End of an Era, Good-bye Abu Dhabi

Wow it has been exactly 12 years and 8,5 months since I came to live in this country on 30th Sept 2005 until I left on 21st June 2018.

I spent all my 30 sth years and first 3 years of my forties. That is a lot, that is huge. I don't want to say my best years but these ages are good. To this moment I still do not know whether it was good that I was in Abu Dhabi all these years or not.
Yes I worked since the day I came to this country that means I made money and saved money and lived comfortably.
I felt safe in this country I knew my house and car will never be robbed and I would not be attacked by a random guy. I knew there won't be any earthquake. Things like that.
It was a cosmopolitan city and I liked meeting people all over the world.
I loved the fact that streets are clean (kind of) buildings are new, everything is luxurious. I loved the fact that you can stay in a good nice 5 star hotel and you can easily afford it.
Food was good, all international good food with good service.
I loved the idea that you can have a maid affordable and they can be really good that you feel grateful having them in your life.
It was great to have 30 business days as holiday and being in Aisa gave me the chance to travel Aisa and see other countries I would not have chance to see maybe if I was living in Turkey.

I loved the idea that I never needed to count how much I was spending and pampering myself without thinking twice and live in a tax free environment.

Was that enough to have a happy and fulfilling life, I don't know.
I missed good weather, nature. I missed living in a civilized country where you know everyone is equal and you know the law applies to everyone. I missed the opportunity to hold another passport cause in this country you cannot get their passports.

Now in London I am living the disadvantages of Abu Dhabi but am I happier? Not... yet. Why, cause I do not have maid and pay cheque. Yes simple as that. These are the main two important elements missing in my life. I think I can get used to not having a full time helper if I can organize myself according to that but one needs money to live and enjoy this damn city, that is given.

Kizim 9 yasinda

Her sene yaziyordum dogumgununde ama bu sene yazamadim. O yuzden daha 10 olmadan bir seyler karalamak istedim. Zira iki rakamlara gelmesine cok az kaldi, tek yas olmasinin tadini cikarmak istiyor bu anlarimi hatirlamak ve hic unutmamak istiyorum, sanki iki rakamlara gecince cocukluktan cikacak. Istiyorum ki yavas yavas buyusun cok hizli geciyor hatta hic buyumesin. Onun her halini cok ozluyorum. 9 yasinda cok sey yasadi kuzum benim. Cok zor gunler gecirdi cok guzel anlari da oldu.

Oncelikle babasi yaninda degildi dogumgununde onun hasreti girdi araya is nedeniyle Londra'ya tasininca babasi, kuzumun 5 yasinda yasadigi kaderi tekrarlandi. 8 ay babasiz kaldi.

Sonra tasinacagimizi ogrendigi icin cok uzuldu cok agir yasadi, agladi. Alismasi mumkun olamadi hele o Abu Dhabi'deki son gunlerimiz, esyalarimiz toplandiginda, okuluna veda ettiginde, arkadaslarina ve ogretmenine son kec hoscakal dediginde, bakicisina sarilip ayrildiginda agladiginda, evini biraktiginda son kez cikarken nasil agladi, duygulandi, uzuldu. Kapidan cikarken elektrik dugmesine varana kadar bye bye dedi, bye bye kapi, bye bye duvar, bye bye guvenlik gorevlisi, bye bye tuvalet ...agladi uzuldu. Uzuldum cok ama onu yeterince anlamadim, ben gitmek icin sabirsizlandim ama onun icin oyle degildi o mutluydu ve orasi onun eviydi. Hep ama cok daha guzel olacak ama cok daha iyi bir yer orasi ama Abu Dhabi'de olmayan hersey orda var gibi anlayissiz davrandim. Halbuki tek duymak istedigi evini, okulunu, arkadaslarini, Ana'yi, bu sehri ve daha bir cok sevdigin mekani ozleyeceksin biliyorum cok uzucu demekti, neyseki dedim onu da, ne zaman duygularini anlasam ve kabul etsem ise yariyor zaten. Bizler saniriz ki uzulcek ne var sacmalama cok daha iyi olacak, korkacak bir sey yok diyerek karsimizdakine yardim ediyoruz. Halbuki onun hissettiklerini inkar etmek ve hissettiklerini gormezden gelmekten baska bir ise yaramaz.

