I moved to London in April when the company I worked for in Ireland offered me the opportunity to work for their UK office for 2 years. When I moved, I created a bucket list for my London Life, to make the most of my time here. London is such a vibrant, buzzing city with so much to do and explore and so many exciting experiences to be had. I have been gradually making my way through it, ticking stuff off, as well as adding to it as I get new ideas. This is my current list, with more details to come on my actual experiences...
1. Eat curry on Brick Lane
2. See a West End musical
3. Go to platform 9 and 3/4 to visit Warner Bros and enroll in Hogwarts
4. Pig out in Borough Market
5. Have a drink in the Shard, looking out over London
6. Watch the tennis live at Wimbledon (queuing up a ghastly hour to get tickets)
7. Visit the V&A to see the Dior exhibition
8. Walk across the Tower Bridge and see it lift up
9. Step back in time at the Tower of London
11. Hike the Isle of Skye and stay in a Wigwam
12. Camp out (and rock out) at Glastonbury
13. Visit Camden Market and buy a trinket to bring home
14. Explore the Imperial War Museum
15. See the Rosetta Stone and Egyptian Mummies in the British Museum
16. Visit the colourful houses of Notting Hill
17. Buy something for my apartment at Portobello Road Market
18. Go to the Graham Norton Show live (no red chair for me please)
19. Visit the Chelsea Flower Show and admire the amazing shop fronts
20. Visit the beautiful Lake District and hike Skafell Pike
21. Watch the Cambridge and Oxford boat race
22. Go to a cricket match (with a picnic and bottle of wine)
23. Dance in the streets at Notting Hill Carnival
24. Visit Hyde Park Wonderland at Christmas
25. See the lights of Kew Gardens at Christmas
26. Go to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and laugh until my face hurts
28. Fly over London in a Helicopter (bit OTT I know - unlikely)
29. Eat in the dark at Dans le Noir
30. Go on a London Ghost Bus Tour and spook myself out
31. See the Book of Mormon live (and laugh when you feel you shouldn’t)
32. Eat Michelin star food in Mayfair
33. See Buckingham Palace and wave to the queen
34. Run along South Bank as the sun rises
35. Watch an outdoor film at an open-air cinema
36. Have afternoon tea in a posh London hotel
37. Walk across the top of the O2 Arena
39. Visit the Ritz (even if it’s just walking into reception)
40. Go to a speakeasy bar
41. Roller disco in Vauxhall
42. Take an exotic cookery class
43. See a Shakespeare Play for £5 at the Globe Theatre
44. Row a boat on the Serpentine
45. Ice skate at Somerset House
46. Vintage shopping in Shoreditch
47. Snap that iconic Beatles photo at Abbey Road Studios
48. Attend at yoga class at the Sky Garden
49. Eat at Shoreditch Boxpark
50. Live it up at the Royal Ascot
51. Stand under the Oxford Street Christmas lights
52. Go to the Summer’s Underbelly festival
53. Stand on either side of the Greenwich meantime line
54. Snap the Shoreditch Street Art on a walking tour
55. Sip a cocktail at Sushi Samba
56. Cruise the River Thames
57. Experience the Chinese New Year in Chinatown
58. Go to a London music festival
59. See the battle of San Romano at the National Gallery
60. See both parts of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in one day
62. Ride the World’s fastest zip line Velocity 2
63. See the deer in Richmond Park
64. Ride on the Eurostar to Paris
65. Attend a new creative class each month
66. Look out at London from Primrose Hill
67. See a match live in Twickenham (and Wembley too)
68. Take that classic tourist photo in a red phone booth
69. Eat an ice-cream and play vintage arcade games in Brighton
70. Eat Fish & Chips (yummy)
71. See an Andy Warhol at the Tate Modern, appreciating modern art
72. Enroll in Oxford (for a day)
73. Pretend to be in the movie the Holiday in the Cotswolds
74. Visit the fairytale town of York
