Get around London and survive the Jubilee Weekend I: Transport

After months of warnings and preparations…The Diamond Jubilee weekend is around the corner, really. London will not spare any expense between 2nd and 5th of June to celebrate the Queen’s 60 years as Monarch.

Baby on board

Los que me conocen saben de mi escaso aprecio por los “amigos” del transporte público londinense, así como de mi animadversión a las chapas con mensaje bienintencionado que no pasa a materializarse.

Not paella, neither toros…Expats come to Spain looking for work

Not the weather, neither the food… People move to Spain for professional reasons. Or at least this can be understood from the last recent poll conducted by Expat Forum and sponsored by Barclays Wealth International. The found out that, up to date, employment (29.27%) is the main reason for expats moving to Spain, closely followed by other motives such as the standard of living (19.51%), weather (14.63%), retirement (12.20%) or…romance (12.20%).

Ni paella, ni playa. Los extranjeros vienen a España buscando trabajo

Quién lo iba a decir…Pese a la astronómica tasa de desempleo (hace tiempo que supera el 20% de la población activa) y a las siniestras profecías que ven a España seguir la ruta tenebrosa de Grecia, el principal motivo para muchos extranjeros para establecerse en nuestro país es ni más, ni menos, que las oportunidades laborales y los estándares de vida.

10 planes navideños para todos los bolsillos

Ya bien entrado el periodo festivo, Londres es una de las mejores opciones si os planteáis ’escaparos’ por Navidad. Con planes para todos los bolsillos, gustos y edades, la capital británica tira la casa por la ventana hasta mediados de enero, así que os dejo un top 10 de planes para estas fechas.

Film Clubs are back for Christmas

Always thought Sundays were the dullest day of the week? Why don’t you try to put a cinematographic brooche to your week with a good movie in a glamorous environment? Every Sunday at 3.30PM, The Soho Hotel, Covent Garden Hotel and Charlotte Street Hotel ofer you the chance to join their Film Club.

Eeach of the hotels has its very own luxuriously appointed state-of-the-art screening rooms. They are beautifully designed with deeply comfortable leather seats and provide the very best sound and projection. At the weekend the hotels operate a “Film Club”. It’s a club in name only and is open to hotel guests and members of the public. It involves LUNCH, DINNER or AFTERNOON TEA in the hotel restaurant followed by the movie of the week.

The menu includes classics such as It’s a Wonderful Life and White Christmas, or recent releases, including The Adventures of Tintin, The Ides of March and We have a Pope.

http://www.firmdale.com/firmdale-sections/film-club-home-page

Chapeau!

10 planes en la City

Tradicionalmente asociada con la arquetípica imagen del bombín y la raya diplomática, la City de Londres no solo ofrece negocios y banca.