Getting Older but Getting Wiser at the Same Time

Perhaps not! Tomorrow is my birthday and this time last year we have had a nice meal in Regent Street and drunken golden ales from “ The Shakespeare’s Head” and for the night we had a nice bottle of red… Those were good memories mate!

Tomorrow?! I don’t know actually. I have never enjoyed celebrating my birthday since I moved to Istanbul cause of all those mad impressions about the 1^st of May in this city. By the way it is not possible to go out due to the strikes.

But maybe I can recommend you a couple of things to do in London when it is sunny and warm, or just without rain :D

If you decided to stay somewhere near the west end where the postcodes start with a “W”;

Crab Tree:

Is a pub managing by a friend and they have an amazing garden which is perfect for BBQ and a cold cider. If you go there on Sunday you should try their roasts. You know what it is one of the rare pubs you can actually have a pig head like in traditional movies J

It is just near to the Thames River and so close to the Bishop’s Park where you can have a lovely walk afterwards.

Walk to the Hyde Park:

It was my favourite things to do in London just buy some strawberries and white wine or beer whatever you like from Tesco and chill out. If you are too lazy to carry picnic mat -like me- you can rent some sunbathing chairs J

Once my boyfriend and I saw some girls were having an early bachelorette party with LOTS of champagne on grass, I have already wrote it down to my list!  

Shopping!

If you have a chance to pick your own gifts I recommend you to go to Carnaby Street because you can buy a vintage or second hand piece by yourself at any time you want from Camden Town or Nothing Hill. Birthdays are the times you should feel like a princess :D

So you should start from Regent Street and go deep down to the little streets maybe it won’t be very expensive but even it is so little it will from high street  just like Kate ;P

Have a Lunch or something between Lunch and Dinner:

Our favourite spot was in Kingly Court; “Cha Cha Moon”. We have tried almost everything on the menu and they are delicious if you love Chinese food like us. Just a sec. I didn’t like that soup like thing which comes with ‘Crispy duck lao mian’ but duck was delicious. Prices are really good for example the most expensive thing on the menu is £9.

Have more refreshments:

You should drink like a British if you are in Britain so after the meal you should have refreshment in another pub even if you had a bottle of wine or beer with the meal. Then I invite you to The Shakespeare’s Head mates…or you can choose one of the pubs you like for traditional ale.

That’s all for now cause I ‘m tired I need a pint!!!

Happy Easter

This time last year my boyfriend and I were in France for our Easter holiday. Actually I want to start from the beginning, the visa issue!!
Obviously it was the hardest part for us because we were not sure if we could get it with our limited bank accounts also with the type of our visas. Firstly I called the “Home Office” and get my answer – that kind of work permit allows us everything just like a citizen- then we applied for the visa and got an appointment from consulate. Then we made some arrangement for the hostel bookings and plane tickets; we bought our tickets from ryanair from London to Nimes and it was just for £9 pp, we made our travel insurance for £7 pp and the final part were bank statements, in UK you do not have to pay any money for the bank statements cause it’s free. In UK things are easier that our country if people able to do something they do not force you, if they can help simply they help you. On our appointment day everything went well and after one week we were holding our passports with our new visas :)
On our vacation day my boyfriend’s brother-in-law, who is English, arrived in London and we had a couple (!) of pints later just like every Turkish living drunk we wanted to eat some junk food in China Town but we were not informed that those junk foods are literally junk food. What so ever I got sick and we started our trip with two sick stomachs. As you can understand we had already forgotten about currency issue!!
In Nimes no one speaks English and there is only one place you can change your currency and we learned it after such a long hour and walking here and there. Whoever we asked showed a different place but the exact place is the big post office (you can find the map below).
Nimes is a wonderful place, a typical French town simple, elegant and relaxed. There is an arena just like the one in Rome and it is one of the rare ones stayed original almost untouched which the Romans built in 70 AD. Also there is a Roman bath there which is in a spectacular park.
We spent only 6 hours there and it was almost enough for the most touristic places then we took the train for Marseilles where our friends were waiting for us :)

Our post office(La Poste in French) is point "B" which is in circle. "A" is the small one.
I will write palaces must see later but I want you to see these pictures.

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The Best Souvenir is Nice Memories

I am from a country where the citizens have to pay more than 500€ just for the preparation for an international travel (passport, visa-almost 3/5 of the world ask for a visa-, departure fee etc.)  and also when it comes to buy a ticket we always pay almost twice more than the other country citizens because of the high percentage of fees at the airports. As you can understand it is not easy to travel for us.

Before I start everything even for university travelling was my biggest dream and I just wanted to travel all around the world. I started from continent, Europe my first destination was France after that while everyone were planning what to wear in prom, I was planning my next trip to Belgium. After I faced with hard conditions of life and had to work for living, I had to postpone my dream travels. One day I just decides to leave everything and move to UK with my boyfriend. 

I know there are lots of places on earth waiting for me but these are just a little start. 

By the way I don't like grouped or guided tour my instincts are my guide and I love getting lost in a unfamiliar city.

You know there are some people called citizen of the world who just live like a local so that is who I am!!