Category Archives: Tips & Suggestions

The English picnic

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Matteo

With the Summer season hopefully not over yet, it’s time to picnic. We have already introduced the picnic topic in the previous post about the Ray Davies gig at Kenwood House, Hampstead. We had prior committments during the day (namely: … Continue reading →

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Going Around London – Part 2: Green transport

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Matteo

Are you finding your way around London then? Are you a master of the Tube, a prophet of the buses? Even though you might have fallen in love with the public transport, this post might be of some interest to … Continue reading →

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Going around London – Part 1: Public transport

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Matteo

So how are your first days going? Found your accommodation in London? Sorted out stuff like bank account and National Insurance Number? We hope so… You could have well found a job in the meanwhile, and, unless you’re particularly lucky, … Continue reading →

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Agent or private?

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Matteo

You bought Loot, checked Gumtree, and wrote down potential candidates for you to call and, eventually, view the properties. When we first came to London, we were told to call and ask straight away if the ad was from an … Continue reading →

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Our first days in London

Posted on February 14, 2009 by Matteo

18 months. One-and-a-half years. That’s the time we’ve been living in London, and the ‘recurrence’ was last week. We didn’t do anything to celebrate it (I actually remembered about it just now!), but we should have. It seems a long … Continue reading →

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