Zaman zaman uzuluyor ve bazen agliyor ve ben Abu Dhabi'yi mi ozledin tatlim dedigimde tam yarasina basmis oluyorum hi hi diyor boynu bukulyor ama onu anlayan bir annesi oldugu icin de rahatliyor.

Dogumgununde onu balina ile yuzmeye goturdum.
devami sonra

Dulwich

We went to visit this place on 20th October 2018 Saturday.

Apparently we were about to live in that area and for me thanks god my husband could not find a nice house and the school did not have space for my daughter. Having said that being closer to my husband's work and sending my daughter to public school would have saved us some headaches but I don't know what is good and what is bad for us anymore.
It is a nice village but oh boy was full of small kids and I found it very boring. It is very family oriented place and it is on the south of London. It is close to Canary Warf. You need to use the over ground train to reach London Bridge and then you can take underground train after London Bridge. Or we took bus on our way back to go to Brixton and from there we took underground train.
It is green and nice. The Italian restaurant we had lunch was not good at all Rocca, it was disappointment.
After lunch we went to Horniman Museum and Gardens. The museum is small but entertaining for kids even my daughter who does not like museums liked it.

Dulwich park is very nice and big. There is a park for small kids and it was full of them so we did not go near by. It is small for my kid anyway but I think this place is good with families who has small kids.

From the garden up on the hill you can view city of London and Tower of London, it has good view.
It is a good getaway. 

Gift Ideas in London

I will be making a list of the gift ideas when I visit my country or over the seas. Why? So I can remember them and it can come very handy and saves me time to think about what to buy and hopefully save me some pennies, as Brits say something cheap and cheerful.

Wittara Tea Shop They have peanut butter chocolate tea and  sticky toffee pudding flavor white hot chocolate was so yummy . Chocolate popcorn was interesting but the taste was not that great the smell was great though. One box costs 8 pounds and they have cute boxes. You can but other type of teas and tea equipment as well.They have a taste of tea sets as gift as well. They have Alice in Wonderland series is very pretty for a gift.

London... Places to Visit

Westminster- Embankment

It is amazing to walk by Thames River especially in a nice weather

Tower of London

Buckingham Palace
next to Green Park
nearest station is Green Park station

Green Park
It is very nice and next to Buckingham Palace

St James's Park

When you walk across Buckingham Palace you will see it, they are technically next to each other parted by a road.
I walked through Horse Quards and through Westminster and came to The Mall

The Mall
You can see these anormous horses ride by police man and women, the horses are amazing so cool.
You can walk towards to Leicter Square and Covent Garden from here.
I walked on London Bridge, it has no special structure comparing to Tower Bridge.

From there I walked through Waterloo Bridge, South Bank, National Theatre, Hayward Gallery
then to Tate Modern and Southwark and Borough Market and Shakespeare's Globe, London Bridge, Tower London, Tower Hamlets- Tower Hills-Tower Bridge, 


Borough Market
I met Leo there and it was a great excuse to see this place. Check their website before visiting cause some days they are closed or some of the stands are open only. It is amazing, lots of nice food, fruit, vegetable, wine, cheese, sea food and many more. There is a Turkish stand as well. You can take cooking class and buy kitchen stuff as well. There is a coffee opposite of it which I did not know when I went there but so going to try when I go next time and yes I am so going back  there many times I hope.


Hamstead Heath, Camden Belsize Park, Kenwood (The movie Belle was filmed in this country house which is a museum and you can visit for free and also the short part of  Nothing Hill Gate movie was shot at this place too) It is so green and beautiful with great village and city of London view and it has small hills where you can walk up and down and it has nice lakes where even people can swim and dogs too.  Kenwood is a famous country house and you can have nice lunch the food looked good but a bit expensive I think. This park is a great place for picnics and dogs..
Hamstead Heat is a classy place where you can run into a famous person anytime. They have very nice, delicious restaurants and pubs.
The oldest pub THE SPANIARDS in the history (I believe) since 1585 is there too where people would tie their horses and have their food and drink and continue their way.


