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-Any suggestions for nice restaurants or cafes. She would also love to try a good British pub, any recommendations?
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Central London is a bit lacking for decent pubs these days. Of the Covent Garden lot, Punch and Judy is my favourite. You can enjoy a golden throatcharmer on the balcony while watching street performers on the piazza below. On a fine London afternoon/evening you can't beat it.
Most tourists end up in Notting Hill at some point. The Mall Tavern
http://www.themalltavern.com/ is a great example of the gastropub phenomenon.
If I could only drink in one pub in London for the rest of my life, it would be The Blue Anchor.
http://www.blueanchorlondon.com/. Been a pub since the 1700s, right on the banks of the River Thames and was even in that film Sliding Doors. Hammersmith is a little further out but worth the trek. There's a few good pub on that stretch of the river and it's worth a walk one afternoon.
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-Is there a good place to get cheap train tickets, or some kind of deal that visitors can get?
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If you mean the tube just get an oystercard on arrival.
https://oyster.tfl.gov.uk/oyster/ you will always pay the cheapest fare with an oystercard.
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-She'd also like to check out a bit of the countryside, anyone know any good spots? (Not too far from London is ideal, but any suggestions are welcomed.)
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Leeds Castle is a good shout. Popular with tourists so plenty of bus tours down there. In the middle of some lovely countryside and is also a castle!
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-Any good sight-seeing spots or events coming up during that time that might be interesting?
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Borough Market.
http://www.boroughmarket.org.uk/ London at it's bustling best. If you like food you'll be in heaven. Great place to mix with the locals and see why the stereotype about British food is so undeserved.
Tate Modern. Modern art is something people love or hate. But I think it's great, incredible what they've done with that building and some really good stuff inside. Most of it is free as well.
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/. From the Tate Modern you can walk across the Millennium Bridge to St. Paul's and you're getting the best of old and new London.
Best coffee in London...
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