London

We had a lovely trip to London at the end of May - a rare weekend away as a couple. We’re looking forward to August with our new arrival, so this is likely one of the last times just the two of us for a while.

We stayed in Bloomsbury at the Kimpton Fitzroy, well located for walking to the various restaurants, museums and galleries. The breakfast was excellent, with great service.

Across the long weekend we visited The British Museum, The National Gallery, the Hunterian Museum, and Imperial War Museum plus a wee wander around the surrounding areas for shopping, a trip to the LRB Bookshoop and Daunt Books.

It’s been a long time since I’ve been in any of these museums, so it was good to see their collections again. I enjoyed the Hans Holbein at the National, plus the Medieval galleries. The Imperial War museum was good, and it was interesting to see artefacts and personal stories related to the books I’ve been reading recently.

We ate out at Tampopo (nice food, but an incredibly strong red wall light!), Scarlett Green (Aussie-style brunch), Honey&Co (middle eastern, sharing platter and then amazing meats, recommended).

I managed a run out around Regents Park in the sunshine. Strava informed me that I’d set a personal segment record, my only other time being ten years previous. Nice to know that my running has improved.