Red double decker buses Just because I think they are wonderful. Especially the old Routemasters. A reliable Oyster card (opposed to a not always properly working OV card in the Netherlands) The London transport system Yes it can be a busy system (and yes sometimes they strike!) but I find it a great system and [...]

How about a post that actually does justice to the title of this blog? I was a little early for my Saturday film and on my way to the cinema I passed The Chelsea Teapot. It is a relatively new cafe (they have been around for 3 months now) and it looked so lovely I [...]

Regent’s Park The weather is so incredible in London at the moment that I decided to bike to Regent’s Park after work, to catch the last sunshine. I think that Regent’s Park has become my favourite park. It is often peaceful, I love to watch people struggling in the boats on the boating lake and [...]

Cycling in London My mum visited me this weekend and with the weather being fantastic we have been outdoors a lot. Among a lot of other things, we did a lot of cycling!

From the official Ding Day home page: Wednesday, 9th September will see Londoners create music on the streets with their bicycle bells as the second annual Ding Day takes place. Designed to add a little fun to a cyclists day, the concept is simple and open to everyone. All that is needed is a bike [...]

Gideon is cute! On my biking trip through Regent’s Park on Saturday, I suddenly found myself in front of a giraffe. Or rather two of them! I knew that London Zoo is located in Regent’s Park, but I had no idea you could see the giraffes this closely from the road. I would also like [...]

London by night Yesterday the evening weather in London was so nice that I took my camera and positioned myself on Piccadilly Circus for a while. I took loads of photos but only found a couple of them worthy enough to go on display. I tried ghost people before in New York, but you can [...]

Books, lots of books After another day of working in the Oxfam shop yesterday I must say that I am really starting to like it. I most like to work behind the till which I did all day yesterday. I like the interaction with the people buying books or music. Some are very talkative, some [...]

A room with a view Taken while sitting on my bed yesterday. The moon looks huge, doesn’t it? Other short notes: We loved G-Force. I mean what is not to like, it’s talking guinea pigs! And mice! And a mole! And it is Bill in 3D. Apart from the slightly over the top Transformers like [...]

Play me I am yours Thirty street pianos have been installed on streets, in public squares and parks, train stations, and markets in London, they are a part of the Play me, I’m yours project which is currently visiting London. “Like a creative blank canvas, the pianos are there for any member of the public [...]

Swim – anyone? (Fountains in Trafalgar Square) A heatwave has arrived in London. I wonder if this is typically British, a heatwave warning with different levels and all. Sounds like the perfect weather for a move to me. Good thing I hired removal men for it. I used my weekend to pack everything and I [...]

Bill, Bill and Priscill First an update from the moving front: I had planned to meet quite a lot of people tonight who wanted to have a look at the two rooms available in my current flat, but I fear that the planned tube strike from 7pm tonight might mess things up a bit. Just [...]

It is mostly me who is surprised I think. Short version: I have found a great room in a fantastic flat where I will share with a very friendly male kiwi (I call him Angus) and a third person who still has to be found.

Graham Norton in La Cage aux Folles I wouldn’t have picked it myself, as I thought it would just be another silly musical. But I went along with a friend and yes it was a musical but it was far from silly. La Cage Aux Folles (which first was a play then a film, then [...]

The Berkeley (Knightsbridge – London) does not look grand from the outside, but you know it is expensive when you spot the fully hotel-uniformed men (beautiful long coat, bowler hat, gloves) standing outside the door. And I was waiting for one of them to tap me on the shoulder saying “where do you think you [...]

Confessions of a shopaholic wasn’t the best rom-com ever (it’s Sex in the City meet Devil wears Prada), but I laughed quite a lot at Isla Fisher. She has great comic talent, and she is worth watching the film for. She and Hugh Dancy. I saw A View from the Bridge last week, and wow, [...]

When I came home from Devon last night, London looked white. This morning I woke up to even more snow, which caused all buses to be cancelled, the tube came to a halt, lots of trains cancelled, airports struggling (Heathrow is closed), schools are closed, and children are having the time of their lifes playing [...]

Chubby Checker Hot Chocolate in New York Four things that are better in London than in New York: The queue culture. There is no queue culture in NY and I so miss it when I am there, I love the built-in politeness of the British people. The language. I am a sucker for the UK [...]

Dear readers! I just want to give you an update on the plate as I am even starting to get emails from very friendly people around the globe about this. People I don’t even know! The wonder of the internet. The thing is that I have been thinking. Yes I was very attached to this [...]

Two “look at me I am cool” wannabees: Man (American, older, sunglasses, hair that does not suit his age) to woman (American, younger, blond, but quite unlike Paris Hilton): Well, hello are you here! (yes of course she is here moron, you can see here can’t you!) Woman: Yes! Are you here too? (Duh!! Well [...]