Covent Garden 
I took number 24 bus from Hamstead Heat and went all the way towards Leiceter Square, well this is the stop I was supposed to get off but had to get of at UCL, University Collage of London as I needed to take a call. But Covent Garden from that place took around 20 minuets only by walk. I love this place, you can find many great boutique shops, interesting stuff.
There is a shop called Buddha on a Bicycle Yoga (they have meditation and yoga classes as well under the shop) and Capezio where they sell dance clothes and shoes, I lost it in there I wish I was a dancer and had the body, would love to buy something there. I am a dancer actually, I am being harsh on myself, I meant I am not a modern dancer but I am a salsa dancer and Zumba instructor so it does count.
Covent Garden has many attractions from restaurants to coffees, market, stands and hand made stores and many many more. Royal Opera House and many theaters (The Lion King, Theatre Royal and many more) are also nearby. It is very close to Leiceters square. It even has expensive brand shops.
There are many street artist perform their performances.
I remember that place I was there with J and Sanda probably on my last month in London 2000 September or Sugust, there is a pub on the pub overlooks at the big arena where the street dancers performs, I even have a picture of me and J taken by Sanda.
Ben's cookies is there to, it is delicious.


The Notting Hill, Portobello Road, Portobello Market 17 Oct 2018

From pastel-colored houses to vintage shops, to picturesque, delicious restaurants and coffees you will enjoy charming Notting Hill for sure and you will not regret a trip over there where iconic romantic comedy Notting Hill movie shot featuring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts. This place became more popular after the film for the film funs and tourists. And this place is not about the famous The Travel Book Co where Julia and Hugh fell in love, (which I by passed but did not know that and I took the wrong book shop's picture, shout! How did I miss that!) and the iconic blue door apparently it was removed and sold at an auction (how selfish is that) you will find plenty of pretty places for sure. 

I loved this place and I don't know why I was not impressed when I first visited 18 years ago and I never went back until 17th Oct 2018, obviously I did not know where to go and look back then. There was no internet on my phone and at home internet was not that available and so annoyingly slow anyways. Though days how did we even survive!:-) Imagine not being able to check the reviews on a restaurant before going or not knowing all the hidden gems? Still I allow myself to get lost on the streets and walk all the narrow streets the streets does not look appealing in the end and still walk to see if that goes anywhere nice and interesting. But doing your homework before visiting still saves you lost of time that is for sure. 

I got of the train at Earl's Court. This is what I usually do I go to nearest Piccadilly Line stop (cause the nearest train station to my house is Piccadilly Line) and from there I walk to the destination  I want to unless it is very far or I do not have time. I don't like changing lines and walking the stairs within the station and waiting for the next train to arrive and remember that London train timings can change any get cancelled any time. So if I can walk why not walk?
This way along the way I get to discover new places as well. I walked through Holland Park which is very nice and I like walking and watching the dogs. So it was a very pleasant walk. 

I loved Portobello road and the market and bear in your mind I only went there during the week. On Saturday it is a different story I heard. The food market was missing for example. I love street food and they were closed during the week and they have more stands on weekends, so I am so going back there on Saturday despite the fact that it will be crowded which I don't mind...

They have great vintage shops and even the charity shops is much better than what I have found Harrow on the hill area. Obviously the people live around that area has more money and even more taste so the second hand items looked good. More expensive than harrow on the hill prices but it is worth paying that difference.

There was this Portobello Fashion Boutique shop I loved that one and wanted to but everything in that store. It was not that expensive but not that cheap either. They have nice stylist clothes made in Italy mainly and French.

The restaurants looked so good as well. There is one Italian restaurant looked really good and cute, it is called Portobello Garden Arcade Italian cafeteria home made food. There are some street food as well and the one is called Gecko Street is so cool. What makes it cool is the staff work there, one girl one man and they play amazing music and dance while they are working and they made me want to go and dance with them. They were really enjoying the music and having fun while working. Unfortunately I was not hungry at that time so did not try their food but with their mood and energy I am so going to visit them again. You can fallow them on geckoonportobello insta page.

Farm Girl Their rose latte sounded so good I decided to wait 50minuets to have my coffee there. Hmm it was ok but I need to remember to ask my coffee extra hot in this country. I did not have that issue in Abu Dhabi cause I used to have my coffee usually and only at work and the guy works at Coffee Planet was brilliant. He was making the best coffee for me. His colleagues was not the same, he know exactly how I liked it. Hot, rich, full... I miss my cappuccino. Here I choose latte cause cappuccino is so less and full of milk foam I don't even taste the coffee itself and enjoy it even I take the big size and usually it is lukewarm, why? Anyway the breakfast menu looked good but I was not hungry again so did not try but would love to go for the breakfast. It looked like that they serve delicious food. It's a photo-worthy double shot latte with rose water infused milk and rose petals. They have rose matcha tea as well.

