During my stay in London in the summer this year I spent a pleasant couple of hours walking around Morden Hall Park, which is located in Morden, in southwest London. The park is just a short drive from better-known Wimbledon. The park is owned by the National Trust, an organization that owns many properties around […]
I had been warned about the cyclists in Amsterdam by an American colleague at work. I thought, don’t worry about me, I’m a European; well, from England, which is close enough. You don’t need to warn me of such things. My family and I visited Amsterdam for the first time at the beginning of April. […]
Last month I visited London for three days as part of a week-long visit to England. Since it was a short visit I wanted to be close to everything on my list of places to see in the city, which was basically the Tate Britain art gallery. Other than that I thought I’d just let […]
The City of London, commonly called “the City,” is London’s main financial and legal district. It is located in an area of the city where the Romans founded the original Londinium trading center in roughly 47 BCE. There are several places in the area where the original Roman walls of the City can be seen, […]