As I’ve been getting active with couchsurfing this is what to do with your couchsurfer if you only have a few hours in Camden! I met Antoine and showed him the flat before we headed out with the overall plan to have a drink on Primrose Hill and admire the view. We started off by…
Cultural weekend in London
This weekend I had my first couch surfer. Couchsurfing is where you stay with someone – often sleeping on their couch, sometimes they have a spare bed/room. I did this to mixed reviews in the US (what can I say – just be careful if you’re travelling as a single woman..) and wanted to host…
Gin Club Outing to the City of London Distillery
Friday night is cocktail night! This Friday a depleted Gin Club composed solely of new member Becky and I went to check out the City of London Distillery (apparently you can distill (see what I did there!) this to ‘COLD’). Well it wasn’t very cold when we went, Friday evening had turned out to be…
Sake tasting!
There are a lot of pop ups in Hoxton at the moment and Bibendum were joining the craze this week with their one off Sake tasting at the Dolls House on Hoxton Square. The venue itself was unique and interesting – the plain rooms decorated with murals depicting furniture in black and white, which contrasted…
Sightseeing with the Brazilian in London!
It been really fun not working at the moment – it’s allowed me to be a tourist in my own city and this Sunday evening I was again touristing with someone I met whilst travelling! I met Cecilia and her friends in a hostel in Punta del Diablo Uruguay. They were all from Brasil –…
Karaoke Krazi! The best karaoke in London?!
This weekend my favourite stalker Lucy tracked me down to London. The first thing we did when she was off the train was to head to the St Pancras Champagne Bar – apparently longest champagne bar ever! (But not the longest continuous bar – it’s made up of booths and mini bars). This is the…
The science of beer maths
Something I needed to share with everyone is the concept of beer maths, which came up when I was travelling last year (I wouldn’t want to get credit for inventing as I’m sure others have come up with this before us!) When you travel your budget constraints are very different and when I say travel…
Caning Camden in a few hours
I finally got to meet Margarita on Sunday afternoon – she is a friend of a friend – we both met Aaron whilst couchsurfing at his in Vegas. As Margarita is now living in London Aaron put us in contact so I could at least show her around my neighbourhood and that’s what we did…
A brief break in Bath
As I mentioned in my post about adjusting to life back in London, my parents are moving from Bedfordshire to Bath. As their unemployed daughter I got to help with last minute packing and driving car number three up to Bath. We arrived in Bath on Monday evening and had a lovely meal at Clayton’s…
National Gallery training time!
My friend Alex is currently in training for her Blue badge guide exams, which basically means that her friends get a lot of tours around London for free. This Saturday I dragged my hungover self to the National Gallery to meet with Alex and some of her other friends. In around an hour and a…