Finallyyy... My boyfriend is in town! :))
Before he came, I had made lots of plans to make sure that he'd leave with the positive feelings about Lagos! So that he'd come again... :)
One part of the plan was Sunday Brunch! We learnt a new place called Wheat Baker hotel (as part of Legacy Chain from South Africa) from one of our friends on Saturday night and decided to go there on Sunday morning. I don't like bothering my driver on Sunday as he goes to church every week. Since my friend told us that it was very close to where I live, we decided to walk.
Just to make sure, we checked the address online (tripadvisor), found the place on maps and hit the road! According to maps, the place was 5 km away and it was perfectly fine for us!
It was fun at the beginning as this was our first walk on the street without my driver or not as part of running group. We have done almost an immersion with African culture on Ikoyi streets.
Walked through constructions at Banana Island...
Have seen interesting animals...
Passed by a greenhouse...
We kept walking around 2 hours according to what maps showed us but it was getting weird as we were pretty far from Banana Island (Brunch place was supposed to be close by). We were getting angry as we were in the downtown now and it was very crowded with all street markets and street sellers. :)) It got really hot and we were sweating but at the end of 2 hours, we arrived a hotel which was nice and sweet. However, it was nothing to do with Wheat Baker. We asked the lady at the reception and they had no idea what hotel we were talking about. I was really worried as we were dripping because of weather and so tired and the people at the reception were looking at us with blank eyes.
What was strange was we were at the exact address which Trip Advisor was displaying. As the last attempt, we decided to check the address once again from the computer at the reception and then we found another address. It was Lawrence Road instead of Awolowo Road. Lawrence, Lawrence, Lawrence... Somehow this name sounded too familiar to me!
Then we took a cab (as we were too tired to walk further) and headed on to Lawrence Road. By the time we arrived, the truth hit me! We had passed by this hotel and even talked about it saying that how nice it looked and wondered what the name was. Since the name was not visible from outside, we had just walked through it and had not paid attention. Hence it was only 20 minutes walk from my place. OH NOOO!!!
With a mixed feeling of happiness and stupidity, we were at a very nice hotel with an amazing open buffet Brunch. After 2-hours of walk, we were ready to taste all the great meals. Deserts were unbelievably amazing!
I think I can never forget Lawrence Road again! But the bright side; we are becoming real locals now; even my boyfriend :)))
Before he came, I had made lots of plans to make sure that he'd leave with the positive feelings about Lagos! So that he'd come again... :)
One part of the plan was Sunday Brunch! We learnt a new place called Wheat Baker hotel (as part of Legacy Chain from South Africa) from one of our friends on Saturday night and decided to go there on Sunday morning. I don't like bothering my driver on Sunday as he goes to church every week. Since my friend told us that it was very close to where I live, we decided to walk.
Just to make sure, we checked the address online (tripadvisor), found the place on maps and hit the road! According to maps, the place was 5 km away and it was perfectly fine for us!
It was fun at the beginning as this was our first walk on the street without my driver or not as part of running group. We have done almost an immersion with African culture on Ikoyi streets.
Walked through constructions at Banana Island...
Have seen interesting animals...
We kept walking around 2 hours according to what maps showed us but it was getting weird as we were pretty far from Banana Island (Brunch place was supposed to be close by). We were getting angry as we were in the downtown now and it was very crowded with all street markets and street sellers. :)) It got really hot and we were sweating but at the end of 2 hours, we arrived a hotel which was nice and sweet. However, it was nothing to do with Wheat Baker. We asked the lady at the reception and they had no idea what hotel we were talking about. I was really worried as we were dripping because of weather and so tired and the people at the reception were looking at us with blank eyes.
What was strange was we were at the exact address which Trip Advisor was displaying. As the last attempt, we decided to check the address once again from the computer at the reception and then we found another address. It was Lawrence Road instead of Awolowo Road. Lawrence, Lawrence, Lawrence... Somehow this name sounded too familiar to me!
Then we took a cab (as we were too tired to walk further) and headed on to Lawrence Road. By the time we arrived, the truth hit me! We had passed by this hotel and even talked about it saying that how nice it looked and wondered what the name was. Since the name was not visible from outside, we had just walked through it and had not paid attention. Hence it was only 20 minutes walk from my place. OH NOOO!!!
I think I can never forget Lawrence Road again! But the bright side; we are becoming real locals now; even my boyfriend :)))
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