Biscuit Boutique  They have the cuties window and cookies probably, it is so cute you have to go and take a picture and visit the shop and admire the cookies. I am not sure if they tasted as good as they look but I would love to try their one of few cakes there. It is a great gift idea as well as they have theme cookies. It is near Halloween so they had sweet Halloween themes cookies along with new born baby, thank you etc. themes. 

St. Luke's Mews They say it is hidden gems of Portobello Road. It was cute and short but not sure if I covered it all. It has a nice pink house which was very picturesque. I believe the weekend that area would be more lively as there are some pubs and coffees.

Codrington Mews It is nice and interesting but not as pretty as St Luke's Mews, still worth walking by.

Alice I think everybody loves this place and I am sure everyone take a photo of this colorful, interesting gift shop. It is very picturesque and entertaining.

Arancina Pizza They have cute window decoration pizza on a nice cute car. It looks good and worth trying. This place is very close to Notting Hill Station just before you come to the main street.

Sittara This place looks so good with lots of different items to buy, accessories mainly.

Doughnut Time In this small shop they have around maybe 16 different types of doughnuts the ones I never seen before, they looked big, filling and so yummy. It took me only 10 minuets to decide which one to buy and when I decided, I was  devastated to find out they only accept card and I had no card so I could not try. By just writing about it makes my mouth watery. One of the names of the doughnuts are; Love at first bite, It is always gay time, Bellatwix Estrange, Life on Mars, The O.G., Houston we have biscoff, Sia Later, Stranger Rings, Captain America...How creative are they.

Hampton Court Palace This palace is amazing and the road I took from Kingeston Upon Thames to Hampton was awesome. By the river you see amazing houses and so green and pleasant for a long walk.

Richmond Park Oh my, this park is huge and so beautiful. You get to see deers as well. It is mesmerizing.

19 October 2018

Europe's Longest Champagne Bar
What a place I loved this station, this bar is good, the food looked good, oyster plate is 60 dollars and I had only 25 pounds in my pocket and zero balance on my Oyster card so I made the sensible choice and decided to pay 19 pounds on a glass of champagne and luckily they gave me 3 olives so I can drink with a full stomack! I was thinking I can leave 1 pound as tip and with the rest of 5 pounds I can top up my oyster card but they added the tip and charged me 21.38 pounds (bastards!) and I was left less than 5 pounds luckily I found an ATM at the station, I had a small panic attack on how to get back to house to be on time to pick up my daughter.
It is big, it is cool, you should try, nice selection of champagne not that I understand but it had to be...

St Pancras Station

This station is so beautiful inside and outside. There is The meeting place statue it is also called the kiss and Betjeman sculpture (art and artwfacts) and the longest champagne bar and its structure is cool and it is huge and many shops and coffees. There is a quote saying I wait my time with you written in pink under the huge clock it is a cool expression suits a station.

Platform 9 3/4 at King's Cross Station 

This station has a cool structure as well.
Inside there is Harry Potter's platform where he took his train with his trolley. There is a huge que just to take a picture with trolley but it was free but did not have time, You can take its picture alone. There is an amazing Harry Potter gift shop, it looked so good but it is expensive. In front of the station there is a food market, everything looked yo yummy, really they know how to have a food court in this country.

The British Library

It is huge and spectacular, so many people there with their laptop working, reading.
It is huge and has long high ceiling and very specious. It has a cafeteria and a gift shop.
Outside has a nice piazza ( a public square). The bronze sculpture is cool at the entrance of the library which is called Newton or newton after Blake. It is a work of Eduardo Paolozzi in 1995. It is very close to St King's Cross underground.

Tate Modern Gallery I love this museum, I love modern art, there are different exhibition through out the year. 

Shad Tower Observatory Deck gorulmeye deger, you have to have a drink or two and watch sunset, it has great view. I went with my daughter. There is nothing to eat accept the candies and chips so make sure you eat something and go just before the sun set. 

London... Wining & Dining

I want to keep all the places I have tried or would like to try here for the future reference for me, friends and my readers...

