by Jacintha Verdegaal | Jan 4, 2014 | City trip, Europe, Places to stay, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
When you live in a small country as the Netherlands, you don’t spend the night in a hotel very often since ‘home’ is never that far away. But what better way to ring in the new year than to wake up in a beautiful hotel room? So this year we decided...
by Jacintha Verdegaal | Dec 23, 2013 | Europe, London, United Kingdom
Nothing as unpredictable as the British weather… Although by now I should know that the chance of rain on any day in London is pretty high. So the plan today was to shoot some lovely Christmassy pictures of the city with all its pretty decorations. But I got...
by Jacintha Verdegaal | Dec 12, 2013 | City trip, Europe, Food & Drink, London, United Kingdom
What do you get when you combine women’s two great loves, fashion and tea? An afternoon tea for fashionistas, or better said: a Prêt-à-Portea at the Berkeley in London. This particular afternoon tea had been on top of my London to-do list ever since I moved...
by Jacintha Verdegaal | Dec 9, 2013 | Art & Culture, City trip, Europe, London, United Kingdom
My monthly rent in London might make you think that I’m living in a castle… I’m actually not. I’m still waiting for the day that some prince or knight in shining armour will invite me to live in his (or just a nice mansion with people that...
by Jacintha Verdegaal | Nov 27, 2013 | City trip, Europe, London, United Kingdom
London is getting itself ready for the holiday season. The lights are up in all the shopping streets, and even though temperatures haven’t dropped below zero yet, there are several ice rinks in the city to practice your pirouette. One of them is the UK’s...