I was at Heathrow Airport a couple of weeks ago waiting for my flight to Melbourne via Singapore. It was early in the morning and as I hadn’t had breakfast I was looking for a place to grab a bite in the food court area of Terminal 3. It was quite busy and I didn’t [...]

I woke up this morning to see a beautiful light covering of snow in Willesden, the area in London where I currently live. Because it was so cold, minus 4 degrees Celsius to be exact, light snow feel instead of the usual misty rain that we usually get. It doesn’t snow that often here so [...]

Today we went on a day tour by coach and visited the city of Bath, Stonehenge and the city of Winchester. Our first stop was Bath, a historic city with beautiful limestone buildings and the Great Bath, a well preserved ancient Roman bath. Next was Stonehenge (pictured below), the famous prehistoric monument believed to have [...]

We headed into the London city yesterday for some dinner and to check out the Christmas lights and winter decorations that were recently put up around the city. We also headed to Carnaby Street and saw massive snowmen suspended between the buildings surrounded by snowflakes. These massive inflatable snowmen were suspended from cables above pretty [...]

Tonight Xuan and I visited the National Portrait Gallery which is located right behind the National Gallery (pictured below) on Trafalgar Square in London. We thought we’d check it out since it’s one of the recommended places to visit here plus entrance to the gallery is free. We saw some really amazing paintings going right [...]