When I was 8, and visited London for the first time, me and my mother went to Paddington station for the sole purpose of buying me a Paddington teddybear at Paddington station (I know, quite nerdy). I already had a Paddington story on cassette that I listened to frequently, but it was certainly that day in London that started of my love for the marmalade-loving bear for real. A lovestory that continued into adulthood. So I was extremely glad to hear there's going to be a third live action Paddington movie releasing by the end of next year, and not only that, it's going to take place in Paddington's home country and my beloved Peru (where I did social-work-internship for three months back in 2013). Can't wait!
Paddington statue at Paddington station, London, UK, 2022
#OTD in 1877 – Irish nationalist and Land League organiser, Michael Davitt, was released from Dartmoor Prison.
“To all my friends I leave kind thoughts, to my enemies the fullest possible forgiveness and to Ireland the undying prayer for absolute freedom and independence, which it was my life’s ambition to try and obtain for her”. –Extract from Michael Davitt’s Will
Michael Davitt was involved in a failed raid on Chester Castle to obtain arms on 11 February 1867 in advance of a Fenian rising in Ireland,…
Last Saturday, Kris and I traveled from London Paddington to Oxford on aboard Great Western Railway Class 800 Hitachi-built dua-mode passenger train.
The 800 Class train is multiple section railcar powered by both overhead electric and on-board diesel engines. On our trip, it worked off overhead catenary between London and roughly Didcot Parkway, where it switched to diesel power for the…
Sounds like a fine offer, ok we will! Let’s Do It…All! Snorkel!
The days started beautifully with a beautiful sunrise, not setting an alarm, yeah, I’d say beautiful! We had our next snorkel trip booked for 1pm, so we decided to head down to Charlotte Amalie first thing, to see what we could see and we saw!
We were looking for a place for breakfast, specifically at the moment, some decaf coffee…