![Covent Garden Station](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3680/10874912843_cf98812aa9_z.jpg)
Covent Garden is quite possibly my favourite place in London.
![Covent Garden Market, London](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3749/10874941905_248e443341_z.jpg)
It might seem like a bit of an odd choice, given all the museums, palaces, & so many other amazing places that there are to see in London.
![Relaxing in Covent Garden](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7340/10874947945_57120dd277_z.jpg)
Covent Garden is basically a square with a market & lots of little shops & restaurants.
Oh, & it's also where Eliza Doolittle sold her flowers in My Fair Lady.
For me it's one of the quintessential London-y places I can't wait to visit when I'm there.
![Inside Covent Garden Market](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5471/10875087194_ecd4568d28_z.jpg)
There's good British food to be had, including a Jamie Oliver restaurant that opened last year.
![A meal at Covent Garden](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7301/10875085204_6fa0fb39b3_z.jpg)
![Good British Food at Covent Garden](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5504/10875256203_2f46091979_z.jpg)
Or you can just bring your own sandwiches in ziplocs, like we did.
![Sandwiches at Covent Garden, London](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5523/10875268583_c57967e82d_z.jpg)
![Having a sandwich in London](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7307/10875097264_75ab6d7007_z.jpg)
![Coffee at Covent Garden](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7452/10874995126_7746022de3_z.jpg)
Jenny & I grew up traveling around Europe, so Covent Garden feels kind of like home.
There are few places we would rather be than sitting in a square in Europe.
![Relaxing in the square](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7409/10874991996_a94f2eff4a_z.jpg)
![Contentment in Covent Garden](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3699/10874960375_f9cc7a0a4e_z.jpg)
We were pretty content hanging out there in the chilly London sunshine.
![Reading in Covent Garden](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5479/10874963425_ee97a91ffd_z.jpg)
![Sitting in a square in London](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5544/10874996226_2b7466e2a6_z.jpg)
![Where to next? London](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3739/10875099474_1ab57397f4_z.jpg)
Covent Garden also has fun shopping. There's a Paperchase, little toy shops, good coffee & more.
Our favourite is the London Transport Museum Gift Shop.
They have tons of London books, postcards, magnets, & just general British awesomeness.
This guy is usually there too. Doesn't he kind of look like he belongs in Gringotts?
Covent Garden really is one of our favourite spots in London.
(It's also within walking distance of Persephone Books.)
![Looking around Covent Garden](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7372/10875086164_8dc3d93440_z.jpg)
We were two happy girls that day.
![Happy girls at Covent Garden](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5487/10874981216_f153eaa987_z.jpg)
I hope you get to visit Covent Garden sometime. xx
![Covent Garden station, London](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7406/10874997066_13b34ea749_z.jpg)
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It has been so long since I have been to Covent Garden ,,, it would be fun to be there during Christmas.
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