Today, we will visit Kew Gardens together with Ollie and Lola. We stop by a bakery at the Gardens where we preordered a picnic hamper. We’ve been to this bakery before, when Jamie Oliver was there to promote their Maids of Honour tarts. We get a lot of boxes to take with us, wow! We come by an interesting structure soon: The Hive wants to [Weiterlesen]

We go shopping today! We park the car behind Top Shop and work our way down Carnaby Street towards Piccadilly Circus. I’m astonished at how targetet Gabi is. She is well prepared with a shopping list and knows exactly what she wants to buy – or at least look at – in each store. For example perfumes in our favourite department store Liberty. I could [Weiterlesen]

Today, we skip breakfast. We need to have an appetite for later in the day. But first, we hit the Covent Garden area. Then, we visit the new flagship Lego Store at Leicester Square which opened last Autumn. There are lots of lovely Lego decorations in the store. A life-size Lego tube train and an almost 😉 life-size Big Ben clock tower. In the upper [Weiterlesen]

We start the day with a hearty breakfast at our hotel’s restaurant, together with Caroline. Around noon, we leave Aldershot and continue to London. We’ll stay at our usual Premier Inn St Pancras opposite the British Library. But we’re not heading for the hotel yet. Rumour has it that there’s something very special to see since Saturday and only until today. Great Britain’s first Lamborghini [Weiterlesen]

Today, we meet Clare and Linda and drive to Hay-on-Wye in Wales to visit the Hay Festival. This book festival in the small town with so many book stores is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year! We meet at Clare’s who now lives very close to Aldershot. Linda has just arrived as well. It’s taking us three hours to get to Hay. We cross the [Weiterlesen]

Today, we drive over to Bluewater, one of Europe’s largest shopping centres. Which we visit almost every time we’re in the UK. In spite of being a Saturday, it’s not that crowded. As always, we start our tour in the Lego store. They always have the latest sets on display. I’ve seen the carousel in the recent newsletter. It’s really pretty, but the fabric roof [Weiterlesen]

We’re hitting Guildford today, the nearest larger city. We like Guildford a lot and spend some time here almost every time we’re in the UK – at least to eat something at Jamie’s Italian. We again park the car right besides the restaurant. We meet Caroline to do some shopping together. Our trip starts at Krispy Kreme with a donut for breakfast. 🙂 Then, we [Weiterlesen]

It’s been quite a while since our last holidays. We’re therefore really looking forward to ten days in England. Here we go! We leave at ten and find ourselves in heavy traffic soon. Of course every Swiss citizen needs to drive to the South over Ascension Day and that even affects our bit where we actually drive North (it’s the motorway that will later head [Weiterlesen]

From 22 September to 10 October 2016, we’ve been on holiday in the UK. Here’s our itinerary: Prologue Thursday, 22 September 2016: Eleven hours to London Friday, 23 September 2016: Meeting friends and a preview of Sherlocked Saturday, 24 September 2016: Sherlocked 2016 day one Sunday, 25 September 2016: Sherlocked 2016 day two Monday, 26 September 2016: National Portrait Gallery and an afternoon tea Tuesday, [Weiterlesen]

Our trips to the UK wouldn’t be complete without the ritual eating of the donuts we’ve brought home. In the morning, I take two boxes to the office – I’m still on holiday today – and in the afternoon, we visit Gabi’s mother and sister with another box. The new Krispy Kream flavours include Nutella, S’Mores, and maple syrup. Yummy! Shortly later, not much is [Weiterlesen]