I have been to Brighton twice, and I must say I enjoyed it on both days, even if both times I was there only for a short period of time. The first time, I went on a day trip in Summer 2006, whilst visiting London, and the second time we went there for a couple [...]
If you are looking for somewhere ideal for a short break for Easter holidays, then you might want to consider visiting Barcelona. I have been to Barcelona a couple of months ago for a short break (4 days), and we managed to visit major sites, and we also managed to fit in two days outside [...]
Valentines Mansion and Garden is a country house and gardens, set in the heart of Ilford, London.
If you’re planning on visiting Valentines Mansion and Gardens, here are some tips and directions on how to get there:
Getting there by Tube
Gants Hill Underground Station (Central Line). 5 minutes walk.
Getting there by Rail
Ilford National Rail, direct line from [...]
Valentines Mansion is a beautiful country house and gardens in the heart of Ilford, more than 300 years old. The house was built in around 1696 for Elizabeth Tillotson and her family, after the death of her husband, the Archbishop of Canterbury. At that time the new brick house stood in open countryside, several miles [...]
I had already mentioned the Robert Opie Collection in my previous post some time ago about the Museum of brands, packaging and advertising in London. I decided to do some research about Robert Opie, to see what this is all about.
The Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising is the result of Robert Opie, a consumer [...]
If you are a sweet lover, then the Sweet Sixties exhibition at the Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising in London is a must-visit! This exhibition is being held between 8th September 2008 - 31st May 2009.
This is the ultimate nostalgia trip for sweet lovers everywhere. The period pack designs will evoke the tastes and [...]
At the museum of Kent Life, one can discover the rich and vibrant history of the people who lived and worked in the ‘Garden of England’ over the past 150 years. It is a place where you can step back in time and re-discover the rural life of Kent on a beautiful 28 acre farm, [...]
In the Mayor of London website, one can find a section with Virtual Tours of London, which I think is a very good idea! There’s a virtual tour of many of the main attractions and interesting sites in London.
London has a large and complicated transport system. In Greater London there are 13,600km of roads, 3,730km of bus routes, 329km of Tube lines, 28km of new tramways and 788km of national rail lines.
Every day 23.8 million journeys are made on this transport network. Of these, 7.2 million are made on public transport, 10.5 million [...]
With the growing popularity of the healthy Mediterranean diet, the basics of Turkish cuisine are surprisingly familiar to many visitors.
A typical meal begins with a choice of up to a dozen meze (hors d’oeuvre), including yoghurt with garlic and coriander; diced, fried liver; houmous (chickpea puree); various aubergine and spinach dishes and dolma (vine leaves [...]