My Favourite Things in London

London has so much to offer that it is hard to choose the very best. However, after thinking long and hard, I have come up with a list of my favorite places and things to see and do in the city:

- Coffee Shop: The Natural Kitchen (City, EC4 and Marylebone, W1)

- Bookstore: Daunt Books (Marylebone, W1 and others)

- Park: Regent's Park 

- Museum: Science Museum (South Kensington, SW7)

- Market: Camden

- Season: Spring

- Theatre Venue: Royal Albert Hall (South Kensington, SW7)

- Musical: The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty's Theatre, SW1)

- Gym: Regent's Gym (Great Portland Street, W1)

- Shopping Area: Oxford Street, W1

- Chinese Restaurant: Phoenix Palace (Marylebone, SW1)

- Thai Restaurant: The Market Thai (Notting Hill, W11)

- Cuban Restaurant: Cubana (Waterloo, SE1)

- Latin Club: Salsa (Charing cross, WC2) 

- Views of London: Hampstead Heath

- Church: Westminster Abbey (Westminster, SW1)

- Excursion: Bath (South West England)

- Public Lectures: LSE

- Classical Music: Royal Academy of Music (Marylebone, NW1)

- Research: The National Archives (Richmond, TW9)

- Bar: International Students House on Thursday nights (Great Portland Street, W1)

- Sports Bar: Bar&Co (Embankment, WC2)

- Residential Neighborhood: Marylebone

- Stadium: Wembley 

Maria is a Harvard graduate and a guest blogger for Foreign Students. She posts regular updates of her experiences as a postgraduate Cuban student at LSE in London. Click here to see her older posts.

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