Travel tales

London, baby! We live in a city that can feel like the centre of the universe, the forefront of just about everything, one of the most visited in the world and one of the most lived in as well.

There are hidden gems throughout London to be discovered, and since we moved to London last June 2007, Dani and I (Jessica), have set out to set foot on as much of London as possible before the time comes to conquer new territory.

Almost every weekend, we visit a new (to us) neighbourhood, discover a new restaurant, see a new exhibit or show, catch a concert, and so on and so on. And then there is the travelling outside of London that we have done – from Germany to Bath, Oslo to Brighton, Chicago to Beachy Head, and Edinburgh to Dublin and Wales, where we also love to discover as much of the cities or countryside as possible, keeping our eye out for off-the-beaten-track tips and pics as we skip along from place to place. All the while we clumsily translate the experiences we share into emails to friends, quickly share tips to visitors and Londoners alike and spatter our flat with pics from the trips we take both in the UK and beyond.

One purpose of the blog is to turn our travels into a multimedia diary, not only for our friends and family to stay up to date with our globetrotting and day to day London lives, but also for us to remember our adventures of this great life that we live.

A second purpose to this blog is provide personal travel tips, recommendations, anecdotes, warnings, suggestions, and more to travellers in London and beyond.