{"id":149,"date":"2004-05-14T19:17:39","date_gmt":"2004-05-14T19:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=149"},"modified":"2004-05-14T19:17:39","modified_gmt":"2004-05-14T19:17:39","slug":"convent_garden_day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/convent_garden_day\/","title":{"rendered":"Convent Garden Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

So there’s a part of London called Convent Garden. It’s a big shopping\/touristy part of London.
\nAccording to the locals, it’s usually choked with tourists (usually American) during the high season. So it’s best I’m here now because there’s not quite so many.
\nBesides the two open air markets that sell questionable (taste-wise) souvenirs, there’s the London Transport Museum <\/a>with a shop that sells all kinds of books relating to subways and books. They also sell a lot of logo merchandise.
\nImagine people liking MUNI so much that they’d by a T-shirt or a door magnet with the MUNI logo on it. That’s how it is here except people actually like the Tube, in an odd way. It’s also big with tourists.
\nRemember, voice of God booming from above, “MIND THE GAP<\/b>“. That’s the Tube. <\/i>
\nI found a little part of Convent Garden called Neil’s Yard. It has a couple of cafes and a haircut place and some offices. Cute. But next to it is Neil’s Yard Dairy with all kinds of fancy fresh cheeses you can sample. Thanks Duker. You know I can’t bring any of this back, right? But I can eat it on the plane…(evil grin on face).
\nFound a place for black Kenyan coffee called Monmouth Coffee<\/a>. It was on Monmouth Street. Imagine that! My first strong coffee since I left Paris. Deeeelish!
\nFound a MUJI<\/a> here! I needed T-shirts so I got some. The markup here on some of the merchandise is ridicilous. Guess MUJI is trendy here as opposed to just a store to buy stuff from like it is in Japan. More on this later.
\nWatched the dismount and inspection of the Royal Horse Guards <\/a>and got lost inside Harrod’s<\/a> for 2 hours. Big store with a kids’ section AND a pet store in it. Sheesh.
\nAnd did I mention the 60% tobacco tax on cigars AND the 14% VAT? Sheesh. The lady there said that HK is a good place to purchase Habanos cuz of the current lack of tax. Yay! Ahead of the curve again…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So there’s a part of London called Convent Garden. It’s a big shopping\/touristy part of London. According to the locals, it’s usually choked with tourists (usually American) during the high season. So it’s best I’m here now because there’s not quite so many. Besides the two open air markets that sell questionable (taste-wise) souvenirs, there’s … <\/p>\n

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