FOOD

• black sesame macarons from Lanka
  • 9 Goldhurst Terrace, NW6 3HX
• pies from The Hummingbird Bakery
  • 155a Wardour Street, W1F 8WG
• ✔ pumpkin pie from Konditor & Cook
  • Curzon Soho, 99 Shaftsbury Ave
• PB&J ice cream sandwich at Spuntino
  • 61 Rupert Street, W1D 7PL
• baked goods from Euphorium Bakery
  • Thomas Neal's Centre
• ✔ macarons and almond croissant from Ladurêe
  • 71-72 Burlington Gardens
• quality gelato from Venchi
  • Covent Garden Market Building
• ✔ hot chocolate from Paul A Young
  • Heal's, Tottenham Court Road
• ✔ chocolate & almond croissant from Gail's
  • 11-13 Bayley St
• ✔ eat at Wagamama
• ✔ get food at the Borough Market
• ✔ shop around The People's Supermarket
• ✔ sachertorte from Kipferl
  • 20 Camden Passage, N1 8ED
• ✔ German goods from German Deli
  • 3 Park St, SE1 9AB
• ✔ take afternoon tea at a fancy hotel
• ✔ visit food halls
  • ✔ Selfridges
  • ✔ Fortnum & Mason
  • ✔ Harrod's
• ✔ macarons from Pierre Hermé in Belgravia
• ✔ eat at Japan Centre before it closes 22/9
• ✔ German bread and pastries from Bakehaus
  • 71 King St, London, W6 9HW
• ✔ pastries at Patisserie Valerie
  • 256 Edgware Road, W2 1DS
• ✔ Yaki—awesome Japanese "bakery"
  • 53 Goodge street, W1T 1TG
• ✔ simmer in nostalgia at the German märkte
  • ✔ LIDL
  • Aldi

Cheap foods

• Hare & Tortoise (ramen, curry)
  • 11-13 The Brunswick, WC1N 1AF
• Koya (udon, donburi)
  • 49 Frith Street, W1D 4SG
• ✔ Bi Bim Bap
  • 10 Charlotte St
• ✔ Leong's Legends
  • 82 Queensway, W2 3RL
  • 4 Macclesfield Street, W1D 6AX
• Taiwan Village
  • 85 Lillie Rd, SW6 1UD
• Cha Cha Moon
  • 15-21 Ganton St
• ✔ Shoryu
  • 3 Denman St
• Tonkotsu
  • 63 Dean St

SHOP

• ✔ get a winter coat
• walk to Dover Street Market
• ✔ get a haul at Primark
• ✔ visit Leadenhall Market
• ✔ visit Liberty London
• ✔ get a pair of good short boots
• ✔ visit St. Christopher's Place
• ✔ visit Westfield London
• ✔ visit One New Change

DO

• watch shows at West End
  • ✔ Matilda
  • ✔ The Mousetrap
  • ✔ The Light Princess
  • ✔ Jersey Boys
  • Les Miserables
  • ✔ Once
  • ✔ Romeo and Juliet
  • ✔ Mojo
  • War Horse
  • The Woman in Black
  • The Book of Mormons
  • ✔ The Nutcracker on Ice
  • ✔ A Doll's House
  • ✔ The Ladykillers
  • ✔ Emil and the Detectives
• ✔ watch a show at the Globe Theatre
• ✔ stroll by Mayfair
• ✔ stroll by Kensington
• stroll around Barbican Conservatory
• ✔ go to the British Library
  • archive of photos from the 1800s
• wander around the museums
  • ✔ British Museum
  • ✔ Victoria & Albert
  • ✔ London Transport Museum
  • National Gallery
  • Natural History Museum
  • ✔ Science Museum
  • ✔ Tate Modern
  • ✔ Museum of London
• go sightseeing and photograph
  • ✔ Millennium Bridge
  • ✔ Westminster Abbey
  • ✔ St. Paul's Cathedral
  • ✔ Neal's Yard
  • ✔ Marble Arch
  • Tyburn Tree plaque
  • Little Venice
• day trips all around
  • the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew
  • Harry Potter tour at Warner Bros. Studio
• stop by specifically to take photos at
  • Abbey Road
  • ✔ 221B Baker Street
  • ✔ Platform 9 & 3/4
• ✔ stroll by Belgravia
• ✔ walk down the Strand
• ✔ explore Hyde Park while listening to music
• ✔ picnic at Hyde Park
• ✔ visit travel bookstores
  • ✔ Stanfords, 12-14 Long Acre, Covent Garden, WC2E 9LP
  • ✔ Daunt Books, 83 Marylebone High Street, W1U 4QW
• ✔ learn the London metro and bus systems
• ✔ London in Christmas
  • ✔ Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park
  • ✔ ice rink at Natural History Museum
  • ✔ Christmas market at Southbank Centre

TRAVEL

• ✔ weekend trip to Aachen, Bonn, Köln, Maastricht, Frankfurt, Freiburg
  • ✔ Backwerk, Haribo Factory, Frankfurter Buchmesse
• ✔ visit Edinburgh via train
• ✔ undertake a trip to the Netherlands and Belgium given the 2 days of the Eurail pass
  • Gent/Antwerpen/Liège
  • ✔ Bruges/Haarlem
• ✔ spend a week in Barcelona and Madrid and Italy; Florence and Cinque Terre and Venice
• ✔ Paris
  • ✔ Uniklinik look-a-like Centre Pompidou
• ✔ that winter trip for the Swiss Alps via train

IMPORTANT

• ✔ purchase pre-paid nano SIM for iPhone
  • T-Mobile
• ✔ search out best supermarkets
  • Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Whole Foods, The People's Supermarket
• ✔ buy a Eurail pass
  • Rail Europe Travel Centre, 193 Piccadilly, London W1J 9EU

CITIES

• ✔ Aachen / Bonn / Maastricht / Frankfurt / Freiburg
• Gent/Antwerpen
• ✔ Bruges
• ✔ Madrid/Toledo/Granada/Venezia/Cinque Terre
• ✔ Dublin or Copenhagen
• ✔ Edinburgh or Glasgow or Cardiff
• ✔ Brighton
• ✔ Salisbury
• Bath
• Cambridge
• ✔ Oxford
• ✔ Paris / Aachen / Köln / Nürnberg / München / Chur / Tirano / Basel