In total, there are 8 Royal Parks in the Greater London area. The first one we are crossing off today is ..... (drumroll ...) ....Regent's Park! Regent's Park is in North West London, around Baker Street (read: Sherlock Holmes!!) and also around Camden (read: cool & strange hipsterville, music, markets and eccentrics). Regent's Park... Continue Reading →
Arnie (husband), Lucca (brother in-law), and I spent our Sunday of the bank holiday weekend in Lulworth, which is in Dorset along the south coast of England. Earlier in the week the boys tried to convince me that we should have taken a trip to the Moors (also on the list), but given it was... Continue Reading →
Every year during the month of August, the Fringe Festival runs in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Fringe claims to be the largest arts festival in the world, and I believe it. Let's just say we ordered a programme / schedule ahead of the festival, and it was bigger than most of my text books from university.... Continue Reading →
Park: Clapham Common Great For: Boozy Picnics, Fitness-ing, quiet peaceful walks (though most likely not very peaceful on sunny weekends) Surrounding Area Highlights: Clapham Old Town, Abbeyville Village Tube Stops: Clapham Common, Clapham South (Northern Line). Note: both have corner shops / grocery shops close by, with a wider selection at the Clapham Common stop... Continue Reading →
London Living at its finest - with a lil gig from Shoreditch @ Hoxton Square Location: Zigfrid von Underbelly, Hoxton Square What's On: Awesome Blues & Burlesque Date: 12 August 2017 For our first post in the Jam Series, I take you to Zigfrid von Underbelly in Hoxton Square. "Zigfrid von Underbelly was born: a... Continue Reading →
In the autumn of 2014, my future husband and I embarked on a romantic Tuscan Adventure we would forever remember vividly and warmly with our hearts and our stomachs. Here I will share with you some tips and an account of our adventure to help you plan your visit! We fell in love with Tuscany... Continue Reading →
So Singapore was a destination for us of last minute devise. We didn't realise that over our 7 weeks planned in Indonesia, we'd face visa challenges as you're only allowed in the country for 30 days at a time. We had a few options to get around this dilemma, but our choice was to quickly... Continue Reading →
I'll tell you now - the 3 day hike called the "Quilotoa Loop" in the Andes in Ecuador was g*ddamn HARD. Arnie and I found it particularly difficult for a number of reasons - but primarily because we had no map and basically 0 clue what we were doing. Anyway, here's the tale of our... Continue Reading →
Our favourite tourist attraction in Mindo was the Mindo Canopy Adventure. This is a series of 10 different ziplines - flying you across the treetops of the Cloud Forest. Over the 10 ziplines, you mostly ride "normale," but you also have a few different options for rides too 🙂 First, there is the "rapido" line... Continue Reading →
Arnie & Amanda's Grand Adventure 