Posts Tagged ‘Covent Garden’
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Visit to the Covent Garden Real Food Market
The Covent Garden Real Food Market is in full swing. If you haven’t yet stopped by the West End’s answer to Borough Market or Broadway Market, get thee to the east side of the piazza, and soon.
The Real Food Market at Covent Garden
I wandered over to the Real Food Market last Thursday at about one-thirty. I planned to grade it on three criteria: selection, quality, and price of food. Here’s the breakdown and a few individual recommendations… Read full post
Posted in Bargains & Markets, Food, Uncategorized
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A night at the ballet for £14 [Part 1]
From experience, a night at the ballet or opera is by no means an inexpensive exercise. I’m a bit of a ballet fan but despite living in London for over two years, I have never seen an actual production, simply because I assumed I couldn’t afford it.
Things didn’t get off to the greatest start when I visited the Royal Opera House’s website and discovered that Swan Lake is sold out this week. And even if there were some tickets left, I couldn’t buy any tickets within my £14 budget online.
So I called the Royal Opera House instead, hoping for some advice on my dilemma. And I’m very glad I did, as a helpful lady informed me that you can still get cheap tickets for standing room space this week. Tickets go on sale from 10am on the day of each performance, but apparently you have to get there early. People start lining up from 7am! She also gave me another snippet of advice: avoid Saturdays, as they tend to be very busy and even standing room tickets are hard to come by.
Swan Lake finishes next week, so wish me luck in nabbing a cheap ticket!
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