United Kingdom
Sundays are for museums and food markets
A day packed with good food and culture. Sundays must include a Sunday roast in London, after which you laze in a museum of choice, the Natural History Museum for example. Make your way to Borough market after that, and visit Leadenhall Market in the neighbourhood after Burrough closes.
Breakfast at Chestnut
Easily the cutest bakery in Covent Garden, Chestnut offers a wide range of patisserie and hearty snacks. The coffee is wonderful, and the interior surprisingly spacious with a nordic vibe. Expect to pay around 5 pounds for an average bun, but also expect it to be delicious. Try the double baked croissant with pistachio, or the rasperry and pistachio bun.
Sunday Roast at The Old Shades
Here's what you must do: find the pub with the most dark and dusty looking interior and the nicest bar. See if they offer a sunday menu. Make a reservation. Don't count calories and order a Sunday Roast. This typical dish is only served on the seventh day of the week, so enjoy it to the fullest. Choose between roast beef, pork belly, rotisserie chicken or a vegetarian alternative and eat it with juicy roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, braised vegetables and gravy. We ordered one roast for two persons and that was just fine :-)
Take the tube to Kensington
The Natural History Museum
Museums in London are almost all free of charge. Make sure to reserve a spot through the corresponding website because places are limited, but you're good to go if you do this a couple of days on beforehand. Nevertheless, museums can be very crowded during summer. The most wonderful thing about the Natural History Museum is its sheer size. The beautiful building is immense, but so are the pieces inside. You'll encounter the skeleton of a whale, a giant sloth, an ichtyosaurus and half a mammuth. You'll get to see birds preserved through taxidermy such as the dodo bird and huge dragonflies, you'll learn how dolphins swim and you'll see a dazzling collection of colibries.
Take the tube to London Bridge
A culinary visit to Borough Market
The afternoon is a great time to go to Borough Market. Don't wait too long, because this market closes timely. If you take in a deep breath, you will smell 1000 different things: the dosas from Horn OK Please, the mexican tacos from Padre or the mushroom paella that gets made in huge sarténs. If you can, try a bit of everything. Just outside of the market, there is also a lot of possibility to taste good food. At Padella (can be quite busy, enter and get yourself on the reservation list), at Monmouth coffee company for the most famous coffee of London, at vegan restaurant Mallow or at the Persion kitchen of Berenjak.
Quick stop at Leadenhall Market
Leadenhall Market dates back to 1321 and is situated in what was the centre of Roman London. Now, it is almost the only historical building amidst high sky scrapes. Originally a meat, poultry and game market, it is now home to a number of boutique retailers, restaurants, cafes and wine bars that are unfortunately all closed on sunday. Do you recognize this place from the Harry Potter movies?
A bite at Boro Bistro
Just over the London Bridge on the Borgouh-side, lies Boro Bistro. This nice little place with views on the cathedral has a lot to offer: try one of the dishes on their menu or one of their Belgian beers. Especially the fries and cod fritters are quite nice and very affordable. We sat outside on their terrace, but sitting inside can be a whole new experience as well. Think vogue music, weird paintings, colourful lighting and manequins missing a head or a leg everywhere.
