Imagine an inlaid wooden table with a porcelain tea set comprising of pot and tiny cups with around wooden chairs of the same style as furniture of a simple room decoration. Now picture busy women rushing their just-made warm cookies and pouring the adored hot drink coming from ...
Travel to London and the United Kingdom
The vintage, the kitsch and the outlandish. An average stroll in London
Long before being a food haven, London was (and still is) a kitsch haven. The same markets I wrote about in my last post that showcase a healthy selection of cosmopolitan delicacies, also sell some of the most outlandish goods you are bound to find anywhere else. Between vintage ...
The colors and flavors of a multicultural London
After Thailand and before heading to Brazil, I indulged in a couple-of-weeks layover in London, to sort out some stuff and enjoy a bit of freezing weather. It happened anything that can happen in London winter time: rain, storms, snow, wind, hail and -0°s. An exhaustive sample in ...
Covent Garden in pictures
These are some pictures I took in Covent Garden, one of the most vibrant (and touristy) central districts of, and obviously one of the best places for shopping in London. One of the best things of Covent Garden is that many of its pedestrian areas are devoted to street artists ...
Tower Bridge of London
Tower Bridge is a suspension engineering marvel bridge in London which was built during 1886–1894. The bridge crosses the River Thames close and it is an iconic symbol of London. The Tower Bridge exhibition is a special attraction. Tourists can view designs, construction and the ...