Ava and Najee give their best high-level travel review of a few days spent in London’s trendy Shoreditch neighborhood; the epicenter of hipsters, vintage shops, coffee on every corner, and a multitude of restaurants at your doorstep. Coincidentally, these queens of justifying purchases both bought bulky sweaters on their shopping adventures despite being steeped in peak summer heat - or are they ‘jumpers’? As travelers, they had to partake in at least one cringey tourist attraction, in this case the London Eye, which delivered very Instagrammable views of the city. A stroll through central London provided amazing scents at the Hyde Park Rose Garden, an unusual amount of American Candy Stores (wtf?) and a delicious lunch at BAO in Soho. They topped the trip off with a visit down to Brixton to learn about Black British history. 

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Destinations mentioned in this episode: 

Soho House

The Hoxton Hotel Shoreditch

Jolene Redchurch Street

Lahpet Shoreditch

BAO Soho

The London Eye 

Black Cultural Archives Brixton