london/#respond Tue, 23 Jun 2015 05:00:24 +0000 https://justgoplace1.wpengine.com/?p=8682 Summer in London for me invariably means going to A Taste of London in Regents Park.  My friend and I have been regular attendees at this four-day food festival since it kicked off in 2004. Usually we go to one of the evening sessions for dinner with our husbands. This year we ditched our husbands for...

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]]> https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/summer-in-london-a-taste-of-london/feed/ 0 Why I Love London Street Fairs https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/why-i-love-london-street-fairs/ https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/why-i-love-london-street-fairs/#respond Sun, 31 May 2015 20:55:51 +0000 https://justgoplace1.wpengine.com/?p=8465 One of my favourite things about London are visiting the street fairs that occur periodically in different parts of the city.  At the street fairs you really get a sense of the string of villages that were put together to create London as we know it today. A couple of weeks ago we went to...

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]]> https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/why-i-love-london-street-fairs/feed/ 0 Touring The Houses of Parliament in London https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/touring-the-houses-of-parliament-in-london/ https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/touring-the-houses-of-parliament-in-london/#respond Mon, 17 Nov 2014 07:00:39 +0000 https://justgoplace1.wpengine.com/?p=6534 Did you know that as a resident of the United Kingdom you could tour The Houses of Parliament for free?  You need to be sponsored by a member of Parliament or the House of Lords.   There are also guided tours of Parliament for non-residents but these tours you have to pay for.   So...

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