Feet's stomp in London

Being a traveler differs from being a tourist, as this first person counts on his or her ability to become a part of the destination place. In simple words that involves the willingness and necessity to explore new places, people, cultures...everything that is part of this particular place.

In a metropolitan and multicultural city like London, apparently what counts the most are: good, strong, well-trained leg muscles, as well as possession of Oyster card (opens the doors to the cheap transport in London).

Together with Tung and Mario, I was discovering London: its beauty in the Sun, which we 'brought' just for this special weekend; its fast-going life and millions of people passing by every minute.

Just the two of us, Mario and me, we discovered the 'crown' of London's monuments.
Thanks to Tung, our great friend and irreplaceable guide, this trip also enabled us to explore multicultural side of the city.

London has opened, therefore, its culinary mysteries in front of us offering us the Chinese restaurant in the middle of Chinatown serving marvelous duck and jasmine tea; brilliant Mohitos in Brazilian restaurant 'Guanabara' or typical British breakfast with fried bacon, scrambled eggs, toasts and tomatoes.


Another dream of mine came true, as we managed to see the musical here - 'Stomp', which fantastically represents this journey, but also refers to the every-day-use things, such as box of matches or the sink, that under a great use of artists, can become unbelievably amazing part of an instrument.

That was great time I had with Mario and Tung!
London is truly fantastic and has a lot to offer....try yourself and just for a second leave the beaten track and become a traveler!

Buckingham Palace - the residence of the Queen

me and the London Eye in the background

Mario amazed by the Ducks' Parade
St. James Park

The Westminster Abbey Cathedral

Big Ben in the 'shadow' of the Queen's crown

The House of Parliament

Trafalgar Square

later that night...
M&M in the Chinatown

2nd Day - exploring London's art

in Tung's job (and they don't pay him for sitting there)
:)

St. Paul's Cathedral

pure love :*

Borough Market
just about to taste the Ostrich sandwich

Tower Bridge and our own M&M bridge

wondering where to go now
Tower of London behind us

Mario the Royal Guard

bebemos y bailamos a Guanabara :)

small rehearsal before the Stomp musical

leaving London with great memories and stories to tell

* I want to thank here Tung for some great photos (some of them on this blog)

How traditional Polish Easter should be?

If you can't imagine Easter without white borscht, eggs, ham, Krakowska sausage and selection of fresh veggies, than you can try to buy some of these in one of the Polish shops, or...prepare all of that on your own!

That was great fun for Mario and me to organise our first Easter. What's more - we spent it without family. Even though we managed to prepare truly traditional Easter for ourselves and Kuba, our flat mate.

The tradition here appears not only in eating, but spending some quality time together is also important, as well as lots of positive thoughts, greetings and fun!

I missed my family, but was also proud of my cooking abilities that apparently increased dramatically and was happy to share the joy with my Love.

Our Spring table full of delicious things

Kuba and me by our table

There is no better food than Polish one!

M&M with brown-eggs

The line of life
Is it Spring in Salford already?

Church of England in our area