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    • Päivä 39

      Eurostaring it to London

      10. maaliskuuta, Englanti ⋅ 🌧 8 °C

      From Paris to London in the Eurostar in 2 hours. How amazingly easy, smooth and modern! To think one rides under the english channel. Even those more claustrophobic would find it a rather pleasurable experience!

      What a culture change. From the french tube stations to the english, I met up with Phyllis at St. Martin in the Fields for mass and tea afterwards.

      An unexpected change in plans had me changing my lodging arrangements to her house in Trafalgar Square. But what an absolute pleasure to be with her smack in the center of London, on one of the most expensive roads on the monopoly board!

      In the evening I met up with Seva, a friend from 6 years ago in Barcelona!
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    • Päivä 4

      American Bar at Savoy

      15. kesäkuuta 2023, Englanti ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F

      What a GORGEOUS place. The Savoy is absolutely remarkable. Starting at the American Bar for some pre-dinner cocktails. Even the Coke is presented with class.

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    • Päivä 40

      Trafalgar Square chez Phyllis

      11. maaliskuuta, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C

      So after a miscommunication it ended up unexpectedly being a guest at Phyllis' place smack in the centre of Westminster, London. I couldn't have wished for anything better. Not only because I am within walking distance of Westminster and all the sights, or all the main West End theatres, but also because it allows me to save considerably on transport, which is so crazy expensive. Well, actually, everything here is crazy expensive.

      On my first day I took a prolonged wall through the horse guards near Downing Street, through St. James' Park, past Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial Square (where all the famous royal family events get televised ), through Green Park and into Hyde Park. From there I ventured into South Kensington for a sneak peak at opulent Harrod's and its beautiful food courts and galleries.
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    • Päivä 2

      Day 2 - London

      14. lokakuuta 2023, Englanti ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

      Arrived in London around 11:30am after a ‘quick’ overnight flight of 7 1/2 hours…unfortunately, not much sleep was had - sure missed traveling Cathay business class. Took an Uber to our ‘home’ for 4 days in Kings Cross. Despite the distance being only 10 miles, it took over an hour - crazy. Checked in quickly and then headed out right away into the brisk autumn air…gonna try and push through til bedtime. Aimlessly walked down to the Thames and back. We will get more serious about actual sightseeing via Big Bus tours tomorrow. Delicious Mediterranean dinner and back at the flat by 7:30 trying to stay awake…and warm…the thermostat is broken and there is no one around to look at it til tomorrow. Super excited concierge though; pumping us for info cuz he is coming to western Canada next year. 8:30pm - lights out.Lue lisää

    • Päivä 42

      Chlling... Recovering...

      13. maaliskuuta, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

      At this stage, I was so destroyed from all the Paris activity and the traveling and meeting up with people and doing things that upon arrival at Phyllis extremely welcoming home , I almost collapsed and had the luxury of retreating into this little oasis of colour, comfort and safety in the middle of the centre of London craziness.

      I was able to rest, eat healthy and do stuff that needed doing. Like contact the people that needed contacting and get some master's study in! While in Amtwerp I missed the latest module and had some real catching up to do.

      So both Phyllis and I spent our days preparing deliciously colourful, fresh and healthy meals while in between studying/working.
      We had some real quality catching up sessions in between, which were invaluably helpful to me regarding what my next professional steps should be. As you might jave noticed, I haven't exactly been in a huge hurry to get back go work.

      Also, she shared with me where her Social Impact Game project is at and how it is advancing at amazing strides. They are networking and have quite a few very interested large-scale parties, and they are currently undergoing a petition to integrate AI into their initiative which is going to make it take off!
      What a provilege to see all this cutting edge novelty happening and what hope to think that this is going to be having a social impact.

      Also... Phyllis introduced me to some very interesting people at her community in St. Martin in the Fields, as well as people in her work circle. What an exposure!

      On the tuesday I joined Seva in the London Buddhist Centre for a meditation session.

      On wednesday Phyllis and I went to a lovely mass where poetry was read and interpreted, as well as sung by the most beautiful sounding choir. It really brought me back to my choir days!
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    • Päivä 42

      Lunch with guests

      13. maaliskuuta, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      On thursday we had guests over for lunch. Phyllis set up a meeting so I could meet Dr. Alka Patel and Phyllis' business partner Gabe.
      Alka is a GP doctor who manages to get herself out of the system by setting herself up to work with a specific niche of clientelle offering services as a "longevity concierge". She basically offers youthening people's biological age through multiple lifestyle interventions and hacks with very sophisitcated biological age tests pre- and post-intervention.
      During lunch we all had a very interesting conversation about the Social Impact Game and its progression, Alka's expertise and vision, society, healthcare, wellbeing, the experience of being a doctor, etc. After that Alka and I had a chat over coffee where I was able to ask her some key questions about her professional trajectory and her type of practise. It was very eye-opening to learn her astute change of tactic and I received some sound advice from someone who has stepped out and made it for herself quite successfully!

