London 2024 Day Four

Today's adventure took us to the east end of the East End, to Shoreditch for a visit to the Geffrye Museum (rebranded Museum of the Home). It has always been one of our favorite Christmas stops in London. Housed in an old Alms House, it contains a series of period rooms decorated as they might have been back in the day. 

We made a quick stop for an egg/mayo sandwich at Pret, where many years ago Katy Kathryn created a list of things I am passionate about. One of those things is food. Leaving the Central Line at the Queensway Station, we had a wander on our way back to the flat. There we waited anxiously for our dinner reservation at famous Ffiona's restaurant. It lived up to its hype, and as a bonus we spent a good part of the evening chatting with Ffiona herself. It was delicious and delightful. Now I am listening to the rain on the skylight as I type.

Liverpool Street Station on a blustery morning

Bishopsgate is all grown up

The Geffrye Museum

Hoovers!

Media players of all sorts

1500s

1600s

Early Georgian era

Jane Austen's Regency era

It was the Victorians who really got the ball rolling

Small, Irish-emigrant flat from the 20th century

A working-class flat from the late 70s when we first 

came to England

Egg and cress, not everyone's cup of tea,

but I love 'em

Katy's scrapbook photo from 2007

Same place 2024: still passionate about food

even though they have changed the sign

Queensway

The Bayswater Station abides

Strangely, I no longer feel like I belong here

The Champion where we had a delicious meal last night

Tonight's unassuming little venue for dinner

Ffiona and Annie

Kris's lamb

My cod

The Churchill Arms on Church Street is an Instagrammer's

Mecca -- seen on our walk home from dinner

Tomorrow will be great: Annie has reserved a wonderful lunch for us, and we have tickets for Operation Mincemeat at the Fortune Theatre.

OXO

D.