Bookshops and Perfect Places to Read in London
London breathes literature on every corner. It’s a city that feels as though it was written before it was built: you walk through its streets and sense that you could be another character in a novel. Between cafés that invite you to open a notebook, squares that hold stories, and bookshops that are true temples […]
Kensington, Notting Hill, London.
South Kensington is a rather exclusive neighborhood of London, I’m not going to talk to you about any mansions, but the thinnest house in the city, they call it Thin House. Next to the Kesington tube station there are several cute places to have tea such as Molly Rose Bakery, the Hummingbird pastry shop, or […]
Westminster, Chelsea, South Kensington. London.
Today I start my getaway to London by going to have tea at The English Rose Café and Tea shop, beautiful, tasty and affordable. It is very close to Buckingham Palace, the king’s residence. St James Park is beautiful in autumn, painted in gold, and so green in summer, I cross it to Whitehall where […]
Holborn & Temple. London.
London gives the opportunity to write many posts. It has been a long time since I took you down its streets where I have wandered a lot lately, so I am going to divide them into several posts, get ready for an invasion of names and places. I’ll start in Holborn, where the Dickens Museum […]
Visiting some museums in London
It’s raining in London, I know, it’s not a surprise. I am in a café writing when I meet Carol & Ricardo, two friends from Mexico whom I decide to go to a museum with. Making our way we get on the train to Saatchi Gallery, placed in a beautiful & grand building surrounded by […]
Cruising the Thames in a sunny day in London
Nothing beats London in a sunny day. It’s fortunate being in London on a day the sun is shining where it´s usually gray, wandering its streets full of history, or in this case, its river. On a Sunday I went to visit Westminster Abbey, place where they crown their kings & queens since 1066, when […]
