Rob and I have visited London Zoo once before. That was our very first Valentines Day together... way back in 2007. I remember getting ready and meeting Rob at the Station. I remember the cringy outfit I wore (jeans, a black blazer and black hat wahhhh?!). But I mostly remember how loved I felt the whole day. This year I felt just as loved. It was fantastic to go back and relive it all.
This time we started the day a little differntly. We were both pretty darn hungover after spending the night partying for Carys' Birthday. After arriving in Camden we headed straight to a nice little cafe for breakfast. We stumbled across a cute traditional Italian cafe that also served breakfast. The cafe was really busy so we knew we were on to a winner. Both of our breakfast and hot drinks were really good. Bacon is the only thing that will put me right after a heavy night drinking.
After breakfast we were ready for an afternoon of exploring. We arrived not long after the zoo opened but it was already busy. We walked around the zoo non-stop for about four hours. We saw some amazing animals. We both loved seeing the Otters feeding - although it was a little gross. Our favourite experience was the inside walk through with all of the small monkeys. We also liked seeing the ants transport parts of leaves in the creepy crawly section. It was fascinating. Oh and the other bugs made me feel so itchy!
As we explored the Zoo we came across a few hilarious photo opportunities and couldn't help but have a little pose. These pictures still make me laugh.
The weather was cold, cloudly and it drizzled on and off all day but we had an amazing time. It's not that often that we do touristy things in London, but it was great.
After all that walking we were ready for our next meal. We had popped to Wholefoods in Camden before entering the Zoo but the fruit and cereal bars were just not cutting it. We didn't bring any proper Lunch with us so we were starving. We did venture into a cafe and restaurant but they were so busy and expensive and the food didn't even look appetising. We decided to grab something on the way home. We headed home via the food market in Camden Lock. After browsing all the stalls we settled on this incredible mac and cheese! There were some amazing flavours of mac and cheese available but we went for the all cheese. I can't remember the name of the stall but it was fantastic.
We headed back home to enjoy the rest of our Valentines night snuggled up together at home. Our 8th Valentines Day together. I know this is "cheesy" but we both feel so lucky to had enjoyed so many together and we have so much more to look forward to.
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