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A few minutes before arriving in Tallinn, the pilot informs us about the weather. Cloudy, windy, and snowy. Not what I would typically call holiday weather. But I decided to visit Tallinn in winter because of the snow, so this announcement actually makes me smile. And...
A few minutes before arriving in Tallinn, the pilot informs us about the weather. Cloudy, windy, and snowy. Not what I would typically call holiday weather. But I decided to visit Tallinn in winter because of the snow, so this announcement actually makes me smile. And as the plane is starting its descent, I look out the window and see the most beautiful winter wonderland below me. From Amsterdam it’s less than a 2,5-hour flight with KLM / airBaltic to Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It’s my first visit and with my new intention to travel more slowly, I’ll be staying five full days. And I can tell you already: there are more than enough things to do in...
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Extravagant royal parties and the execution of one of its hosts. That's basically what the Banqueting House in central London is known for. Since I'm a sucker for a happy ending, I wasn't really interested in the death part, but more in seeing where the...
One word of advice: if you're going to treat yourself to an afternoon tea at Sketch, skip the brunch, food market and dinner plans. It was all a bit much. But when foodie friends from Holland are visiting, you just have to be a big girl, stop complaining, and start...
If there's one thing I love doing on a sunny Saturday in London - well, apart from having brunch obviously - it's combining a visit to Broadway Market with a walk along Regent's Canal. There are many farmers' markets I like in London, but Broadway Market is the...
Some people compare notes about where to shop to get the best discounts. What the latest shows are that you have to see. Or what books to read. My friends and I compare notes about brunch places. Which one has the best coffee, the best poached eggs,...
The Victoria & Albert Museum is one of my favorite museums in London. Their collection is incredible and every time I visit, I discover a new floor or wing that I hadn't seen before. This weekend I walked around the museum with my camera for a couple of...
Old houses fascinate me. I wouldn't necessarily want to live in one, but I love to visit them and pretend for a moment that I do. Walking down the grand staircase, reading a book in front of the fireplace in a library filled with books... It's not often that you can...
It had gotten to a point last year where it seemed that all I was doing in London was drink coffee. Of course that wasn't really true, but I got a bit overly excited about sharing my latest coffee discoveries here on the blog. So I decided to focus on other...
I'm starting to run out of ways to describe a London afternoon tea. Seriously, does anyone have a food writing for dummies book they can recommend? After so many tea blog posts last year, I decided to wait a bit before sharing my afternoon tea with Chiara at The Rose...
I realize that I've been focussing more on the 'where to eat' than the 'what to do' in London. What can I say? I'm one of those people who are always hungry. Anyway, this weekend I felt I needed to make more of an effort and cross some cultural things of my huge...
If I'm being honest, the real reason I wanted to eat at the Corner Room is because of its interior. It's one of those places that kept popping up on my Instagram feed and I just wanted to see (and photograph) it myself. Visiting friends and family are always a good...
Happy New Year! I took a little break from blogging at the end of the year (who has time for blogging anyway when there's so much food that needs to be eaten?). But I'm excited to start 2015 and make plans for all the trips I want to take and things I want to do in...
There are so many different things to do in London. Which means that when you're here just for a short visit, you'll either need to leave some things out or be super efficient. Such as combining an afternoon tea with a sightseeing bus tour. Which is what I did a few...
After living in London for almost two years I can tell you all about the best places for afternoon tea, the most trendy food markets or coffee places. And I have a long list of dinner recommendations. One thing I don't know much about however are places to...
It's great when you get to travel a lot. But flying home from New York on a red-eye flight and then leaving that same day for Vienna is not something I would recommend. After struggling to keep my eyes open during meetings on the first day, I did eventually find...
There's no way around it. When in England... You will have afternoon tea on a regular basis. Add some London bloggers to the mix and you might find yourself having one more often than most Brits. I realize it was only a couple of weeks ago that I wrote about the last...
A little warning for friends and family of bloggers. Don't spend too much time reading their blogs and listening to their stories about blogging 'adventures' (drinking afternoon tea can be an adventure too right?), or you might run the risk of turning into...
Staring out the window of the Eurostar, I'm thinking about the last time I was in Paris. Twenty years old, studying at Sciences Po and with a room at the Cité Universitaire. I didn't think much about best places to eat or most trendy hotels to...
Last week I heard the first Christmas song on the radio. The lights are up on Oxford Street. And everybody is sharing John Lewis' Christmas TV ad with Monty the Penguin on social media. There's no denying: London is getting ready for the holidays. For a group of...
The most challenging part of visiting Prague is pronouncing the street names. Seriously, you try saying Dvořákovo Nábřež or U Starého Hřbitova or Náprstkova with a straight face. Fortunately, Prague is not a big city and it's quite easy to find your way. So no...
There are places that have such an excellent foodie reputation, that you would visit them just to go crazy on the food. I love exploring the typical local cuisine when I travel, but when I was planning my trip to Prague I had no idea what to expect. I heard many great...
I think I can say I know New York pretty well. But walking on the High Line was a first. And let me tell you: it's a must when you're in the city. Especially when you have this gorgeous weather. You won't be the only one there though. I may have missed it the...
Oh, how times have changed. When I moved to New York in 2003 I didn't even drink coffee. And because there was no Starbucks in the Netherlands back then, I thought walking the streets with a Starbucks cup (not with coffee) in your hand was the coolest thing ever....
In a city that never sleeps, do you actually need a hotel? Well, as much as I like to get the most out of my stay in terms of sight seeing (and coffee drinking), I do appreciate a good hotel bed to return to. And if there's one hotel I know that has the perfect...
I unfortunately don't have an unlimited budget to dine out (if only...). I'm not complaining, but let's say that you won't find me in restaurants with a Michelin star very often. Let alone a restaurant that has two! So when you receive an email from a company...
Ah, New York... It had been too long. Four years since my last visit. It won't happen again. It's hard to explain why I love this city so much. There's just something in the air that gives me butterflies in my stomach. It happens every time. My first reaction when I...
Writing a post about Berlin in a New York hotel room. Life could be worse. It's so great to be back in New York. I can't wait to share all my photos and stories, but first: Berlin. Yes, my travel schedule is a bit crazy at the moment. But hey, I wanted to travel...so...
Most people assume that because I'm from the Netherlands, that I must be from Amsterdam. I know we're a very small country, but there are other beautiful cities as well. Such as Den Haag. Or The Hague. Or 's Gravenhage if I wanted to make things extra...
Time for another coffee break at one of London's best coffee shops. Working my way through the London Coffee Guide's top 30, I decided to go to Notes this time. There are four Notes coffee shops in the city and since I didn't have the guide with me, I went to the...
It's funny. Whenever someone asks me why I like living in London, I usually answer something along the lines of you're never done exploring this city, there's so much to do, there's always something exciting happening. When a man is tired of London, he's tired of life...
It's sort of becoming a weekend tradition to explore new coffee places in the city. Well, new for me at least. I'm following a lot of other coffee lovers on Instagram which is a great source for coffee tips. One of the places that keeps popping up is Workshop Coffee,...