Today the traffic jams in the whole city centre. Gabi manages to guide us to Covent Garden (instead of the more distant Piccadilly Circus we had planned). So we’ll stay in this area today. On our way to the science fiction store Forbidden Planet we discover a new shop with collectors items from film and television. Harry Potter’s flying brooms are great – and really [Weiterlesen]

Today we drive to Oxford Street to do some shopping. We start at Selfridges department store, where we could easily spend a whole day. Their offer is getting more attractive every year! The Food Hall in particular is now more inviting than ever with takeaway food and a wonderful selection of fresh fruit and vegetables. In the books department in the basement, I look through an [Weiterlesen]

It rains today. An ideal day for the museum. And that’s exactly what we intend to do. We visit the Victoria & Albert Museum with their large collection of old and new things and design objects from all over the world. For example a wooden back wall of a Selfridges lift, a designer lamp from Denmark or snapchat glasses for social media. And many artistically [Weiterlesen]

It’s great to be back in London! Our hotel is situated opposite the British Library and near St Pancras station (the beautiful building at the back of the photo). I get my favourite breakfast from the Pret, a ham and cheese croissant. Freshly strengthened we drive to the Spitalfield Market. In the modernly converted old market building, there are countless small stands where artists and [Weiterlesen]

Shortly after 10am, everything is stowed in the car and we drive off. Once again we are on our way to England! We’re looking forward to a few hopefully quiet and relaxing days. We fill up on petrol again shortly after Bern and buy breakfast. How can it be that all the croissants at the service station are sold out already? Unbelievable. One hour later [Weiterlesen]

From 27 April to 9 May 2018, we’ve been on holiday in the UK. Friday, 27 April 2018: England, here we come! Saturday 28 April 2018: Strolling around Bluewater Sunday 29 April 2018: Costco and Basingstoke Monday 30 April 2018: A cupcake in Guildford Tuesday 1 May 2018: Driving to Bristol Wednesday 2 May 2018: Visiting the Morgan factory Thursday 3 May 2018: Cotswolds and [Weiterlesen]

As always upon returning from the UK, we take a box of donuts home and share them with Gabi’s mother and sister.

I go and get breakfast from Pret a last time, and food for the journey home, and enjoy the view of St Pancras station. We drive off at 8.40am… only to get stuck in traffic almost immediately. As we don’t really advance anymore, we try an alternate route, but without luck. All roads that lead to the expressway along the Thames are blocked due to [Weiterlesen]

No travel to London would be complete without a visit to Piccadilly Circus. That’s what we do on our last day of our holiday trip. The huge screen is still really impressive. We then stroll to Fortnum & Mason. We do some shopping until we meet Guy and Sheridan for an afternoon tea. Fortnum & Mason is very well-known for their afternoon tea and also [Weiterlesen]

The sun is shining again today and it’s even warmer – or hot for British weather. It’s a bank holiday today which means that lots of people get to enjoy the beautiful day. We drive to Greenwich in the southeastern part of London. There’s a huge park around the Royal Observatory where the Greenwich Meridian and the Greenwich Mean Time were set, stretching down to [Weiterlesen]