Happy birthday to my Yummy mummy! Friday 13th here, it's overcast and raining in lovely London. My hair is proof of why Indians should not live in London, frizzy, fuzzy and fluffy. I'm like a character from the muppets! We had a pretty casual day today, a result of a few quiet hangovers. We headed up to Shepard's Bush (stop it I can hear some of you giggling). We checked out some shops, had some terrible customer service at a food place. Carried some furnitu...

Today Tom, Katherine (Toms sister) and I headed to the Tower of London. To be honest, this was something I had been looking forward to for a while and it did not disappoint. The beefeater tour guide was funny, and so interesting-his stories about the area were fascinating for a history geek like me. I think coming from NZ, such a young country we don't have such and established history-so being in central London in a place like that was just epic. We sat in a...

Hi all! Yesterday afternoon in London was 'grand'! We traipsed around the city, took photos of phallic shaped buildings and Simon kindly met us in the city because Katherine had to go to work for a meeting. Simone's suggestion of afternoon plan was markets or London pubs-we all know what Tom voted for so I decided to go with the flow (I can hear you laughing at this concept) and just cruise with the boys. I proudly did for most of the pubs. We dropped into v...

Great times with my BFF in London!

Today is our first full day in London. Still have the jet lag but trying not to let it stop me from seeing London things. Headed out to meet bestie Charis, who is 2 tube stops away-navigated by myself! Spent the day wandering with no purpose really, nice and relaxing and not checking the time. I'm currently on a park bench in Balham eating a cheese sandwich I bought from Sainsburys, again another place I navigated alone. I'm a big kid! London isn't really wha...