London 2015: Books, Bletchley, and Wolves

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This London trip took us from old manuscripts to old computers, with a lot of bookshops, museums, and food in between. My favorite detours were the Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum, Bletchley Park, and, obviously, the wolf sanctuary. Seeing a pack of wolves up close is hard to beat.

Where we ate

London

Place My take
The Jones Family Project ★★★★☆ — Rib-eye, steak tartare, and a Delmonico cocktail. Very good.
Katzenjammers ★★★★☆ — Bratwurst and the rest of the German food were great.
Princi ★★★☆☆ — The meat lasagna wasn’t as good as I remembered, but still good.
MOC Kitchen ★★★★☆ — Delicious Vietnamese braised-pork bánh mì.
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese A Samuel Smith lager and cider; Ksenia had steak and ale pie.
Coffee Plant Espresso and an iced chai.
The Duke of Wellington ★★★★☆ — Wild boar sausage and a very good meal, though the lemonade missed.
Tea and Tattle ★★★★☆ — A great scone, good tea, a good sandwich, and a peaceful room.
The Pig & Butcher ★★★★★ — Cheese plate, rolled pork belly, and great food all around.

We also had a good dinner with Gibson. I like Gibbo.

Where we stayed

London was our base, with day trips to Bletchley and Oxford.

Places I want to remember

The British Library had the Magna Carta exhibit, Shakespeare’s First Folio, and a Gutenberg Bible. Temple Church, the Charles Dickens Museum, Benjamin Franklin House, Tate Modern, the National Gallery, Shakespeare’s Globe, and Tower Bridge filled the London days. I also loved browsing Persephone Books and walking Portobello Road.

Outside London, The National Museum of Computing was a fine companion to Bletchley Park. In Oxford we visited the Bodleian Library, the History of Science Museum, and Wadham College. Back in London, Highgate Cemetery offered Marx, Douglas Adams, George Eliot, and one very good Lenin joke. Our last outing was for the wolves.

Day by day

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