by Lillian Zahra | Jul 28, 2016 | Just For Fun, London, Uncategorized
I’m a baby adrenaline junkie. Last year I went on my first rollercoaster. I’ve never been a risk-taker, I was that girl aged 17 who couldn’t even face driving her car at more than 40mph. But…at age 28 I’ve finally become a bit of a...
by Lillian Zahra | Jul 24, 2016 | Travel
If, like me, you’re a committed city person, then New York City is the city. My notes from the red eye back to London of all the little things (full city guide to come once my brain is back in gear):-~ being downtown on 2nd Avenue, stopping in the middle of the...
by Lillian Zahra | Jul 19, 2016 | Travel
Porto is Portugal’s second city – it has a similar look and feel to Lisbon but it’s smaller, easy to navigate on foot and very affordable. Oh, and it’s slightly less steep but still has the cute retro trams of its big sister city.I visited for...
by Lillian Zahra | Jul 13, 2016 | London
The timing of my visit to 19 Princelet Street felt very appropriate. On the last day of Refugee Week and two days after a certain referendum result, this unassuming building in Spitalfields held one of its rare openings and I am so glad that I tore out a page in the...
by Lillian Zahra | Jul 6, 2016 | Travel
Belfast is a city that, prior to visiting, I knew very little about other than snippets on Newsround in the early 90s (oh the days when news was distilled into a friendly ten-minute segment before Blue Peter!).Visiting on a sunny Bank Holiday Monday the city feels...