Tag Archives: london
Friday Postcard: The Beefeater
Posted on 03. Feb, 2012 by Steph.
Today’s handsome postcard comes from Bob of the Travelling Fool: Spoke to this guy for awhile and found out to be a Beefeater you must be retired military and most are retired CSM from the British Army. They live at the tower of London and their official job is to guard the king and Crown [...]
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Friday Postcard: Taxi in the Rain
Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by Steph.
Being an Angophile, I adore this perfectly London shot of a taxi racing by St. Paul’s Cathedral. It was sent in by amazingly talented Lisa Lubin who runs LL World Tour. (Do you have a photo you’d like to see featured here? Email me at Steph@twenty-somethingtravel.com)
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The Secret Veggie Meals of London
Posted on 05. Aug, 2010 by Guest Poster.
I’m not a vegetarian but I do love food and I LOVE London. Today’s guest post highlights some fabulous budget finds in this expensive city. Two years ago I studied abroad in what would grow to be my all-time favorite city in the world, London. Seriously… Greatest. City. Ever. While I was crazy excited about [...]
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The London Book Project
Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by Steph.
If you haven’t been paying attention: I really love to read. I’m a total nerd of the English major variety. My room is overflowing with books that I can never seem to whittle down. I’m such a nerd I even named my cat after TS Eliot: Awhile back I wrote a guest post for Sharing [...]
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The Art of English Gardening
Posted on 30. May, 2010 by Steph.
Back in February, when I was suffering through the torturous Snowpocalypse, it was really hard to believe that warm weather would ever return again. Springtime always makes me think of England. Although their winters are even longer and darker then around here, they sure know how to take advantage of the weather they do have, [...]
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Friday Postcard: London, England
Posted on 21. May, 2010 by Steph.
It was a gorgeous June day when I attended my first (and probably last) cricket match in South London. Despite the fact that my good friend was playing, the game lasted approximatly 6 hours and I understood approximatly 0% of what was happening. And we lost. Still, any afternoon spent sitting in the grass drinking [...]
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When Getting Lost is a Good Thing
Posted on 19. Jan, 2010 by Steph.
We have maps. We have GPSs. We have 5-year plans. We have everything laid out ahead of us to specifically prevent ourselves from losing our way. That’s just smart living; getting lost is scary. It’s frustrating. It’s an encounter with the unknown, the unforeseen and the unpredictable. It’s these exact same characteristics that make getting [...]
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Finding the Victorians at Highgate Cemetery
Posted on 03. Jan, 2010 by Steph.
People think it’s strange, but I totally geek out for cemeteries. There’s nothing creepy about it; for me they are quiet reserves of history, culture, and yes, beauty. I’ve written on here several times before about Highgate Cemetery in London but had never gotten a chance to visit myself until this past November. Highgate is [...]
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I Still Love London
Posted on 06. Dec, 2009 by Steph.
Even if you’ve only been paying minimal attention the past couple weeks, you can probably tell that I am a huge London person. Our love affair began on my first trip abroad at 15 years old. Later I returned to study Victorian literature there and after graduation I came back to work there. The city [...]
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