Phat Phuc Noodle Bar, Chelsea 1 Sept 2018
This is the place Adnan found and my husband loves cause it is cheap and cheerful. It is like more self service street food stand rather than a proper restaurant actually and has outside sitting under trees which was good but very simple.
It was nice but I had to go to toilet after a while urgently so not sure if I would try it again although the food was good really and nothing happened to others including my daughter.
The Chelsea Courtyard (coffee & cocktails) looked very nice just next to this restaurant and the jazz music was nice, would love to try this place next time.

Pizzicotto, Italian 16 Sept 2018
It is a family run Italian restaurant with a simple cosy decor and they have nice Italian food, I had pizza and my daughter had mussels and they have many starters. I and my friend had stomach issue and the only thing we eat in common was aubergine starter so not sure if that was the guilty.
267 Kensington High street, Kensington, London W8 6NA. I tried it on 16 Sept 2018. It gets busy so reservation is required and they open at 6 pm for dinner.
The kids liked the food. My daughter almost finished whole big size pizza.
We tried with two family friends.

The Churchill Arms, 23 Sept 2018
Kensington, London W8 7LN
This is a typical pub but we did not eat at the pub instead we had it next to Thai restaurant within the pub. I did not understand the concept but they are in the same area and connected to each other but everything else is different, the food, service, waiters (they were a bit rude or lost in English language I am not sure), it was cheap relatively. You need to eat and go as the place is popular and they don't appreciate you staying longer after you are done with your food, how do I know? From the eyes were staring on us. We tried it with two family friends. I had noodles with prawns, prawns were good.

Borough Market, 3 Oct 2018
This is where we met Leona. It is superb, they have many street foods and stands.  Paella and oyster bars looked amazing, unfortunately I was not hungry so did not try anything accept coconut mini pancakes which was delicious. You can buy fruits and vegetables,  cheese and taste wine and many more. They have Turkish stand as well.
The nearest station is London Bridge.
You can go here to have lunch or dinner after visiting Tate Art Museum and Shakespeare's Globe. It is close to London Bridge and you can walk through the London bridge and all the way towards Tower of London (you need to pay to go in) and Tower Hamlets (you can just walk by unless you want to go up then you need to pay.  There are many nice restaurants and coffees near Tate.

Hoppers, St Christopher's Place, Sri Lankan food 4 Oct 2018
Very close to Bond Street station and this area is very nice and posh. There are many nice, expensive shops.
I loved the food, very spicy though. I went with school mums. It was supposed to be plant based lunch but we ended up having lamb as well but to be honest I prefer going veg in that restaurant.
They are open at 12 pm for lunch. They have nice corners table for 6 people, we sit 12 people in the same area but did not wanted to separate. They have authentic serving plates with music. We tried almost everything on the menu. I loved the bread, the idly bread and the rice bread with eggs and they have another one which is huge very thin though that was obsoletely yummy.
Egg hopper and string hopper and idle breads are amazing.
0203 3198110
77 Wigmore Street W1U 1QE

Garden Gate, Hamstead, 11 Oct 2018
I went to this place with E, it is a pub, the food was ok but nothing amazing, they have a nice big garden but I am disappointed with the size of the burgers. 

Ben's Cookies, Covent Garden 11 Oct 2018
I tried peanut butter, milk chocolate cookie and it was amazing. They have around 10 different types of them and the one I paid was 1.71 pounds.They have buy 5 get 2 or buy 8 get 2 cookies free options. They are really tasty and all they sell is cookies and some drinks. That is it and very popular.

Mazi, Greek Restaurant
Hillgate Street W8 7SR London
Autumn warmers: Fava bean puree with glazed pearl onions and spicy, tropita, filo pastry, leeks and honey.
Octopus with cheap peas or with lentil
Salads and many more. I have not tried sadly as I could not join the school mums for the lunch meeting but next time I will as they choose good places.

Oklava, Modern Turkish Restaurant

My friend highly recommended this place as she says it is Turkish fashion style and amazing combinations of culinary tradition.
77 Luke Street, London

Kayseri, Oklava's sister brunch
My friend suggested.

The Old Bank of England, City of London, Fleet street, Westminster
This pub is amazing and their steak pis is to die for apparently, the inside was huge and it has superb high ceilings, the decoration is mesmerizing.
It is close to Temple station.


