We drive to the sea today. To Beachy Head, a land tongue at the south coast of England. The white chalk cliff rises up to 162 metres from the beach, the highest of all of Britain. The visitor centre is lovely – you really need to go in back and not just turn around after the first room. For example, they have buttons you can [Weiterlesen]

We’re visited by Gabi’s sister Christine who will join us for some days. We pick her up at Heathrow Airport. Her flight from Basel has landed already but it takes some time to collect her suitcase and get through border control and customs – and Heathrow’s long walkways. Christine has asked to visit Stonehenge, a wish we happily fulfill. It’s really warm and sunny and [Weiterlesen]

We’re up for some serious shopping again today! At Bluewater, one of Britain’s largest shopping centres. We park the car near the Lego store and this is the first store we visit when we’re here. The new Lego sets are just adorable with all their attention to details: Big Ben clock tower with a bit of the House of Parliament, or the Disneyland castle. Also [Weiterlesen]

We say hello to Peter and Jack before driving to Portsmouth with Caroline. We’ve been here before (in 2013 and 2014). We park at Gunwharf Quays designer outlet with lots of stores and restaraunts. We take a look at the beach first as it’s very exciting for Swiss who live in a land-locked country. Caroline knows: There are always some Pokémon to catch around here. [Weiterlesen]

It rains rather heavily. But it’s the first time since we arrived in Britain and we’ve been more than lucky with the weather so far. We had thought about visiting the London Aquarium but with the rain, a lot of people will be there as well. And it feels a bit weird to go and watch more water in the tanks while so much water [Weiterlesen]

There’s more shopping today!! But we don’t just buy, buy, buy but rather stroll around our favourite stores. Liberty of London is always worth a visit. There’s something new to discover each time. Everything is presented beautifully and also carefully chosen. Here are some impressions from Liberty: We have a late lunch at Masala Zone. The restaurant has been refurbished since our last visit and [Weiterlesen]

Today we head to the British Museum to visit their special exhibition ‘Sunken Cities’. The British Museum is always worth visiting an we haven’t been here for more than ten years. We get a time slot to enter the special exhibition. Until then, we stroll around the rest of the museum with finds from Central America and Egypt. Central America from the Maya and Aztec [Weiterlesen]

We meet Clare and Amy for lunch in a kind of Italian tapas restaurant where we order several small plates to share. After lunch, we head to the Wyndham Theatre where we’ll watch the matinée performance of ‘No Man’s Land’. The play is about two elderly litterateurs in the 1970s who come across each other and only realize later – when they’re not drunk for [Weiterlesen]

Today, we’re hitting Oxford Street and Selfridges. Gabi knows exactly what she’s after and finds everything on her wish list easily. We make good progress and have time to just stroll around and have a look soon. In the Christmas section for instance. We have all started the day separately but come back together one by one. Ollie is the first to arrive at Selfridges. [Weiterlesen]

From the outskirts of London, we’re heading right into the city centre today. We’ve got a hotel near Kings Cross Station for the next couple of days where we have stayed before. All together, we visit the National Portrait Gallery just some steps from Trafalgar Square. We already passed it several times but visiting it just never fitted into our schedule. The gallery is beautiful [Weiterlesen]