      After that, Phyllis and I walked over the Thames to the National Theatre in South Bank to catch a play. We watched Dear Octopus, a 1938 story of a 4 generation family get-together for the grandparents' golden wedding. It accompanies us through the family dynamics and the issues of each of the components in a very entertaining, pleasant and funny way. The set was a turning set which very ingeniously allowed us to see them interactions in different parts of the house.
      What a treat!
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    • Päivä 44

      West end !

      15. maaliskuuta, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

      After a full day of intense work at home we decided to catch some last minute tickets to a play in one of the dozens of theatres that are within 3 streets walking distance. Oh, the joys of being right near the West End.

      The Mirror is about a play being played within a play, within a play, within a play, set in an imaginary communist regime where the arts are heavily sanctioned and need to be done in secret. What initially seems like a wedding quickly turns into something completely unexpected. They managed to interweave the plot and the multiple layers of plays with a very smart use of humour.
      Highly entertaining!
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    • Päivä 2

      THE DUNGEONS

      7. huhtikuuta 2023, Englanti ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

      HELLO TO ALL YOU SINNERS

      Ooit deden wij in Amsterdam al eens the Dungeon’s aan en dat was geweldig!
      Je wordt er meegenomen in de history van de stad. Op een geweldige maar gruwelijke wijze vertellen ze je over welke gruwel daden er plaats vonden en maken zeer goede acteurs dat je je soms zeer ongemakkelijk voelt en je je steeds weer opnieuw de krampen schrikt! Zei ik al dat het geweldig was? 🤪
      Toch had deze Dungeons net dat beetje extra want ook hier in de (net als bij Tussaud’s) zat een geheel rit met karretjes verwerkt en maakte we aan einde een vrije val als in de Tower of Terror in Disney!
      Na dik 2 uur stonden we pas weer buiten…. We hebben genoten, dat staat vast!

      Tomorrow to Starwars we will go!
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    • Päivä 20

      London

      30. heinäkuuta 2022, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

      Goedemorgen!
      Vandaag gaat de wekker om 03:00! Om 06:30 heb ik mijn vlucht naar London

      Naar het vliegveld ga ik met een taxi, er gaat om dit tijdstip namelijk geen openbaar vervoer naar het vliegveld.
      Dit ritje van 40 minuten kost mij €30, en de taxichauffeur neemt ook een rol als gids aan.
      De gehele rit verteld hij over de stad en de omgeving hiervan

      Ik vlieg met RyanAir en de vlucht gaat snel aangezien ik de gehele vlucht slaap.
      Van het vliegveld naar mijn hostel is het nog een aardige rit wat maakt dat ik om 13:00 aan kom in mijn hostel.

      Ik drop mijn backpack en ga direct de stad in.
      Ik neem de tram naar Oxford street en loop hier en in de omgeving een aantal uur rond.

      Om 17:00 kom ik terug aan in het hostel. Hier ontmoet Cem (komt uit Turkije, woont in Canada) we besluiten samen de stad in te gaan.

      We lopen rond in onder andere China Town en eten wat.
      Zo kopen we een poke bowl, eten we Ben&Jerry’s ijs en delen we een fish and chips.

      Tijdens het verkennen van de stad komen we een straatact tegen. Deze man is een comedian en doet een act met onder andere vuur een messen. Hier zitten we 40 minuten naar te kijken.

      Aan het eind van de act vraagt deze meneer van zelf sprekend om geld.
      Ik vertel Cem dat ik hiervoor betaald aangezien hij voor de ijsjes had betaald.
      Ik loop naar de meneer toe, en vertel hem dat ik graag wil pinnen aangezien ik nog geen pond op zak heb.
      Cem verteld dat £15 een redelijk bedrag is en ik vertel dan ook aan de man dat dit het bedrag is wat ik wil pinnen.
      Nadat ik betaald heb loop ik weg en de man roept het volgende;
      “This millennial just tipped me £50”
      Drie keer raden… ik had zojuist daadwerkelijk £50 gepind bij deze lieve man.
      Dat komt neer op €60!

      Na dit mooie vooral vond ik het mooi geweest voor de dag. Vandaag ben ik om 23:00 naar bed gegaan
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    • Päivä 45

      Iftar @ the Tate

      16. maaliskuuta, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

      After being ushered out of the Yoko Ono exhibit, we were approached by some organisation individuals inviting us to Iftar; to break fast in the muslim fashion in the Ramadan period. It turns out there is an initiative all over London and the UK where public and open Iftar events are being held in order to make Ramadan more visible to people and to make Islam less separate.
      Before dinner we were invited to join in a prayer ceremony where Phyllis and I were among the few, if not the only, non muslims participating. Because of this fact we were interviewed both by national tv and the organisation.
      A tasty and generous dinner was offered to aprox 400 people of all nationalities, cultures and walks of life.
      Quite an exciting way to end a very eventful day!
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