The Shard is Europe’s tallest building. We’ve booked a space on their viewing platforms (one indoors and one outdoors). We hope for a great view of the Guy Fawkes Day fireworks and spot a lot of smaller, private fireworks going off here and there as well as a huge bonfire. It’s reminding us a lot of our own national holiday on 1st of August. But [Weiterlesen]

Cemetary are always interesting and worth visiting. This one in particular. Highgate Cemetery is one of the eight first ‘real’ cemeteries built in a ring around London. Until then, bodies were buried within churchyards that ran out of space badly or also at home which caused diseases. The graves here are not being suspended like they are in Switzerland but stay here until eternity. The [Weiterlesen]

Today, we sleep in a little. Then, we drive to Forbidden Planet. We visit this SciFi, fantasy and comic store each time we’re in London. Star Wars is a big thing here as well. For lunch, we share a burrito at DF Mexico, a new mexican restaurant by Tomasina, the founder of Waha and very involved in the festival we’re going on Saturday. Yummy! And [Weiterlesen]

This morning, we’re doing some shopping again. After Oxford Street, we’re after Regent Street down to Piccadilly Circus. We come across a lot of nice things but only buy a t-shirt in the end. For lunch, we’re sharing a classic Italian Pizza at Pizza Pilgrim. In the afternoon, we drive to the Tower Bridge. You may now climb the bridge’s towers and walk along the [Weiterlesen]

Today, we’re up for some serious shopping. We begin at the west end of Oxford Street and make our way east. Until we get stuck at Selfridges. Their Christmas shop takes up almost the entire fourth floor. But we like to browse through the other floors as well. There’s so much to see! On the lower ground for example, there’s a goat mascot for an [Weiterlesen]

We get up late. It’s warm and sunny outside so we head for the nearby station (an incredible building, first photo) to get breakfast. I have a rasperry jam filled donut (look at all the filling, Swiss bakers take note!). From here, we drive to Covent Garden where we decide to finally visit the London Transport Museum. It’s been on our list for long. We [Weiterlesen]

We get up rather early today. We meet Claire, Linda and some more fans for breakfast at the banks of River Thames. The sun is shining and a beautiful day lays ahead of us. We stoll along the river from London Eye to Giraffe restaurant. Gabi and I share a Croque Monsieur and a stack of pancakes. Yummy! After breakfast, we continue to the Barbican [Weiterlesen]

Today, we’re meeting Swiss friends at Piccadilly Circus: It’s their very first visit to London and we’ll show them around a bit. From the advertising screens and the Eros statue, we head for Chinatown and Leicester Square where a lot of film premieres take place. It’s not far to Trafalgar Square and the Admiral Nelson Column. We have lunch at The Sherlock Holmes pub: fish [Weiterlesen]

It’s the fourth time that we travel to the UK this year. And what a year it was! We’ve met a lot of wonderful friends and made new ones, met Benedict Cumberbatch at Sherlocked convention and seen him again as Hamlet on the stage, and Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd, stars of Back to the Future with its 30 year anniversary AND the date [Weiterlesen]

From 29 October to 15 November 2014, we’ve been on holiday to the UK once again. Here’s our itinerary: 29 October 2014: Driving to the UK 30 October 2014: Basingstoke and Frankenstein 31 October 2014: Top Gear Track Experience 1 November 2014: Bluewater 2 November 2014 (morning): Bicester Village 2 November 2014 (afternoon): Oxford 3 November 2014: Legoland Windsor 4 November 2014: Resting day 5 [Weiterlesen]