Thankfully the sun was shining for my last day in London. It was also the day my sister Ruby was be arriving to continue our trip after her passport drama back home. And it was also the day London had its first whole tube network strike in 13 years which turned the city on its head. The roads were all jammed and people were packing the streets trying to get to and from where they needed to be. I, still so stoked to be in London despite the chaos, headed out to walk to Camden from my hostel in Soho without a care in the world. I had been leaving the hostel at around 8am every day and each day I was surprised at how quiet the city was at that time. I loved beating all of the tour groups to the streets and getting to see London without the heaving crowds. Being up so early I arrived at Camden Markets before they were ready to open. I wandered down to the canal and walked along soaking up the beauty and charm of place that would seem better suited to being outside of the city. On my way back to check out the markets I walked past a Cereal Killer cafe. This time i decided to go in and see what it was all about, and of course try a AUD$12 bowl of cereal. I ended up choosing a peanut butter jelly combination from the "cereal cocktail" list which involved peanut butter flavoured Capt's Crunch with strawberry flavoured milk and peanut butter "choc chips". It was both a sugar overload and the best cereal I've had in my life. The cherry on top were the TV screens that were playing shows from the late 90s/early 00s like Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Saved By The Bell, the kind of shows you used to watch when you were a kid and your mum would be telling you to "turn the TV off and get ready for school!".
After some more food from the Camden Lock markets and some vintage shopping I headed back to go and meet Ruby at Paddington Station for our romantic reunion. We trekked through the crowds of people and beeping cars back to the hostel to freshen up and then get out to see as much of London as we could in the time we had left. We treated ourselves to a fancy dinner and Aperol spritz's before catching Trafalgar Square and Big Ben before the sun set. We left London early the next morning to go to Paris. When we arrived in Paris, I missed London. I still do. It was awesome.
