I was so happy to celebrate the 13th birthday of Quinto that day. How fast time flies!
Quinto and his friends came from school and they had some snacks at the V & A and just hung out in the courtyard. They will all be graduating and will be going to different boarding schools around the UK
It’s always a prim and proper celebration whether in Manila or in London 🙂
We went to the Brompton Oratory afterwards for prayers and blessings. They had dinner afterwards for some steak 🙂
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There are so many things I took for granted while I lived in London for a year and a half. I actually took everything for granted and did not take advantage of the beautiful city. There is so much to see!!! Hoping to visit often to see everything in London and the nearby towns
Rina took me to the V & A and I wish I had more time to explore. This museum is the source of design of artists all over the world. They come here to draw inspiration for design.
Beautiful Dale Chihuly chandelier as you enter in the lobby
There was a special exhibit on going which we went to
Beautiful hallways
Courtyard
Love the cafe of the museum
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There are quite a number of antique stores in London! We went to a few this trip. There’s also of course Portobello road
The Furniture Cave
I love antiques because they are one of a kind and they are surely made of good quality materials and something that is not being made anymore today or if ever it is, it will be ten times the price or more 🙂
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The Silver Vault which focuses on sterling silver items. They are real vaults in the basement of a building. In the olden times they were used to store their valuables and were owned privately by families. They are now converted to stores selling antique sterling silver items. There are around 30 vaults in the basement of the building
This photo shows the main door leading to the vaults. No photos allowed so I took this shot before entering. Suharto thinks my Lola named Silver Vault after this though Silver Vault in Rustan’s is mainly jewellery 🙂 But who knows? 🙂
Wow!!! It looks so abundant down here!! And they are not cheap! 🙂
A sterling silver chess set in one of the vaults! With 18 karat gold on sterling silver, marble board and with sapphire, rubies and diamonds on the clothes of the king and queen. You need more than two people to carry this. It’s from the year 1900 and with price tag of 275,000 sterling pounds!
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Another antique place though around 30 minutes from city centre but they have three floors of warehouse space of antique furniture
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I just had to go back to the Borough Market for this!!!
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I noticed many go for the raclette but raclette you can have that easily by just buying the cheese etc. But this one is not easy to replicate! So I choose this!
Then I finally tried this! The famous Chorizo roll at Brindisa
And for dessert, this!!! SUPER LOVE! Organic Greek Style Frozen Yoghurt! Thicker, creamier and a bit tarty but sweet 🙂 YUM!
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I really always prefer the window seat 🙂 but for another reason. But hoping to always try to catch nice photos from the window – these are beautiful! You just have to be there at the right time and at the right moment and then spot it
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Another British Store which I love!!!
Maybe they were thinking of Heart2Heart when they designed this 🙂
The popular Black Toast design by the husband and partner of Emma Bridgewater
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And a Scandinavian store
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In Celebration of the Chelsea Flower Show, many stores in London had displays in their facade in support of the show
Loved the vertical garden at J. Crew in Sloane Square
Kate Spade! right across
And the other stores in the Pavilion road
Others
Beautiful vertical garden as well by the Antheneum Hotel but I could never take a proper photo since we are driving by so fast all the time
Pradasphere!!
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Saville Row
Dior
The Berkely Hotel lobby
Flower lanterns at Selfridges – the security guard was so strict he did not even allow photo of the lanters only from outside
Peter Jones perfumery department
Peter Jones Food hall
We just passed by the front of the show 🙂
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Another home store but this time more accessories and gadgets. Still in Marylebone High Street
In this store, Ria took me to the Aga section. No not Aga Muhlach 🙂 But Aga the ovens. According to Suharto this is the best oven in the world! 🙂 Let’s not forget that Suharto lives in London and lives, thinks and act like a British! 🙂
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High technology oven!
It is customised
and you can choose your colour
and how many ovens you want – up to 5 ovens!
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