We visited London in Jan 2024. Here is a quick trip report. (Originally posted here)

Westminster Abby, mostly to check out famous ppl’s tombs; nice site and history too; I quite like the colors from these shots from Ricoh GRIII (first trip with this little pocket camera, very enjoyable)

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Museum scene is nice, we had a blast. The first and second photos were taken in British Museum, it’s a ceramic artwork from @hitomihosono

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A lady beefeater guard showed us around London Tower; crown jewel collection is cool, photos not allowed. (*beefeater: a yeoman of the English royal guard or a warder of the Tower of London.)

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Food scene is great, pretty much every meal was good; my fav is Lima (lima_london); everyone likes Dishoom of course.

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Lots of parks in the city, enjoyed our walks.

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I loved visiting Churchill war room last time, glad to visit it again with my wife.

Book recs for those interested in Churchill

The Splendid and the Vile
The power of words (this is a compilation of his speeches but also works well as a biography)

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We didn’t go watch the change of the guards this time (was a highlight last time and I went twice…) highly recommend

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The main objective of the trip was to see Jay Chou - really really happy we did it. See https://www.instagram.com/reel/C26FwABoArM/?igsh=dXp4dXMyd2FseDY2