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Hello my dear loyal readers, Welcome back to your favorite Blog! This time with another London excursion. Even though, I live in London since several years now, I still frequently come across places I have never seen or heard of before. Like this one - the London Mithraeum. Right next to Cannon street tube station. T his place was recommended to me and an exhibition called ' Born From Stone' is currently on display. However, the true historical site is located downstairs.  In this article, you will find out more and you can also visit the site yourself if you are looking to take a break from the big city life, for a moment of zen and are interested in archaeology and historical finds. Here is a bit of background information about the London Mithraeum, I looked it up for you: ' The London Mithraeum, also known as the Temple of Mithras, is an ancient Roman temple dedicated to the god Mithras discovered at its original site in the 1950s during construction work for the new Bu...

'St. Pancras Lock' near Camden Town Hello lovely readers! How about some local content on this London based News blog? Sounds like a good idea? Yeah, we thought so too! So last week, we went on a trip to Camden Town. Easily reachable with the Northern Line , this borough is mostly famous for its talented songstress Amy Winehouse as well as many live music offering pubs and the local market, called Camden Lock . There you can find interesting, unique and mostly handmade products. 'Chicken Shish' at 'The woody Grill' near Camden Town Station Kissing Couple statue.. are they saying Hello or Goodbye? Hidden Beer Garden you will find, while walking along the canal So first we went to a local Turkish restaurant. The food was very good and the dish you see on the photo above, is called ' Chicken Shish ' - grilled chicken with rice and salad. The friendly staff also additionally served us bread and hummus. Then, we went for a wa...

Over at Londonist.com we have found an interesting article, on how the boroughs got their names. Here an example from the site: Camden : ' Both the borough and Camden Town are named after Charles Pratt, 1st Earl of Camden, who owned land here in the late 18th century. Camden Place was his seat in Kent, itself named after William Camden who lived in the property from 1609.' For more on the topic or if you are keen to know the origin of your part of town , click HERE !