Farm Girl Their rose latte sounded so good I decided to wait 50minuets to have my coffee there. Hmm it was ok but I need to remember to ask my coffee extra hot in this country. I did not have that issue in Abu Dhabi cause I used to have my coffee usually and only at work and the guy works at Coffee Planet was brilliant. He was making the best coffee for me. His colleagues was not the same, he know exactly how I liked it. Hot, rich, full... I miss my cappuccino. Here I choose latte cause cappuccino is so less and full of milk foam I don't even taste the coffee itself and enjoy it even I take the big size and usually it is lukewarm, why? Anyway the breakfast menu looked good but I was not hungry again so did not try but would love to go for the breakfast. It looked like that they serve delicious food. It's a photo-worthy double shot latte with rose water infused milk and rose petals. They have rose matcha tea as well.

Biscuit Boutique  They have the cuties window and cookies probably, it is so cute you have to go and take a picture and visit the shop and admire the cookies. I am not sure if they tasted as good as they look but I would love to try their one of few cakes there. It is a great gift idea as well as they have theme cookies. It is near Halloween so they had sweet Halloween themes cookies along with new born baby, thank you etc. themes. 

Arancina Pizza They have cute window decoration pizza on a nice cute car. It looks good and worth trying. This place is very close to Notting Hill Station just before you come to the main street. Their web page is www.arancina.co.uk


Zizzi  Italian restaurant we tried on Saturday at 5 pm 13th October. We were looking for a Japanese restaurant but they were closed at that time so ended in here. I had sea food risotto and the soup. The soup called Toscana Soup was amazing, so tasty, very Mediterranean, with lots of olive oil, herbs, tomatoes, leeks, grilled peppers, curly kale and quinoa. They have many other branches as well I went to one is on Paddington street, Marylebone near Baker Street station. My risotto was not bad but I prefer truffle risotto but they did not have that in their menu. It got pretty busy I must say as the other places did not look busy I assume people know the place and like it too.

Doughnut Time In this small shop they have around maybe 16 different types of doughnuts the ones I never seen before, they looked big, filling and so yummy. It took me only 10 minuets to decide which one to buy and when I decided, I was  devastated to find out they only accept card and I had no card so I could not try. By just writing about it makes my mouth watery. One of the names of the doughnuts are; Love at first bite, It is always gay time, Bellatwix Estrange, Life on Mars, The O.G., Houston we have biscoff, Sia Later, Stranger Rings, Captain America...How creative are they.

Vegan 22 This vegan restaurant was awesome, the food was so delicious I can be a vegan. It was very affordable as well. We went for open buffet for lunch and everything I tried was scrumptious.

Loving London as a Tourist

That is the only thing I enjoy so far.
Going around London, walking, getting lost, discovering new places, revisiting the tourist attractions.
I also joined Blue Badge Tour the school parents organized. You discover a part of the city with a tour guide along with other moms and after the 2 hours of tour you go for lunch with the moms. I had to miss the lunch part cause I had to be home on time to pick my daughter. But there are copule of places I have to try such as ...

First we met at St. Paul's Cathedral. We did not go inside and we started walking around it. He took us to Blackfriars which was the street behind the main street where St Paul's Cathedral. There was a quite court and he showed us the houses there which were affected by the war. He talked about the structure of those houses. Then took us another court which as white buildings and nice and clean and how he talked about us cock fights and how cock pit came from (from the arena where the cocks got fighter, a small round area. They used to be in the pubs and there was a pub was called with same name and has cock statue.
In the city of London we walked to Bridewell Theatre. You can have your lunch here, bring your own food and watch a theatre which is great, our tour guide said when he used to be a banker he would come here in his lunch break.
Then he took us to gin pub where they make gin and famous for that, it looked very nice with the machine and big inside and bar. They have many many different types of gins. I shared the pictures of it on my instagram page.
Then he took us to St Bride's church and how the wedding cake shape come from this church. It does look like wedding cake layers on layers and the guy (can't remember his name) wanted to have a nice gesture for the bride and groom so decided to have many layered wedding cake inspired by the shape of the church. Funny enough this chorus where the weddings took place mainly.
Then we walked towards Fleet Street.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)  and his famous cat HODGE! This guy created the first English to English dictionary and he did an amazing job that still we use his descriptions. One of his house called Dr. Johnson's House is near where the cat statue is, he said sometimes they have candle lit events in that house and it is a must try experience.
"Sir, when a man is tired of London  he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."

He showed us The Old Bank of England pub which is famous with its steak pies and he said you have to try, the ladies tried the food at lunch and they said it was good. It has amazing big high feeling decorated inside anyway, you have to see it,