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Charing Cross

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    • Day 39

      Eurostaring it to London

      March 10 in England ⋅ 🌧 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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    • Day 4

      American Bar at Savoy

      June 15, 2023 in England ⋅ ☀️ 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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    • Day 40

      Trafalgar Square chez Phyllis

      March 11 in England ⋅ ☁️ 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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    • Day 2

      THE DUNGEONS

      April 7, 2023 in England ⋅ ⛅ 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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    • Day 42

      Chlling... Recovering...

      March 13 in England ⋅ ☁️ 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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    • Pretty Woman: Big Musical. BIG. huge!

      June 3, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      So exciting to be able to go out your front door and turn a corner onto London’s Strand to go to a musical 🎶
      The Savoy Theatre 🎭 is basically 5 minutes from my accomodation. In fact, the entire West End is only an extra ten minutes through Covent Garden! It’s a Queen’s paradise (…and, I’m not talking about Lizzie this time! 😜🎟🎼
      Great opportunity to put on the glad rags & treat myself…again!
      And, last minute half price 3rd Row tickets 🎫😜

      The Verdict: initially it was strange to see an all-time favourite and much loved movie break out into song… But, after a few minutes it all seemed perfectly normal… Schmaltzy, humorous and the music really complimented the original storyline. Stand out character was the campy hotel Manager who played about 5 other characters as well! In short, it’s hard to better perfection but they did a good job! 🎉🥰👍🏻
      I give it 4 pretty women out of 5
      💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼

      PS: it is so fantastic not having to wear a mask anywhere! You wouldn’t even know Covid ever existed in the UK, or London at least! Everyone is getting on with life… theatre crowds, public transport, restaurants, gatherings… a few masks 😷 by those who make their own personal choices… exactly how it should be! 🕺🏼🕺🏼🕺🏼
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    • Day 42

      Lunch with guests

      March 13 in England ⋅ ☁️ 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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    • Day 2

      London 2nd

      March 4, 2020 in England ⋅ 🌧 8 °C

      Uff what a City! So many impressions in so little time! Luckily I could sleep through the night even though I shared my room with 20 others and one of them snores so loud that I could hear it through my earplugs...
      Starting my day at 11am means keep walking through the city (you can see it in the map) until 5pm and only taking a break of 30 minutes for a nice coffee. I basically saw every tourist attraction you can imagine which was quite nice but I do hate being a tourist and always try to fit in and behave as a “normal” kid 😄
      It is still challenging to keep looking right first Begierde crossing the street and even taking the stairs on the left side - crazy! Luckily there was no rain... until 2pm - but hey I don’t want to complain the rain could have been heavier!
      Me feet hurt now but hey I just need to explore Anke her city tomorrow 😉
      By the way: I found a host for Bristol and for Fort William and hooked a hostel in Edinburgh (it just looked so cute and was soooo cheap an somehow I just felt like it) - so I just need a host for Cardiff and Glasgow and that’s about it.
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    • Day 44

      West end !

      March 15 in England ⋅ ☁️ 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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    • Day 45

      Iftar @ the Tate

      March 16 in England ⋅ ☁️ 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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    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Charing Cross, צרינג קרוס, チャリング・クロス, 채링크로스, Чаринг-Кросс, 查令十字

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