by Jacintha Verdegaal | Oct 11, 2013 | Art & Culture, City trip, Europe, London, United Kingdom
I shouldn’t have done it…. See what happens when you start talking about nice sunny autumn days? Rain, cold, storm…Everything that’s not to like about the British weather. Sorry! So what do you do when looking out of the window makes you want...
by Jacintha Verdegaal | Oct 8, 2013 | City trip, Europe, London, United Kingdom
Yes, it’s official… Autumn has arrived in London. Even though we’ve been lucky to get some nice sunny days lately, the changing color of the trees says it all. I actually love this season. Sure, I can do without the rain, storms, electric hair and...
by Jacintha Verdegaal | Oct 6, 2013 | Art & Culture
What would you define as a ‘good life’? And then an even harder question: how can you make it better? The title of the first Monocle book The Monocle Guide to Better Living may sound a bit presumptuous, but its content certainly isn’t. I would...
by Jacintha Verdegaal | Oct 1, 2013 | City trip, Europe, London, United Kingdom
I’m meeting my local guide Tobias from Insider London in the Andaz Hotel at Liverpool Street. Insider London offers different kinds of walking tours in London and they’ve invited me for their East End Explorer tour. I’ve been to this area before, but...
by Jacintha Verdegaal | Sep 29, 2013 | City trip, Europe, London, United Kingdom
It almost felt like I’d stepped into a Mary Poppins movie. With chimney sweeps and women walking around in Victorian dresses. King’s Cross went back in time this weekend to explore its gritty industrial past and to celebrate the transformation of the...
