6 Days 5 Nights In London Itinerary – Part 2

 We intend to have breakfast at duck & waffle, however, it was full. Thus, do make advance booking Duck & Waffle, reservations are accepted up to 2 months in advance to one month. We manage to reserve on our last day in London.

We head to Big ben by taking bus from Leicester square, and decided to take the ferry toward the London & Tower bridge.

London Bridge & Tower Bridge
Nearest station: Tower Hill station
From tower bridge, we walk down to borough market, simply follow the google map. It is about 10 to 15 mins walk. There is a lot of food that is available for tasting. Try the salt beef. Their onions, mushroom are so nice. We bought some of them back they taste really good.

 

Borough Market 
8 Southwark St, London SE1 1TL, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 20 7407 1002
Nearest Station: London Bridge Station
6 mins walk to borough market from london bridge
Hours: Open Wednesday to Thurday 10am to 5pm, Saturday 10am to 6pm, Sunday 8am to 5pm

Try the salty beef, there are many sampling food available to try on. Bought white button mushroom, yellow dragon fruit, white onions back. We also bought truffle honey, and mushroom paste.

After borough market, we took train down to Westfield London for shopping. Alighted at Shepherd’s bush station.

Big boutique such as Prada, Louis Vuitton, Mont Blanc, Tiffany & co, Salvatore Ferragamo, Burberry, Longchamp.

Westfield London
Nearest Station: Shepherd’s Bush ( left turn upon exit from the station)

We went back to Leicester square for dinner and find it nicer than the goldmine.

 We head down to bond street and walk down to harrods for some shopping. We visit the casino in Leicester Square.

We made a reservation at Heddon street once of the Gordon Ramsey restaurant for our dinner.

 

Heddon Street Kitchen
Address: 3-9 Heddon St, Mayfair, London W1B 4BE, UK
Nearest Station: Piccadilly Circus

On our last day in London, we took bus from our apartment towards duck & waffle.

DUCK & WAFFLE
110 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AY
Opens 24 hrs a day, 7days a week.
Attire: smart casual
Reservation: 2 months advance, book Online

A must to order the Duck & Waffle, really taste good. The duck meat is very tender with crispy fat skin and waffle is very crispy yet soft.

We drop by the casino in Liecester square, visit 3 days we were able to redeem this 50 pound chip for free to bet on roulotte. One time try on your luck, they have minimum bet of 0.50 pound, give it a try to gamble oversea. Criteria, 18 years old and above, i got check every time I enter.

There is lego shop in Liecester square too. We took a short distance ride on london cab, that can cater 6 of us, a short ride cost about 10 pound isnt that expensive. Recommend to share amoung 4 to 5 person, as the front seat are not for passenger. While normal train ride will cost $1.50 pound.

Depart early to airport, book private transport to pick us up, traffic was heavy.

 

All shopping reciept  should comes with tax refund form if your spending is eligible for tax refund. Here are the steps to get your VAT refund.

1. When you purchase goods, inform the retailer immediately that you wish to reclaim VAT. The retailer will give you a VAT Refund Form to complete and sign.

2. Please ensure you complete the VAT Return Form. Such as name, passport number and signature. Some retailer did not fill for you.

3. To reclaim VAT on goods that need to be packed into your check in baggage, go to Customs before Security. They will check and stamp your VAT Refund Form. To collect your refund visit a VAT refund desk.
4. Go to the VAT refund desk, you can opt to refund in cash or credit card where at the retailer you already decided. Advise to refund via credit card.
5. Do cater sufficient time as the refund counter will encounter long Q.
6. To know more the location where the security and refund desk location go to heathrow.

Some branded goods are slightly cheaper in the airport.

St Paul’s Cathedral + Millennium Bridge
St. Paul’s Cathedral, St. Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8AD, United Kingdom
Walk to Covent Garden Station (piccadilly line Blue) to Holborn Station transit to (Central line Red) to St Paul Station and walk 4 mins
Total: 10 mins
Walk straight 5 mins to millennium bridge

National Museum
Cromwell Rd, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
Nearest Station: Gloucester Road station.
Hours: Open daily 10:00 am – 5:45 pm
Admission: FREE

Westminster Abby
Westminster Abbey, Deans Yd, London SW1P 3PA, UK
Nearest station: Westminster Station 
Grey line: London bridge –  southwark – waterloo – westminster
Total: 15 mins

Flat Iron – Flat Iron Steak
9 Denmark St, London WC2H 8LS, United Kingdom
Mon to Sat: 12pm – 12am, Sun: 12pm – 11.30pm
Nearest Tube Station: Tottenham Court Road

Bill’s Restaurant – English Breakfast
36-44 Brewer St, London W1F 9TB, United Kingdom
Mon to Wed: 8am – 11pm
Thu to Sat: 8am – 12am
Sun: 9am – 10.30pm
Nearest Tube Station: Piccadilly Circus