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We started off in Spitalfields where I was on high alert for ghost signs with all the old buildings.

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We then walked down Brick Lane where there was so much graffiti and cool street art to stop and look at.

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Tom popped into Rough Trade to have a flip through the records.

Shoreditch is so hipster that it even has it's own ukulele emporium.

I've been desperate to try the Cereal Killer Cafe ever since it opened, so we popped in for breakfast.

It's a bit like a tuck shop of cereal where you can order cereal from all over the world in every imaginable flavour.

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There was so much to look at from cabinets of old milk bottles and cereal box prizes to retro posters and toys.

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They even had portraits of serial killers made out of cereal on the walls.

The sunny weather was too nice to ignore, so we took our cereal away to eat in the park. It was packed in cute little boxes with the milk on the side.

Tom had a bowl of cinnamon bun cereal while I went for the Unicorn Poop cereal cocktail with ricicles, marshmallow fluff, 100's & 1000's and crushed up party rings on top.

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We giggled because they wrote poop on the side of my box.

We then headed up to Walthamstow to visit God's Own Junk Yard.

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God's Own Junk Yard is heaven for anyone who loves neon, with thousands of lights in all shapes, sizes and designs.

It was hard to know where to look and I kept finding neon I wanted more and more as I kept exploring.

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When it all got a little too much to look at, we stopped for a drink in their cafe, The Rolling Scones Cafe.

We wandered through the gorgeous Leadenhall Market, stopping to admire the hand-painted star ceiling.

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We then caught the tube to Waterloo and went for a walk along the Southbank, stopping to take lots of touristy photos.

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I was taking a photo of Tom in front of the London eye when this pigeon flew in a photo-bombed him.

I've always wanted to go on the London Eye and managed to bag some tickets for CO+K, so we booked our visit for as close to sunset as possible.

Originally named the Millennium Wheel after opening in 2000, The London Eye is a must-see attraction when visiting the city.

Located strategically on the Southbank in between Embankment and Westminster, the 443 feet wheel offers panoramic views over London, making it one of the best and easiest ways to sightsee with a birds eye view.

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The wheel is constantly turning, so you have to board quite quickly, but the ride is smooth once your own and takes around 30 minutes to make a full rotation.

The pods were a lot bigger than I'd expected and they limited the number of guests in each, giving us plenty of space to move around and check out the view from each side.

As the wheel begins to move away, you start to rise over the Houses Of Parliament up to Big Ben on your left while the Southbank shrinks away below you on the right.

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Keep an eye out for landmarks including Big Ben, St Paul's Cathedral, BT Tower and The Shard.

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The people and buses below begin to look like toys the higher you get.

As the wheel reaches the top, you get an amazing 360 degree view of the city and if it's clear, you can see up to 25 miles away.

The ride was the perfect duration, giving us enough time to admire the view and take all the photos we wanted.

We then caught the tube up to Bethnal Green and went for a drink at The Sun Tavern while we waited for Claire.

Claire took us to Resident of Paradise Row, a cute wine bar in the railway arches at Bethnal Green. Claire was my best friend in Primary School and we've recently reconnected after 20 years.

I started with a Charred Fig Sour made with sweet figs, fig liqueur, whiskey and egg whites.

I then had a Portobello Fizz with Portobello Road gin, lemon, thyme, elderflower and bubbles.

Afterwards Claire took us to Satan's Whiskers, a cocktail bar I knew that I was going to love from the name.

It was so much fun chatting over cocktails though I felt sorry for Tom who struggled to get a word in edgeways as we had so much to catch up on.