Yesterday we started off our day by taking the Tube to Temple which is one of my new favorite places. Temple is filled with cobblestone streets, courtyards and fountains, and is a quiet escape from the busy city. While in Temple, we explored Middle Temple Hall and Temple church, which are both situated on a courtyard, one with a double hammerbeam roof, and one with great stain glass windows.
Temple, near Middle Temple Hall
After Temple, we went up to Covent Garden which is also a new favorite of mine. The market stalls, the food, the street performers, and St. Paul’s Covent Garden all made this place very unique. During this time, we also explored Sir John Soanes Museum which was very quirky but fascinating at the same time. On our way back to Covent Garden for lunch, we stopped in a place called Neal’s Yard which was a cool place we had researched before coming.
After grabbing lunch and looking around the markets of Covent Garden we headed to our museum of choice, Tate Modern. Although I’m not a huge modern art fan, I really enjoyed walking through Tate. After wondering around the museum, we took the Tube to the Sherlock Holmes museum and we enjoyed walking through Regents Park. On our way back, we took the Tube during peak which was interesting, fun, and stressful all at the same time. I have never seen so many people cram into such a small space before. When our stop came, we had to fight to get through people. To end the night, we had dinner at a pub near the hotel.