I have no idea why but I was never interested in visiting the city of London up until 7-8 years ago. Strangely enough I had the feeling that I would not like that city. Well I could tell you one thing now: I could not have been more wrong. My first visit was for business purposes and scheduled for 2 weeks which was great because it had given me enough time to get to know this amazingly multi-culti city. I was astonished by the energy and the diversity of cultures. |
Every time I went there, I discovered a different part of it and could not stop talking about its spicy indian foods (became one of my favourite cuisines in London), awe-inspiring architecture for hours (within European countries such as Germany, Austria and France you could easily observe some similarities in structure of the buildings but UK is not one of them. On the contrary, it lets you know that you are in a royal place and it is not copying anybody else.). I had fallen in love with UK at first sight.
It was the first time that I was enjoying watching TV in a foreign country. It was the UK effect, so I called it. Sometimes the documentaries were so engrossing I could not turn off the TV before 3am (I was arriving to the meetings very late on the next day as you can imagine). It drew my attention so much that I became very interested in its history and people and I started researching it. In no time, I was buying the books and watching the interviews / debates of the brilliant scientist Richard Dawkins, enjoying the sarcastic British humour of Ricky Gervais, going to the standup shows of Russell Brand and most importantly trying to understand the Scottish accent (!).
One of the greatest UK movies of all time for me is "In Bruges" directed by Martin Mcdonagh and the main actor is the charming casanova Mr. Colin Farrell. In my opinion, the whole movie was underrated and I enjoyed watching its dramatic humour and brilliant scenario over and over again.
So If you wanna appreciate the royal beauty, go ahead and start with a trip to the incredible city of London, I am sure it will make you feel you will need to see more of the UK soon!