We moved into a new flat a few months back. The major highlight for me (besides massive amounts of light which is a MUST for me) is the view from the balcony!

I snap a picture nearly every day because there some really stunning moments right outside our window. Rainbows after the rain, sunsets, sunrises, and foggy days! 

The big tower that is seen in most of the pictures is the BT Tower. 

It has an interesting history, as so many London icons do. The tower just turned 50 about a week ago, opening in 1965. It was the tallest building in Britain at the time and was designed to support telecommunications aerials, which was handled by the General Post Office back then. During its first year the tower was open to the public and was visited by nearly one million visitors, 105,000 of them dined in the revolving restaurant.

MOST INTERESTING BIT: Upon completion, the Post Office Tower was designated an OFFICIAL SECRET and did not appear on Ordinance Survey maps until after it was 'officially revealed' under parliamentary privilege in 1993!

Despite being 177 metres, seen from most of London and open to the public for about 15 years, the telecommunications mast was label CLASSIFIED by the Government who may have had to use its technology in the even of a nuclear attack.

In some photos you can see the Shard very clearly, even the silhouettes of the Gherkin (30 St Mary Axe) and other Central London buildings. On the foggy day, you can't even see the BT Tower.

Come visit us and see the views for yourselves ;)

The future is a fickle thing. It can be exciting, terrifying and as hard to see as the trees are through this fog...

Last time we didn't go into the Peterhouse College area. There is a small chapel (as most colleges do), a lovely square and housing and common rooms toward the back.

These photos were taken in the same quadrangle.

It's just all sooo good. And this is just one of the thirty some odd colleges!

Cambridge is one of my favourites! Maybe we'll be back here someday....

On General Conference Sunday, we have a laid back morning counselling together about our plans for the next couple of months, reviewing some thoughts we'd had while listening to the first 2 sessions of LDS General Conference. 

Before settling in for the Sunday sessions, we took a walk to Regent's Park that is just down the street from us.

This park lies partly in the City of Westminster and part in the Borough of Camden.

Primrose Hill is to the north of Regent's Park from which you can get some great views of the London skyline to the south-east and Hampstead Heath to the north.

One morning on my way to work my bus got re-routed as the most direct route to work was closed off by the police. (you can check the story HERE)

I was annoyed at first because the back roads around this area of Kilburn are unfamiliar to me so I didn't have a 'short-cut' or know how to make my way through the curving or dead end streets without staring at the map on my phone.

The back roads and mews ended up making up for needing to have my phone out for directions :)

I usually welcome the chance to find my own way to my destination. Getting lost is fun* and I end up finding things I wouldn't have seen if I followed the directions. But in this case I couldn't rationalise meandering around for an hour on my way to work so...

It was a good morning. Autumn is in the air so the chill made my swift pace doable without arriving to the office winded and 'glistening'. I love London too much.

*If I do use an app to get myself around London, CityMapper is my favourite. They have several large cities like D.C., SF Bay Area, Hong Kong, Madrid, Berlin, Paris, Milan....and adding cities all the time. With to-the-minute updates for public transportation, cycles and cars, it's always useful to me. No, it does not always give every single combo of ways (bus/tube or bus/bus/tube or tube only) to get somewhere but it's pretty good and easy to follow even giving you an alert when you need to get off the bus. Good stuff.

Friday, 9 October was the 3rd birthday of Kerb, a street food cluster. 

I was introduced to this mobile food truck/stand by a friend who would gather a few people every first Friday to try some new vendors.

I opted for the Korean Burrito at Kimchinary.

It was so tasty! Rice, kale kimchi, special sauce, ox cheek, smacked cucumber and something spicy. Loved it!

Spur of the moment ballet at the Royal Opera house!

The Raven Girl and Connectome were performed in a mixed programme. 

Raven Girl is one of the most bizarre things I've ever witnessed as far at the story line. But the dancers were incredible and costumes were spot on. The girl who played the Raven Girl was spectacular.