We were in London for 12 days. Piccadilly Circus [Square]: This is London’s Times Square, and I liked it only marginally more than the NYC one – and only because it’s smaller. Nothing exciting to see here. (Also, don’t expect animals or tightropes: in British English, a circus is just ‘an open circular place where…
Ancora Capodimonte: On our way to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, we stopped to grab food here. B had a big burger, and I had a tomato pasta. Mine had too much oil on it, but B thought it was one of the better places we had eaten in Italy. The outside seating was nice, and…
We were in Pisa for approximately 3 hours: just long enough to check the ‘Leaning Tower’ box. When I was in high school, my physics teacher had some health issues which required him to miss a day of class a week for a few weeks. Whether on his suggestion or their own initiative, our substitute…
We ate out more in London than we normally do because (a) we met a bunch of friends and (b) there was a mouse living in our kitchen. Ew. Dishoom (Shoreditch – and Covent Garden): This place calls itself a Bombay cafe, and they say that they specialize in street food. That attempt at casual is also why they…