It was quite usual to walk around the city alone, when I lived in London. Perhaps that was the most introspective experience of my entire life.
Besides walking along the river bank in the end of the day, one of my favourite places in London is Brick Lane street. At least once a week I took the tube towards Aldgate East station to visit the East End.
Brick Lane’s neighborhood is a very interesting place. The Spitalfields market, the Whitechapel gallery, many Bangladeshi restaurants, coffee shops, designers’ studios… they are all popping up in Brick Lane!
One special place is a second hand clothes store named Absolute Vintage.
I found this boutique by chance and fell in love immediatelly! They have vintage clothing and accessories from the 1930’s to 1980’s. I never saw such a bunch of vintage shoes before!
I’ve been there several times. I’ve bought a round toe court red shoe, a military green raincoat and a very stylish red earrings. And tried on hundreds of clothes and cowboy boots (very expensive) just for fun.
If you are in London, I very much recommend you to visit this place!
