Melly in London - Night before and Day 1

So when I first received the email from Mel to say that she was coming to London, I couldn't wipe the smile off my face! I was so excited! It was perfect timing as I was starting to feel a little homesick with my birthday coming up. The first birthday I would spend away from home. But also Mel was my very first visitor from Melbourne :)

So, on Friday 19th March, I went to Heathrow Airport straight after work (took me 1 and a half hours to get there) and greeted Mel, along with her Aunty, at the arrival gates.

Now Mel would be able to tell you that getting from my place to the airport is a long journey. I pretty much live on the other side of where the airport is so by the time we got back to my place, it was close to 11pm. Neither of us had had dinner so we cooked a quick meal of pasta and sauce and went to bed not long after.

Mel's official first day in London was spent walking up and down Oxford Street, Regent Street and around Leicester Square. And what did we do? Shop, shop and shop! :) I always enjoy having someone else's company as not only can you share your experiences together but also go to places (or shops in this case) that you would never go to by yourself! Mel introduced me to stores like Ted Baker and Anthropologie (which I'm starting to love)... brands that I had heard of but would never browse in!

For brunch, we came across a very cute little cafe/patisserie called Princi (yes, I found what it was called melly) while on our way to another restaurant we had originally planned to go to for brunch.

The had an amazing range of salads to choose from.

Mini foccacia: olives and tomatoes.
Mini spinach and cheese pastries.

The counter where you could look at all the different sweet and savoury foods on offer, freshly baked!

Tried to get the counter with all the food behind us but didn't quite work :P