Category: Cities

• Catch-22

  

  I have a confession to make: I am addicted to Catch-22. It is like a drug, a brain drug. And I just cannot get enough of it. I’ve blogged about it here. I’m reading what I wrote now. Interesting – I didn’t mention that I’d lost the book. I wonder why. Also, why is my writing so effusive!?…

  valsaksornchai

  October 5, 2014

  Cities, Humour, London, Reading, Traveling

  addiction, beach, Berlin, Book, brain, Catch-22, confusion, drug, ending, Europe, first-edition, Funny, happy ending, Harry Potter, healthy, Hope Street Hotel, Joseph Heller, Liverpool, London, loss, lost, Millennium, page-turner, Paris, quicksand, sarcasm, satire, Soviet war memorial, story, travel, Treptower Park, War, wit, World War II, Yossarian

• Gaudi’s Barcelona

  My friend took this on her first trip to Barcelona. And looking at it takes me right back to my first (and only) trip there. Such a beautiful, interesting place. I do miss it…

  valsaksornchai

  March 2, 2014

  Cities, Curiosities, Photography, Traveling

  architect, architecture, Barcelona, Casa Batllo, Catalan, Catalonia, colourful, colours, curiosity, design, Gaudi, home, House, nature, Photography, Spain, strange, travel, trip, wonders

• Two Worlds

  

  When you live in a city, you don’t only become part of it; it becomes part of you. I first had the idea for this post in a shower. And for weeks it has been brewing in the back of my mind. Partly because I have been feeling tired recently, which is no good for…

  valsaksornchai

  February 23, 2014

  Bangkok, Cities, Life, London, Self

  Bangkok, Bristol, car, commute, culture, Economics, environment, identity, Life, London, Oxford, Paris, Politics, Relationship, self, society, Thailand, traffic, train, urban, Walking

• In Pictures: Snowy Oxford

  

  I do wish it would snow like this again. London must look pretty amazing in the snow. #wishfulthinking

  valsaksornchai

  February 20, 2014

  Cities, Nature, Photography

  bike, Christchurch, flowers, meadow, Oxford, Oxford Mound, sky, snow, snowman, town, UK, Winter

• Chez Plumeau: Gem of Montmartre

  

  If you ever find yourself in Montmartre, do give this place a visit. It’s an absolute gem. And here are some rave reviews on tripadvisor if you’re not convinced.

  valsaksornchai

  February 17, 2014

  Cities, Coffee, Paris, Photography, Traveling

  afternoon, Cafe, Chez Plumeau, crêpe, France, gem, Montmartre, Paris, Photography, Place du calvaire, Place du tertre, travel, tripadvisor

• The Swan in Stratford

  

  Some Shakespeare-related wordplay going on there. Didn’t get it? Never mind me.

  valsaksornchai

  January 28, 2014

  Cities, Nature, Photography

  Avon, church, Photographs, Photography, river, Shakespeare, skyline, Stratford-upon-Avon, Sunset, Swan, Swan Theatre, water

• Chimneys of Chelsea

  

  As seen from Holland Park (a hidden gem of a park in London)

  valsaksornchai

  January 21, 2014

  Cities, London, Photography

  apartments, borough, brick, Chelsea, chimneys, flats, Holland Park, Islington, London, Photographs, Photography, residential, Sunset

• Pensive people

  

  Taken at Cambridge rail station

  valsaksornchai

  January 18, 2014

  Cities, Photography

  Cambridge, people, Photographs, Photography, rail, station, thinking, Thought, train

• Review: Chicken Shop

  

  Here’s a paradoxical thing about reviews: you write about a place because you like it (well, sometimes you write about a place because you really don’t like it – but that’s just hateful). But because you write about it, more people know about it. Then your place gets crowded and you may not like it so much…

  valsaksornchai

  January 15, 2014

  Awesomeness, Cities, Food, London, Reviews

  Apple pie, Chic, Chicken, Chicken Shop, Dinner, Food, Grills, Guardian, Jay Rayner, Kentish Town, London, Lunch, Nando, Pizza East

• Val’s London

  

  A collection of images from my Instagram page – some filtered, some not. Funnily enough, my favourite corner of London isn’t featured here. But I’d rather not double-post pictures. So here it is – the Royal Festival Hall and Southbank in Christmas lights.

  valsaksornchai

  January 12, 2014

  Cities, London, Nature, Photography, Traveling

  Bloomsbury, Borough Market, Bridges, British Museum, Cadogan Hall, Cafes, Carnaby Street, classical, Columbia Flower Market, Dose, Drayton, East London, Fitzrovia, Instagram, Liberty, London, Millennium Bridge, Music, Oxford Street, rain, rivers, South Bank, St Paul, street art, Summer, sun, Sunset, Thames, The Shard, UCL, water, Wigmore Hall, Winter