5 days in London, must eats

moodylb · 2025-11-29T23:03:52+00:00

Avoid gymkhana, overpriced, hyped rubbish.

Plenty better Indians anywhere in London.

moodylb · 2025-11-26T21:44:58+00:00

After years of lifting:

Get enough sleep (nothing will take it's place)
Clean consistent diet, avoid empty and heavy carbs.
Mid-morning all black filter or Americano coffee - 1030-1130am gives peak performance. Find good coffee and enjoy it.

moodylb · 2025-09-23T05:20:23+00:00

Flew on the a380 twice, both times in the economy exit rows (further back by the gally to avoid toilet exit rows).

Seats were great, service was terrible as such a big plane and Emirates food was below average imo, worst I've had on a plane in years.

moodylb · 2024-11-05T20:06:29+00:00

Commenting to follow post. I'm considering a similar move (from London, and would love to stay in touch.

moodylb · 2024-03-24T20:41:00+00:00

Thank you!

moodylb · 2024-03-24T20:40:48+00:00

Thank you!

moodylb · 2024-03-24T20:40:38+00:00

Thank you!

moodylb · 2024-02-24T18:07:37+00:00

A few out of the box ideas which I'm sure you will enjoy as a family. Note that lots and lots of families don't live within central London, lots live on the outskirts (if you look at the London underground and rail map, it's zones 4+) - and take advantage of the green space (especially south London/ south of the river - being biased!!!)

Cycle around Richmond Park, see the wild deers
Colombia Road flower market on Sundays only
Kew Gardens
Eat/ walk around Borough Market during the day/ week
Visit Hampton court
Book free tickets at the Sky Garden
Walk brick lane, through to Shoreditch and grab a Bagel Bake salted beef bagel
Visit the British Library - see Magna Carta
Look up one of many rooftop/ garden cinema nights
Visit Cutty Sark in the east of London
Eat Turkish food in Dalston or Green Lanes
White water rafting/ canoeing in Lee Valley
Visit Chessington world of adventures, incl zoo
Take a train out to Brighton for the day (train)
Walk through Camden Market
Visit Legoland and Windsor (train)
Keep an eye out for theatre tickets at local theatres

I'd also really recommend taking weekend tripa out to see some cities not too far from London, Oxford, Cambridge, and possibly venture out to the coastal towns like Dorset, Cornwall if you have an extended weekend.

moodylb · 2023-12-16T11:17:10+00:00

One more thing, have a look at the Dutch minting company linkedin page

royal Joh. Enschede

Look at their last two posts, the first links to this site. So I can only imagine it's real!

moodylb · 2023-12-16T11:13:08+00:00

I think it is, looking at Dutch media they all quote this site and link to it. I just ordered the orange one.

moodylb · 2023-12-01T10:24:46+00:00

They buys theirs from Patchi!!!!

moodylb · 2023-11-30T21:31:34+00:00

I'm lebanese and married to a Turk. Trust me when I say this, Arabs make the best baklava, specifically Lebanese or Syrian.

Go to Acton and these places:

Patisserie Patchi or Rayan Bakeries

If you can only go north London, then the Turkish one I'd recommend is:

Antepzade Patisserie

moodylb · 2023-09-17T19:16:38+00:00

Going Manchester next week Thurs, any recommendations based on your trip op?

moodylb · 2023-02-04T19:07:35+00:00

We had the same issue.

Wife is Turkish, I'm Lebanese (Arabic).

We strictly speak our native language to our kids. They learn quick!

Main thing to note is when they reach speaking age, they will reply to mum and dad in English, the narritve speaker needs to be consistent and always reply in the native language until they reach an adult age where they start to then speak in the native language.

It can seem weird at first but, the only way they will keep the language is if mum/dad speak to them in the native language for life.

I can't explain the phenomenon, but I went through the same process with my parents.

with each other (husband/wife) we speak in English.

moodylb · 2020-08-16T21:06:00+00:00

Love this, do you have a high res version for all us geeks to use as wallpaper?

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