A ‘Mini-Trip to Spain’ on London’s South Bank
Bank Holidays in the UK usually mean one thing: rain. But this May Day dawned bright and sunny, with temperatures high enough to make me put on my first summer outfit of the year. Flaunting bare feet in sandals, toenails newly painted, I wandered along to London’s South Bank.
Read MoreThe Delight of Borough Market
Ever since Jamie Oliver, or some TV chef, announced that they got their produce from Borough Market, it has become ‘trendy’ – compelete with flocks of tourists and a few pristine-looking stalls with the haughty signs: ‘only customers allowed to take photos’.
Read MoreLondon Transport: Get ready for the Olympics
In the first of our Olympic guides, we’re looking at London Transport: how to get around during Olympics season – and how to avoid tube-rage…
Read MoreLondon in the Autumn
Firstly, welcome to the new-look Starry-Eyed Travels, I hope you’ll enjoy a perusal through the site. It’s still something of a work-in-progress, so please forgive any clumsy bits that remain – by next week it should be sleek and lovely! I wondered what would make a good first post at the start of this new chapter and I found myself looking at some recent photos from London. OK, so I live 30 minutes from the centre of London; it’s hardly travelling. But over the last month or so, I feel like I’ve been looking at my fair capital with fresh eyes. Starry-Eyes, you could say…
Read MoreAll the World’s a Stage at WTM
WTM, or World Travel Market, invited the world to London’s Excel Centre – and the world took up the invite en masse. It was my first experience of the biggest Travel Industry event in the calendar, and suffice to say that I am writing this with matchsticks propping my eyes open. But the four days I spent there were nothing short of unforgattable.
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