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East London food tour

I know people dont jump on over to the UK for the weather or the food, but there comes a time when this city has it all, and if you don't believe me, let me tell you about the food tour I went on with Eating London Tours . First it was in the East End, which I do hang out in, if only rarely, Spitalfields Market and the emerging art places there, make it very bohemian and welcoming. This tour was all things food, and if you thought all it was famous for is it's Brick Lane curries and Bagels you'd be right, but this tour shows underneath all that there is sooo much more to eat and explore. Nicole, our Aussie guide, was full of energy and clearly really taken with the area, so much so she even lives in it. Full of fantastic facts and food she swooped us on a whistle-stop tour of some of the areas lesser known heros. Although I say whistle-stop it runs seamlessly and your 3 and half hours slips by unnoticed and always entertained. So here's a snippet of the tour ...

London and New York City

Welcome to EVERYTHING London , you may have followed from my blog Inspired NYC when as a Londoner I moved to and worked in NYC. As a result of being featured on Emerald Magazine and other sites I developed a ebook version UK and USA which is now published and  after my NYC adventure...Now it's time to focus on all things London.. Just to connect the blogs, here's the post from the pictogram from Expedia The people at  expedia.co.uk have been gathering sources from all over the shop and have come up with a list comparing the two wonderful metropolises, suggesting you might 'heart' one of them more...humm, is it possible? NYC has more people per sq mile and London being bigger than NYC, is able to spread more people out. When you live on Manhattan Island it's clear you live on a little Island, and there will be pretty much no street that you're on alone any time of the day. But in London you can find alcoves of space, time to think and just some...