If you follow me on Twitter or are lucky enough (or not so?) to know me in real life, you might have heard some bloody amazing news from our recent holiday to the USA. We booked our Trek America from LA to San Francisco over a year ago but little…
I love London Zoo, so bagged early tickets to their Zoo Lates summer event as soon as they announced they’d be doing them again this year. I missed out on the festivities last year so made sure I wasn’t going to miss it again! Every Friday in June and July,…
Relax…relax. No, don’t charge some internet to your card, just..relax. This is what I’ve had to keep telling myself since we arrived on Aruba. I’m a city-centred type of traveller. I like to keep a tight itinerary, fitting in as many sights and tours as I can, as if this…
Last week was a definite foodie week. I had my first taste of churros, then I just couldn’t help but grab burritas at Benito’s Hat while waiting for a train at Kings Cross at the weekend. A couple of years ago I had my first taste of Benito’s Hat after…
Another day, another post about cocktails…by a tee-totaller. This time I went along to Google Places’ #ThirstyThursday event at Seven at Brixton for a happy hour of cocktails on them and a nice chat with Googly community coordinator Alex. Seven looks like it’s been lifted straight from Shoreditch and placed…
With my lovely new job and more time on my hands I’m really starting to feel like I can enjoy the city so much more. So when my friends announced their engagement and booked a booth at the new London Cocktail Club on Shaftesbury Avenue to celebrate, I stepped up…
Thinking about staying in the UK a while? Good choice, you’ll soon be as obsessed with daytime TV, bingo websites, and keeping the ketchup in the cupboard as much as the rest of us. Work Finding work in the UK hasn’t always had the best track record. If you…
Every country has it pros and cons; some more important than others. Without getting too heavy and preaching about the state of the government, the bailouts of the banks, or that there are no shops open after 9pm on a Sunday – here are my best and worst things about…
A winning Blog Your Backyard project entry! Information overload can often tire a traveller out before they’ve even arrived, and other times there’s just not enough stuff out there to get a feel of where you’re going. Stick with these dos and don’t’s for the United Kingdom and you’ll be…
Are you reading a guidebook for London right now? Yes? Ok…close it, put it down and read this instead. London is one of those places that needs to be experienced as if you were a real Londoner – none of that tourist trap business. As difficult as it is to…
Usually when I talk about TfL I’m in the middle of a four-letter rant about Bakerloo delays, queueing outside Oxford Circus for 20 mins or that it costs me more for a weekly travelcard than it does for a monthly food shop (aaaand breathe…). But this time, I’m not moaning.…
The first thing you think about London is how flippin’ expensive it can get, and it’s not about to get any cheaper. Combat the traditional tourist traps with these great ways of enjoying a cheap London and still seeing the real city. 1) Make your own walking tours Tube fares…
