As it was coming towards the end of September, it was time to try and tick off some of the London Summer Bucket List. I looked through the list and came upon Kew Gardens, luckily, I had been looking at the Open House website and had spotted Kew on the list! The library, archives and…
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JC Explores: The View from the Shard
I quite like the shard. I know some people think that it doesn’t really fit with the skyline, and we all know of the problems they had in actually filling it. But I think the building itself is gorgeous and I quite like looking at it from the Sky Garden or from Waterloo bridge. However,…
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JC Explores: Cahoots – London 40s Themed Tube Bar!
A quirky bar? Check. Waiters in character themed of the 40s? Check. Tube paraphenalia everywhere? Check. A secret entrance where you need to ask for ‘The Captain’? Check. Cahoots has everything I’ve ever needed in a bar! We all know now of my Underground obsession (remember the Aldwych abandoned tube station?), so I thought it…
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JC Eats: Covent Garden Food Tour
It was a boiling day in London when Paul and I were lucky enough to have a day off mid week to explore some of the culinary delights of Covent Garden. I mentioned a little while ago that we went on a Celia Brooks Food Tour and a few of you were interested in hearing…
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JC Travel: My Top 10 London Adventures
I’ve been in London over two years now. How crazy is that?! Feels like I only left New Zealand yesterday but the capital has soon become my home. And over those two years, I have managed to do a plethora of activites. So I have attempted to narrow down all of my London adventures to…
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JC Eats: London Afternoon Tea Bus Tour!
Yep, you read that title correctly. This is afternoon tea, on a bus. The lovely Miss Pond sent me a message earlier in the month asking if I wanted to join her on a bloggers outing to the Afternoon Tea Bus with Rennie*. Of course, the answer was yes. I am an afternoon tea addict,…
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JC Eats: Sketch London Afternoon Tea!
Two afternoon teas in two weeks?! Good thing I’m back on the wagon with my health diaries…. So last weekend I headed into town to go to Sketch London afternoon tea. I just can’t get enough of cakes, scones and tea – all of my favourite things in one. I had never been to Sketch…