We wandered down Brick Lane for a bowl of cereal at 6pm at the Cereal Killer Cafe. You can read all about the experience in my blog post. If you’re having any problems viewing the video you can watch it on YouTube too. Video Transcript Hi guys, my name’s Paul Dow and I’m a travel […]
“How about a bowl of choco-potomus?” asks the young guy behind the counter (surprisingly clean shaven, no bushy hipster beard). “erm, what’s that?” I ask, taking a closer look at the menu that I pretended I was reading earlier. “…it’s a cocktail of cereal with Coco Pops, Krave, Kinder Happy Hippo and chocolate milk.” “Yeh […]
One of my favourite places to stop off for a quick bite in Borough Market is Porteña. Whether I’ve been exploring the market or been out for drinks in one of the pubs around London Bridge, it’s always a great option. Porteña was originally setup by three friends who were looking to bring traditional Argentinian […]
Having spent the evening exploring Madrid’s nightlife, downing unidentified birthday shots, throwing some random shapes on the dancefloor and staggering to bed around six in the morning, you could say I wasn’t particularly looking forward to wandering around a theatre. From the outside, Teatro Real in Madrid is an imposing huge grey concrete building that […]
It’s well beyond my London midnight curfew but the locals wander the streets like it’s the middle of the day, no coat, jumper or even an umbrella in sight. With a miniture one Euro Mahou beer from Madrid in my hand we stroll to the next bar on the route, it doesn’t feel all that […]
Madrid’s crazy lifestyle means that the daytime seems to stretch on forever. Long enough to fill it with boutique shops, design cafes, architecture, history and culture leaving the evenings free for exploring buzzing markets, eating tapas, socialising at cervecerias and dancing at one of the many nightspots. After experiencing Madrid’s Thursday evening nightlife well into […]
We took a short weekend break to Barcelona, a city I’d always been pretty fond of after the last time I visited way back in 2004. Back then I wasn’t exactly an experienced traveller and Barcelona seemed quite foreign, maybe it was the heat and humidity of summer that made it feel so different. This time around […]
