I don’t get to travel as much as I used to, but all travel posts go here!
There were a lot of tea shops that I wanted to visit in London (like Postcard Teas!) but I know better than to make a trip mainly about tea – my family likes tea but not that much. But since Twining’s flagship store at 216 Strand is the oldest tea shop in London, it was… Read More Visiting the Oldest Tea Shop in London + Tea Review: Twinings Golden Rose Hearts
“We’re not getting any more scones and clotted cream. Our vacation is less than three months away and we need to build anticipation for the trip.” Famous last words from my dad. Unsurprisingly, we caved and got more scones and cream about a month before we left. Perhaps that’s why we only managed to visit… Read More Afternoon Teas Around the UK
I have refined my shopping on trips to two things: tea and books (well, three if you count the tons of snacks I buy as omiyage). I’ve found out that when it comes to souvenirs for myself, these are the two that I enjoy the most (what am I supposed to do with endless magnets… Read More 2019 UK Trip Book Haul
Today, I noticed that my post on my stay in Henn na Hotel, the first robot-staffed hotel, is somehow in the “top pages” link at the side. There’s been some pretty major changes, so I updated the post, but I thought there was enough to do a separate post too. The English posts I’ve seen… Read More What’s Happening to Henn na Hotel?
Before we went on our trip last year, 10 days in England sounded like plenty to me. Until I realised the amount of ground we had to cover, which meant that we only got about half a day in each location (except for London). One of the places that I would love to visit in… Read More (I Want to Revisit) Bath
So a long long time ago, my family and I lived in England for like, a year. Just before we went back after twenty years for a holiday, we had a brief discussion about whether we should visit the Cadbury Chocolate Factory. My mom remembers it as mainly for little kids (my sister agreed, although… Read More Cadbury World for Adults/Older Kids?
This post is mostly pictures, I would think. But since I take a lot of photos I don’t really look at (something I realised when my family was talking about how we take holiday photos but don’t really look at them), I’m jumping at the chance to post them. Not going to Stonehenge while he… Read More Stonehenge
When I was searching about places to go in Stratford upon Avon (apart from the Shakespeare-related places), I found Benson’s House of Tea! I was immediately interested because: 1. The name is “house of tea” 2. They have £5 breakfasts with bottomless tea (or coffee, if you prefer that) Since they’re located just opposite Shakespeare’s… Read More Benson’s House of Tea: English Breakfast + Stratford All Day Blend
During our trip to England last year, we visited Bath and of course, I had to visit the Jane Austen Centre! They had a tea room and a Jane Austen blend tea which made me very happy (as you can imagine). First, the tea: I also bought a book called Dining with Mr. Darcy This… Read More Jane Austen Tea + Jane Austen Centre Tea Room
When I went to England last year, one of the things I wanted to do was to have tea there. Tea as in the meal, not just the drink. And what better time to have tea than with a friend? Michelle is one of my oldest friends and a huge afternoon tea fan, so I… Read More Yumchaa Cream Tea and Blueberry Hill Tea