Everyone is so excited about London. After 8 weeks however I had seen a few interesting places but nothing like "whaouh!". Probably I hadn't been to the right places, and decided it was time to get into more serious exploration mode before the weather becomes too cold.
In September/October I had mostly explored the City side as I'm living in East End and working in the City.
(a) City walk: I'm not a big Thames & skyscrapers fan but walking on the South side of the Thames from Blackfriars bridge to London Bridge/ or Chain Bridge is a city center to do.
(b) Covent Garden: yes! but crowded
(c) Spitalfields, Brick lane: to see but limited geographically
Friday I spent some more time browsing on the internet to find reviews and new destinations. The below three links are the most interesting I found so far. Helpful as well the Waitrose Week-end issue (when my flatmate gets it). Well, I'm still very new to London and probably not into the most trendiest circles to now what are the 'in' blogs and happenings.
That's why todays destination was ... HAMPSTEAD, and it was really lovely. My first "whaouh that's cute!" and thinking this is a place to go to escape grey London. Maybe feeling remotely like my favorite places in Rome. Even though weather is quite windy and the BBC announced rain for 2pm, decided to cycle the 8 miles to Hampstead. Unluckily it started to rain at some point and I had to check my map every 5 mins to make sure I was on the right road... but was really worth it :) Getting lost was really fun as well, it was part of the exploration. I just have no clue & orientation in this new city and I think the left driving is mixing up my intuition...
In September/October I had mostly explored the City side as I'm living in East End and working in the City.
(a) City walk: I'm not a big Thames & skyscrapers fan but walking on the South side of the Thames from Blackfriars bridge to London Bridge/ or Chain Bridge is a city center to do.
(b) Covent Garden: yes! but crowded
(c) Spitalfields, Brick lane: to see but limited geographically
Friday I spent some more time browsing on the internet to find reviews and new destinations. The below three links are the most interesting I found so far. Helpful as well the Waitrose Week-end issue (when my flatmate gets it). Well, I'm still very new to London and probably not into the most trendiest circles to now what are the 'in' blogs and happenings.
"Premièrement il existe un wikitravel http://wikitravel.org/en/London d'ailleurs très pratique pour enfin (!) avoir une vue des quartiers et une rapide description de leur style & intérêt, parce que jusqu'à maintenant j'avais un peu de mal de mettre en place les pièces du puzzle.
Ensuite le National Trust http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/places/find-a-place-to-visit/ regroupe les meilleurs monuments/jardin du patrimoine et est très facile à utiliser (les photos sont aussi superbes & il y en a quelques uns qui me tentent :)
Pour ce qui est nature le http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/ est bien fait (par région également, le plus intéressant à mon sens est celui de herst au nord ouest http://www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk/whats-on ) et il y a des événements tous les week-ends (gratuits la plupart du temps)."
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That's why todays destination was ... HAMPSTEAD, and it was really lovely. My first "whaouh that's cute!" and thinking this is a place to go to escape grey London. Maybe feeling remotely like my favorite places in Rome. Even though weather is quite windy and the BBC announced rain for 2pm, decided to cycle the 8 miles to Hampstead. Unluckily it started to rain at some point and I had to check my map every 5 mins to make sure I was on the right road... but was really worth it :) Getting lost was really fun as well, it was part of the exploration. I just have no clue & orientation in this new city and I think the left driving is mixing up my intuition...
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