Burgh Island and Art deco
Everybody can mention a place which put a spell on him/her, which had a magical and special ambiance. There is a tiny island in South West England in Devon, which took my heart. If you read my introduction, you can…
Why does a clock in Bristol have 3 hands?
England is a great place because it is full of quirky, strange and interesting things and you can always find something to surprise you. To bump into something which is strange, even for the English themselves, is absurd and unbelievable.…
Elizabethan and Jacobean architecture 1550-1603
Elizabethan and Jacobean houses have a very unique ambience, especially grand houses. These buildings are often used for filming – whether for Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Miss Marple or Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, it does not matter. Elizabethan houses are typically…
Vanilla white chocolate cupcakes
I must admit, I had no idea what a cupcake was before I relocated from Hungary to the UK. I had seen one before, but did not know what it was called and obviously never tried one. We have completely…
Belfast or London sink?
Whose heart would not melt by the sight of the essential accessory of a country style kitchen, the deep, oblong, porcelain sink? It does not matter whether it is in a Scandinavian country style kitchen or Provance or English, you…
Tudor architecture
As I am going to represent the different architectural styles you will see that each of them could be called “The English” style which formed England’s or London’s appearance. I start the series with the Tudor architecture and I must…
A baroque house with a love story – Ashdown House
It was a cloudy Sunday back in May 2017 when we visited Ashdown House in Oxfordshire. The building stands in the middle of a huge estate and one of the reasons it is even more interesting is the fact that…
Regions of England
I have already mentioned regions like East Anglia or Cornwall a few times, but it might not be obvious which part of England they are. To help to overcome this problem, I prepared a map with MapPoint showing the regions…
Smoked salmon with creamy spinach and egg for breakfast
Living in England has definitely changed the cooking and baking in my life, positively of course! I experience new things every day and that includes the different foods. I have become more and more interested in flavours, recipes and ingredients.…
What is that black and white lamppost with an amber-coloured globe on top?
There are things in England which do not attract our attention, yet everybody knows they are typically English. Let me show you today one of them. Have you ever taken note of the black and white lamppost with the amber…