
Mee Playing Tourist in Central London
A couple of weeks back I was invited to be one of the first guests in this newly renovated boutique hotel in Central London called Montagu Place. The location is excellent as it’s just a stone throw away from Marble…

7 Reasons to Visit Bradford in 2015
This post is brought to you by Catherine Lavinia, a reader of this blog. Coincidentally I am currently reading Bill Bryson’s Notes from a Small Island about his travels around Britain, and he mentioned the city of Bradford, which I…

Must-Sees in Cheltenham
Today’s article is written by James Lockwood, a reader of my blog. I haven’t been to Cheltenham or Cotswolds nearby, though I’ve been meaning to for a while. From the post, I myself got immediately interested in the Cheltenham Literature Festival, which…

Finding Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon
One of the things that I miss the most when not traveling for a while is long train ride, so when I saw that the weather would be sunny on the weekend, I immediately decided to book train tickets to…

84 Charing Cross Road Plaque
Three years ago I arrived in London and almost immediately set off for Charing Cross Road to find no. 84. For you who don’t know, 84 Charing Cross Road is a book, and later made into a movie starring Anthony…

Romeo and Juliet in Verona: The Biggest Tourist Fraud?
I believe I am not a grumpy traveler. Some travelers are. They travel far and wide and complain all the way through about the awfulness of it all. I don’t think I am that kind of traveler. Until I got…

Père Lachaise Cemetery and Oscar Wilde
In How to do Paris in 24 Hours (surprisingly to me one of the most popular posts in Wandering Mee), I had a little mention of Père Lachaise Cemetery, which is the largest cemeteries in Paris interning many famous figures….

The First Coffee House in England Is In…
This site boasts to be the first coffee house in England, established in the year 1650. Even the coffee cup makes sure that you know… This is The Grand Cafe in Oxford, England. Oxford became the site of the first…

Peter Pan is Alive in London
One of the many things I love about London is how the story books come alive here. Places I could only read before I can now go to, see, and touch, it is surreal. The first time I arrived in…

Hay-on-Wye, Wales – The Town of Books
Did you ever imagine a town of books? It’s like the equivalent of town of candies for candy-lovers or town of games for geeks. Lo and behold, there is such town! Meet Hay-on-Wye, a small town on the border of…