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Check out Harrods and the boutique shops along King's Road, and try not to
blitz the plastic (10.1).
The Delights of Culinary London
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Eat like a culinary connoisseur for a tiny price by dining at the apprentice
chef staffed Vincent Rooms (7.4).
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Grab all the free samples you can at Borough Market, London's oldest food
market (7.5).
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Get your fingers greasy with a sloppy plate of fish and chips at Seashell in
Mayfair (7.3).
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Enjoy the tastes and smells of London's best curry houses by picking a
Bangladeshi restaurant on Brick Lane (8.1).
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Check out Gordon Ramsey's flagship restaurant and see if it can respond to
the hype (10.1).
Things to do on a Rainy Day
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Admire over 200,000 books at Foyles, a beautiful independent bookshop in
Central London (7.2).
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Explore the eccentricities of an ancient private art collection at the free Sir
John Soane's Museum (7.1).
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Pretend to be a child for a day and see who can build the best sandcastle at
the V&A Museum of Childhood (8.2).
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Head to the brilliant free museums of Chelsea and South Kensington, in-
cluding the Science Museum, Natural History Museum, and Victoria and
Albert Museum (10.1).
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Visit Greenwich park, home to Greenwich meantime and three historic free
buildings to explore (11.1).
