The best bits of ... London

1. Borough Food Markets

I thought I'd died and gone to heaven when I found this place. Quite unasuming and a little dodgy-feeling under a great big old bridge basically, the Borough Food Markets is a foodies' paradise. My personal favourite are the gooey Borough Market Brownies. Fresh fruit and vegetables, every cheese you could imagine, every type of sausage you could concoct, every baked good under the sun - it's truly a most remarkable place and one I miss every day. It's a great place to go and grab a picnic before heading to Hyde Park or Parliament Hill.

Borough Market Brownies... salivate...

Just a slice?

Best picnic ever at Parliament Hill

2. The buildings

3. Notting Hill and Portobello Road Markets

4. Hyde Park

5. The view at Parliament Hill

6. Camden Markets

7. Hampton Court Palace

8. The shopping

Of course there's the obvious - Oxford Street, Regent Street and Kensington High Street are the go-to shopping centres of London. But there's a few other stores and locations that are definitely worth the visit. You can pick up some really sweet dresses, playsuits, jackets and jewellery at Dahlia in, Fouberts Place near Soho. TK Maxx is a great department store that stocks heavily reduced designer clothing and homewares and can be found in a number of suburbs around London. There are also some great one-off shops with fantastic price tags along Portobello Road in Notting Hill, and the Camden Markets and Spitalfield Markets are definitely the places to go for something a little quirky or a little vintage. Spitalfield Markets is actually where the creator of the All Saints brand started selling her clothes.

Dahlia store in Soho

Unique Shoes London store on Portobello Road

9. The Norweigan Cafe in Great Titchfield Street

Located just off Oxford Street, the red-painted shopfront cafe creates some amazing Norweigan lunch options and snacks and also stocks some of the nation's own food products. The layered traingle sandwiches are must-tries - might I recommend the ham and cheese, or salmon and egg? For desert, the delicious, gooey chocolate cake with whipped cream is the hands-down winner.