They say that The Olympics is a once in a lifetime experience. They say that if it comes to your city you should greet it with open arms and an open heart. It will fill your nation with pride, and will present your city to the world. What they don…
Categories: London • Tags: adventure, Aquatics Centre, diving, London, London2012, lottery, Olympic Park, Olympics, Team GB, Ticket
Dear German living in London, don’t laugh when the British say “Severe Weather Warning”. You might not believe it when those small flakes are falling, but when you go out to Shoreditch for dinner and a thrill. Please remember the way home is uphil…
Categories: London • Tags: Bumper, German in London, Laugh, London, Poem, Roads, Severe, Severe Weather London, Shoreditch, Slipping, Snow, Top Gear, Traffic, Warning, Weather, Weather Warning
Sounds like the title of a kid’s book right? I think it probably is. Or should be. At the London Zoo you can certainly find a different animal for every letter of the alphabet: Aardvarks. Bearded Pigs. Camels, …so it would make for a great kid…
Categories: London • Tags: Black-capped squirrel monkey, London, monkeys, oldest, owl, Society, zoo, Zoological
Here in the UK I always find it a bit harder to get into the Christmas mood. It’s too warm, and the Christmas decorations in London go up at the end of October, so when Advent really starts you almost can’t see it any more… On Friday I received …
Categories: London • Tags: Advent, Christmas, Decorating, Family, festive, gingerbread, Herrnhuter Stern, London, shopping, trees, UK
I had the fortunate task to document everything for the behind-the-scenes video and to keep everyone fed and happy. It was a fun weekend, with an amazing crew, happy to eat the food I made 😉 Surprisingly the cardboard car, which was built over th…
Categories: London, Other • Tags: behind the scenes, box, cardboard, Chalfont St. Peter, chevy, fighter pilot, film, film shoot, food, garage, happy, London, panda
To be honest, for me as a German it seemed like a strange mix between our “Walpurgisnacht” and New Years Eve, but celebrated at the wrong time of year. But there is a great story behind it: In 1605, thirteen young men planned to blow up the Houses…
Categories: London, Other • Tags: 5th of November, bonfire, Boom, excited, families, Fireworks, Guy Fawkes, guy fawkes night, kids, London, night, parks
Last night we discovered one of the most amazing cultural highlights London has to offer in summer: The English Heritage Picnic Concerts at Kenwood House in Hampstead Heath. And it was not just any old concert. Last night the Royal Philharmonic Co…
Categories: London • Tags: breathless, England, English Heritage Picnic Concerts, Hampstead Heath, Kenwood House, London, Magnificant Seven, Music, Music of the Movies, Orchestra, outside, park, Philharmonia, picnic, Royal, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Star Wars, UK, wonderful
It’s Easter Sunday, so I decided it was about time to use my egg shaped fish eye lens! So if you sorta squint a little, you might see some chocolate rabbits! 😉 We started the day making sure we were going the right way. We eventually made it to P…
Categories: London, Photography • Tags: Downings Street, Easter Sunday, egg shaped, fish eye lens, food, horse guards parade, Las IGuanas, North London, Parliament Square, pidgeons, Primrose Hill, Route, Royal Wedding, Southbank, tasty Brazilian, Westminster Abbey
Good Friday is for hiking…at least it used to be back home in Germany. And since I try to bring a bit of old habits to the island, we sort of went hiking in the sun yesterday as well … We explored one of the many beautiful National Trust Estates: …
Categories: Events, London • Tags: 376 acres, Boulters Lock Restaurant, British Sangria, Cliveden House, Easter Egg Trail, Germany, Good Friday, Habbits, hiking, Pimms, The Cliveden House
