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Tip: Shoreditch Cafe Ideal for Studying/Wasting Revision Time

The entrance. Source: http://thisbatteredsuitcase.com

On Sunday I went to a cafe called ‘Ziferblat’ close to Old Street station, it’s not very new but it’s also not very busy. It’s inside a flat just off Shoreditch High Street and you ring a buzzer to get in.

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Tip: Place in Shoreditch for Studying/Wasting Time

On Sunday I went to a cafe called 'Ziferblat' close to Old Street station, it's not very new but it's also not very busy. It's inside a flat just off Shoreditch High Street and you ring a buzzer to get in.

The idea of Ziferblat is that you pay for your time, rather than what you eat or drink.

The whole cafe is set up for relaxing, with comfortable antique furniture, lots of desks and free wifi. There's also a kitchen rather than a bar, where you go in and make your own coffee, tea or food. You can bring food with you and cook things. So it's a perfect place to study or meet new people.

It's also very cheap as you pay 5p per minute. Once you arrive you take a clock with a name (mine was Mortimer - a really trustful old name I think), they log your time and then you do what you want. I ended up paying £3.35 for a little over an hour and I learnt how to make coffee using one of those barista machines.

If you're around Shoreditch, make sure you check it out. They also have photography exhibitions and whatever "art haircuts" are.

388 Old Street, Shoreditch, London, EC1V 9LT

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*New Post* Weekend Break in Belgium

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What I would be doing if I was in London right now, during the heatwave...

Getting a nitrogen ice cream that tastes like "the smell of freshly cut green grass" at weird but wonderful Chin Chin Labs.

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*New Post* About my recent trip to Naples and Pompeii

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*New Post* Kutna Hora

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How are you going to celebrate the end of exams?

I finish next week on the 22nd, so I am going to go to Budapest the same day. It's very close to Prague and the weather will be in the high 20s. I'm very excited.

If I was in London, no doubt I would be feasting my way through an Honest Burger in Soho.

What will you be doing?

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Good luck to everyone who has exams this term!

Soon you will be able to enjoy summer! :)

Best wishes, Those London Students x

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** NEW POST ** The Biggest Zoo in Europe? (Featuring cute pictures of Animals and also info about London Zoo)

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Ginger cat in Sultanmet, Istanbul, Turkey

Whilst on my year abroad in Prague I have been itching to go traveling, and where better to go than the region that I study in my degree?

My trip started in Prague and ended in Istanbul. In total I went to 7 places: Zagreb in Croatia, Jajce and Sarajevo in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Split in Croatia, Belgrade in Serbia, Sofia in Bulgaria and finally, Istanbul in Turkey. Here are some pictures from my travels:

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Exploring Eastern Europe

* NEW POST * Exploring Eastern Europe

Ginger cat in Sultanmet, Istanbul, Turkey

Whilst on my year abroad in Prague I have been itching to go traveling, and where better to go than the region that I study in my degree?

My trip started in Prague and ended in Istanbul. In total I went to 7…

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Neither Prague nor London: Christmas & New Year in England

Tips cup at the Santa’s Grotto in Shoreditch

So I haven’t blogged in a while. Since late November…

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Tips cup at the Santa’s Grotto in Shoreditch

So I haven’t blogged in a while. Since late November and December I was writing lots and lots of essays and exam papers. (Luckily I chose courses I already knew a little bit about, so I had an easy time – I recommend this to everyone going on a year abroad!)

For Christmas and New Year I came back to England with an American friend I met in Prague, Katie. I said that I would show her around London and true to my word, we spent the first 3 days back in the capital. And we didn’t see (or taste) everything. I immediately decided the best thing to do was to get the sight-seeing out of the way, once that was done I showed her some of my favourite coffee shops and food places. I managed to put on more weight in London over those 3 days than I did in the first term in Prague. We got cinnamon buns at the Nordic Bakery, burgers at Honest Burgers, cheese fries at Meatliquor, Vietnamese pho at Camden’s Thanh Binh, huevos rancheros at The Diner and coffee at my favourite place on Brick Lane, Full Stop. And that’s not everything we ate.

The rest of the holidays we spent in Northampton with my parents, Oxford for a day trip and Windsor for another day trip. But we mostly watched a lot of TV and films and I finally finished watching the entire Breaking Bad series (omg).

Here’s some of my pictures from my break:

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Neither Prague nor London: Christmas & New Year in England

Tips cup at the Santa’s Grotto in Shoreditch

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NEW POST: Attempt to Make Czech Bread Dumplings

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I want to move to Budapest

St. Stephen’s Basilica

The biggest synagogue in Central Europe

London has a rival: Budapest.…

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First Trip Outside of the Czech Republic: Dresden

I went to Dresden!

Last weekend whilst I was hiking in Bohemian Switzerland, I also visited…

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