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If you’re a nineties kid and you ever find yourself in London looking for a place to grab a bite, try the Cereal Killer Café. Although this café won’t offer you tea and biscuits, you get an insanely vast variety of cereal and a total retro vibe. With 120 different cereals from around the world, there is something to satisfy everyone’s craving. After you pick your cereal, you get to choose from a variety of milks and toppings for a total sugar rush. But the wow-factor of the café comes from more than just the food—the decorations are a millennial’s dream come true. The upstairs of the café is covered with cereal boxes and memorabilia, and the basement is decorated like a nineties kid’s bedroom. You can even choose to eat your cereal as you sit on one of several twin beds with bedspreads that have prints of Garfield comics or The Simpsons characters on them. Want dinner with a show? No problem. The café comes complete with television sets that play reruns of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Killer food. Killer atmosphere. Killer fun. The next time you happen to be in foggy London town, make sure to grab a bite at the Cereal Killer Café to brighten your day.

From books to films to television, Sherlock Holmes has managed to fascinate us since 1887. If you can’t get enough of him and can travel to England, here are the best places to investigate.

Calling all lovers of the historic and horrific: get your bucket lists out right now.

To an outsider, July 6, 2016, was a very strange day. People flooded the streets around the globe, zombie-like, smartphones held in outstretched hands. These wanderers congregated outside churches and libraries, standing in masses united by one purpose: to “catch ‘em all.” Pokémon Go has become a trending video game, but virtual entertainment is not t he only benefit from this new app. If you’re looking for a way to wander through a city while finding interesting cultural stops along the way, this app is the way to go. This app can be used as a travel aid by going to Pokéstops. Pokéstops are locations in the real world that you can go to get free items in the virtual Pokémon world. While playing Pokémon Go on your smartphone, a blue cube will show up on the screen. That is a Pokéstop. Even though it shows up virtually, you must go there physically to get whatever items are at that stop. These items are things like healings potions, Poké Eggs, Poké Balls, and other items that will help you succeed in the game. But when you go to a Pokéstop, you’ll find more than just a virtual object. Each stop is located at a point of interest, such as an architectural landmark or a historical monument. Some of these places are well-known, while others are more obscure. This gives ample opportunities for exploring a city as long as you choose to take the time to physically explore Pokéstops.

Though graffiti is often seen as vandalism, many places throughout the world have embraced graffiti as a valid art form and as a way to enhance the community. Any vacation can be complemented with a stop to look at one of these legal graffiti destinations. Found in typical art hubs and less expected locales, graffiti art is visually impressive. A side trip to these outdoor art displays can offer an untamed perspective of any tourist hotspot.

Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, London Bridge—each of these and a thousand other landmarks make London worth seeing. But for many visitors, the most fabulous side of London is found in the west . . . the West End, that is. This side of London boasts some of Britain’s finest hotels, restaurants, cinemas—and, of course, theatres, the hallmark of West End.

Often when we learn about other cultures through travel or some other means, we see it as an opportunity to learn about someone or something not within our previous realm of experience. However, as I’ve experienced different cultures through learning and performing their dances over the past several years with the folk dance program at BYU, I’ve come to realize that in learning about others, I learn about myself.