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Carnival in Carnaby Street

London has lots of places to love. The historic hotels, the grand anesthetics of a city so old, but has had the gusto to encompass the new. London is that kind of place. They say if you are sick of London you are sick of life, whoever ‘they’ are, they’re probably right. Upon my recentvisit to London, I was lucky enough to do things that I haven’t done before.

However, the most understated afternoon was shopping in Carnaby Street. I found myself in a little square, in a restaurant that did the largest and most incredible nacho’s and further more, had a run in with a very handsome medical student. Carnaby Street harbors the most eclectic and popular shops. Carnaby Street is where the cool kids hang out. This is further confirmed because; a pretty cool chick took me there.

It was a 34-degree day, it was hot, but we had tried to alter our threads to be heat tolerable; and yet still fashionable. Being a manic tea fanatic, I was offered the privilege to have the ‘Great Taste Gold 2012’ winners ‘Camellia’s Tea House’ experience. You can’t top the amount of tea’s that are supplied here.

My friend, The Jew (as he doesn’t mine being referred to, if you have read previous blog posts) is a pretty hotshot lawyer, and evidently lives with an immense amount of stress due to his profession and ever-working entrepreneurial mind. I was able to bring him back some ‘stress less’ tea concoction, and from what I hear, apparently it’s working. If you are visiting Carnaby Street any time soon, have a typical English afternoon tea here, and peruse the tea selection while you’re at it.

There is also the famous and ever well known ‘Liberty’ department store, which if the Tudor frontage doesn’t give you an architectural-gasm, I don’t know what would. As I had my little Starbucks Orange-Mocha-Frappuccino (It was actually a strawberries and cream Frappuccino, fittingly) in hand, and the hot English Summer beating down, I realized this was the city of happiness.

If you like hilarious, cute and Japanese inspire pajamas and tees, head to David and Goliath clothing. One of my dear friends ended up buying sushi inspired pajamas, which can only compare to Australia’s Peter Alexander’s. Shopping bags in tow, the City of London was handing out bottled water, and the day ended up on such a high that we ended up in hospital. That’s right heat stroke, who would have thought it in this city!

Before that though, Carnaby Street was a stroke of awesome. If you are heading to London anytime soon, divert off Regent Street, head down Beak Street and there you’ll have a Carnival in Carnaby.

Camellia's Tea House http://www.camelliasteahouse.com/

David & Goliath Clothing http://www.davidandgoliathco.com/stores.html

Carnaby Directory http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/place/46455-carnaby